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Toni BakerDr. Yanbin Dong, a geneticist and cardiologist who joined the Georgia Prevention Institute 20 years ago, has been tapped to lead the institute.
Wang will enable MCG to more strategically address the pervasive condition and identify better therapeutic and prevention strategies.
The new Center for Immunology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University will dramatically expand research to better harness the power of the immune system to prevent...
A molecule of RNA called CARMN has been found in abundance in the healthy smooth muscle cells that help give our blood vessels strength and flexibility, and distinctly decreased...
Drugs that block the mineralocorticoid receptor, like the hypertension medications spironolactone and eplerenone, may help protect bone cells, MCG scientists say.
In the first study to use CBD in an animal model of glioblastoma, researchers find inhaled CBD shrinks the size of the highly aggressive, lethal brain tumor glioblastoma by...
A gene that is overexpressed in some aggressive cancers also appears to be key to the excessive cell proliferation that thickens the walls of pulmonary arteries and ultimately...
Laura EvansThe College of Nursing was awarded the Diversity, Inclusion, and Sustainability in Nursing Education Lectureship Award the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s 2021...
Paige BoekeAfter graduating, Augusta University doctoral student Shannon Barwick hopes to pursue a career in medical education.
TDAExplore takes the detailed imaging provided by microscopy, pairs it with a hot area of mathematics called topology and the analytical power of artificial intelligence to give a...
Miguelangelo Hernandez“Successfully funded NIH research grants are the ‘tide that lifts all ships,’” Dr. Christopher W. Cutler said.
The interaction of a natural lock and key recruits immune cells to the pancreas, which attack insulin-producing islet cells, resulting in a lifelong course of insulin therapy and...
Researchers have developed a viral panel that enables the simultaneous testing for SARS-CoV-2 along with numerous common respiratory viruses.
Dr. Mykola Mamenko has evidence that the mechanism for developing hypertension is different in males and females, which could help identify which antihypertensives would work...
Stacey EidsonAugusta University is proud to announce it is partnering with The University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University in Scotland, as well as the University of Georgia College of...
“Kidney transplant patients are at risk for all kinds of infections,” says Dr. Sandeep Padala, nephrologist at MCG and the Augusta University Health System.
Compared to the general population, autistic people are up to nine times more likely to think about suicide, up to five times more likely to attempt suicide and more than seven...
Glycerin, or glycerol, helps calm the classic scaly, red, raised and itchy patches in a psoriasis model.
Two Augusta University faculty have teamed up to provide a research opportunity to STEM undergraduates interested in a career in drug development.
Chris CurryUnderstanding the role a certain molecule plays in both cancer cells, as well as the cells tasked to kill foreign invaders in the body, could be the key to unlocking the benefits...