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Jennifer Hilliard ScottThe TIP peptide has already shown promise in protecting kidneys from nephritis and preventing severe pneumonia.
Stacey HudsonGregory Griffin, DMD, associate professor in the Department of General Dentistry, has been named associate dean for student affairs at the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University.
The program was originally designed to get medical students to fill the demand for additional anesthesia techs and personnel.
By 2060, there will be around 90 million women in the U.S. alone who will be in the post-menopausal range.
Denise ParrishEsteemed physician and professor Joseph Hobbs, MD, will be honored with the prestigious Regents Hall of Fame Alumni and Distinguished Friends Award in Atlanta at the annual Board of Regents Gala.
Milledge AustinAugusta University and AU Health provided a $2.94 billion boost to the state economy in fiscal year 2022, including employing 21,250 people according to a new report from the University System of Georgia.
Elizabeth Gray, MD, an internist, has led the Savannah location of the Southeast Campus, home to about 80 third- and fourth-year students who live and learn in the area, since 2020.
Chris Curry"The work our scientists do in their labs relies on the passion, determination and generosity of each team and individual who took part in PaceDay Weekend 2022,” said Jorge C. Cortes, MD, director of the Georgia Cancer Center.
Augusta University has announced the appointment of Nancy Young, DMD, as the next dean of its Dental College of Georgia. Young’s appointment will take effect on Aug. 1.
Micki Garmon has been named assistant vice president and chief financial officer for Foundations in Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement.
Toni BakerTargeting that receptor could provide earlier, more impactful treatments for retinopathy of prematurity.
Antiretroviral cocktails can make human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, undetectable and untransmittable, but both the virus and its treatment can also accelerate aging of bone and muscle.
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, with 1 in 5 people diagnosed in their lifetime. With new cases of skin cancer climbing, members of Augusta University’s Well-Being program, along with the Georgia Cancer Center, are taking...
Patients come to Amol Sharma, MD, because their stomachs constantly hurt, they are always nauseous and they can’t or won’t eat or drink
Valerie EmerickAmanda A. Valentini is the 2023 recipient of the John F. Beard Award for Compassionate Care.
The drugs are called HDAC inhibitors, and the investigators have early evidence one can reactivate after birth the gene that produces fetal hemoglobin, which cannot sickle.
Without CARMN, a long, noncoding RNA, the 30-foot-long GI tract doesn’t contract as it should.
MicroRNAs help regulate gene expression and consequently the function of our cells, and several, including one called microRNA-141-3p, have been implicated in the ills of aging.
Insomnia affects up to half of people with schizophrenia and is thought to worsen the impact of their disease, including their risk of suicide. A new meta-analysis of the antipsychotics these patients take indicates those who take clozapine have...
The first in-human study of a new immunotherapy that blocks a natural enzyme that tumors commandeer for their protection was well tolerated by children with relapsed brain tumors and enabled many to have unexpected months of a more normal life...