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Toni BakerWhile it’s widely held that tumors can produce blood vessels to support their growth, scientists now have evidence that cells key to blood vessel formation can also produce tumors...
Researchers are dissecting just what happens to the stem cells that make tissues which help keep us upright, with an eye on improving our healthspan.
HDAC inhibitors, already widely used to treat cancer, may be an effective therapy for psoriasis as well, scientists report. They have shown that HDAC3 inhibitors are particularly...
Directly injecting a tumor with an agent that activates a natural, powerful tumor suppressor enhances the drug’s capacity to attack the tumor both locally and where it spreads.
People potentially at risk for stroke are being recruited for a national study to determine whether intense medical management or interventions like surgery or stenting are best...
Arthur TakahashiResearchers at Augusta University and Istituto Auxologico Italiano in Milan, Italy, are investigating the benefits of treating elderly patients with virtual reality in their...
Researchers at MCG are studying a powerful pain medicine that could help relieve the vision damage of glaucoma,
Jennifer Hilliard ScottThe newest endowed chair at the state’s public medical school honors Dr. Virendra Mahesh, a trailblazer in the study of the biochemistry of steroids and reproductive biology, who...
Local researchers launch biotech startup to develop novel medical uses of tiny glass microspheres
Physician scientists want to know if a new therapeutic vaccine can prevent or reduce recurrence of cervical cancer in women at high risk for its return.
In the war on cancer, powerful chemotherapy agents are increasingly packaged with immunotherapy that primes a patient’s immune system to better battle the disease. To strengthen...
Brennan MeagherIn this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses how...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman at the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses results...
In 2011, professional tennis player Venus Williams dropped out of the U.S. Open and revealed to the world that she had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, Sjogren’s...
StaffA neuro research team at Augusta University has spent more than two decades developing the SafeTee Dome Defender ™, a golf helmet designed to protect against the three most common...
The Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University is one of a dozen sites across the nation helping build a molecular profile of six cancers that often strike early and disparately.
Dr. Xin-Yun Lu, an established investigator pursuing the potential of two fat-cell derived hormones as novel therapies for depression and PTSD, has been named professor in the...
Danielle HarrisPhysical inactivity and increased alcohol consumption are among factors that increase breast cancer risk in women, but Augusta University’s Dr. Steven Coughlin is developing a one...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses the impact...
A single dose of adult, bone-marrow-derived stem cells may aid recovery in stroke patients if given early.