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Kevin FaigleStory ideas this week at Augusta University include a veteran resume fair and more.
Toni BakerA “humanized” mouse model equipped with the immune system of a patient who needs an organ transplant beats current measures for identifying the best potential living donor, scientists report.
Heather HenleyAugusta University has made America’s Best in State Employers list for the third year in a row, the only employer in Augusta to make the list.
A survey of mostly African American adults living in and around one of Georgia’s largest cities found that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy was greatest among those age 18 to 29, investigators say.
Jennifer Hilliard ScottStepleman, who has served as director of the MCG Office for Faculty Success since 2018, is charged with overseeing, promoting and building an intentional, inclusive and integrated approach to supporting MCG faculty needs across different career...
Haley CrainAugusta University and Augusta Technical College celebrated a new Cybersecurity to Information Technology Pathway program Aug. 16 at the Georgia Cyber Center.
In one type of a rare, inherited genetic disorder that affects control of body movement, scientists have found a mutation in an enzyme impairs communication between neurons and what should be the inherent ability to pick up our pace when we need to...
Beige fat cells, which are typically intermingled with white fat cells in the subcutaneous fat present on “pear shaped” people, mediate subcutaneous fat’s brain protection, bringing down inflammation and providing protection from dementia.
Summer research program aims to encourage more medical students to consider a career in aging research and clinical care — especially important with the world's rapidly aging population.
Dr. Julie A. Kurek, a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders, has been appointed director of the Parkinson's Foundation Center of Excellence at the Medical College of Georgia and Augusta University Health.
Denise ParrishThe plaza immediately outside the new Science and Mathematics building will be named for Bank of America.
Augusta University and AU Health System provided a $2.7 billion boost to the state economy in fiscal year 2020, according to a new report from the University System of Georgia.
Cardiovascular disease and cancer, the nation’s top two killers, share common ground like obesity and chronic inflammation, as well as a disproportionate impact on Black Americans. A new American Heart Association-funded center at the Medical...
An internal transporter that enables us to use the copper we consume in foods like shellfish and nuts to enable a host of vital body functions also has the essential role of protecting the receptor that enables us to grow new blood vessels when ours...
Dr. Stanton Royer, an emergency medicine physician who just finished his residency training program at the Medical College of Georgia and Augusta University Health, is the recipient of the Walter J. Moore Outstanding Housestaff Award.
Psoriasis treatment, which likely helps restore the natural frontline barrier protection of the skin, reduces infection rates and improves survival for people on dialysis, indicating its potentially important role in better managing kidney failure
Dr. Richard A. McIndoe, bioinformatics expert and associate director of the Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia, is leading a $6.2 million federally funded initiative to support highly innovative research...
Dr. Christy Ledford has been named Curtis G. Hames, MD, Distinguished Chair in Family Medicine.
In a normally reciprocal relationship that appears to go awry with age, sufficient tryptophan, which we consume in foods like milk, turkey, chicken and oats, helps keep our microbiota healthy. A healthy microbiota in turn helps ensure that...
Lisa KaylorThe Augusta University Health System Board of Directors will be held from 1-3 p.m. Thursday, June 24.