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Toni BakerWithout 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.
Milledge AustinThe University System of Georgia Board of Regents recently approved David C. Hess, MD, David Munn, MD, and Babak Baban, PhD, as the first three Augusta University faculty...
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...
Neil J. MacKinnon, PhD, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Augusta University, and Zach Kelehear, EdD, vice provost for instruction, announced this week...
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...
With preterm birth, the still-immature retina can develop a potentially blinding eye disorder known as retinopathy of prematurity.
Kenza MamouniA new $2.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute is giving the Georgia Cancer Center the opportunity to understand how those cancer cells resist primary treatment and...
The new IMMCG focuses on better understanding the immune system’s seemingly diametric roles in enabling good health and in contributing to major killers.
The discovery may help explain why sometimes promising immunotherapies designed to help the immune system kill cancer don’t.
The National Centers for Metabolic Phenotyping in Live Models of Obesity and Diabetes, or MPMOD, is a multicenter initiative being established by the National Institute of...
The study is the first to identify increased prevalence of disease-causing genetic variants in females with unexplained infertility.
The findings point toward a treatment target for a condition that does not have great treatment options.
Faculty at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University were recognized with Exemplary Teaching Awards for their contributions to students and residents at the state’s...
Scientists have evidence that a toxic protein aggregates in the neurons in the gut before it interferes with neurons in the brain.
A vibrating capsule designed to stir the colon to action appears to double the ability for adults struggling with debilitating chronic constipation to defecate more normally and...
Lindsey MorrisThe Department of Defense has awarded Avirup Guha, MBBS, with a $1.1 million budget over the course of four years for his study.
Physicians want to further explore the relationship between the two conditions to identify social determinants of health that may be a factor in nearly doubling the rates of PAD...
Scientists have evidence these POMC neurons become hyperactive after chronic exposure to stress, leading to things like depression. When their activity is reduced, so are...
This is the first study to try to standardize the way we need to investigate these structural changes in hematologic malignancies.