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Pre-med student becomes first Goldwater Scholar at Augusta University

Avatar photoStacey Eidson

From a pool of more than 5,000 applicants, sophomore Dipen Mehta was one of about 400 U.S. students who were awarded Goldwater scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year.

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Gene mutations that contribute to head and neck cancer also provide ‘precision’ treatment targets

Toni Baker

Personalized mutations should be considered more in cancer therapy development.

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New evidence of how exercise can counter diabetes damage

Toni Baker

Diabetes damages damages existing blood vessels and ability to grow new ones. Exercise could help.

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Age, Alzheimer’s-related brain decline linked to little-studied enzyme

Toni Baker

Adjusting the enzyme's level could provide potential treatment of aging and Alzheimer's.

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Moore recognized with AACR Minorities in Cancer Research award

man with glasses standing in front of blue backgroundMilledge Austin

Dr. Justin Xavier Moore has been recognized with an American Association for Cancer Research Minorities in Cancer Research award.

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Provost promotes the power of research at Augusta University

Avatar photoStacey Eidson

Dr. Neil J. MacKinnon, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, has established his own research team at Augusta University and strongly encourages research enterprise across all 10 colleges.

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Rural Georgia counties pinpointed as hotspots for death from four common cancers

Toni Baker

Geographic and racial/ethnic disparities at play in mortality rates from four common cancers.

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Powerhouse-pruning protein may also aid new blood vessel growth in vascular disease

Toni Baker

Early evidence shows in the face of heart disease and peripheral artery disease, the protein has a new job.

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Oncology professor answers questions regarding National Colon Cancer Awareness Month

man with glasses standing in front of blue backgroundMilledge Austin

"Colon cancer is largely preventable if patients undergo screening tests, like a surveillance colonoscopy starting at 45 years or earlier depending on family history."

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New clues about how a high-salt diet contributes to cardiometabolic diseases found deep in the brain

Toni Baker

A chronic high-salt diet can turn a normally helpful system against us, increasing risk for cardiometabolic diseases like high blood pressure and heart disease.

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Chemistry and physics student to present research at Capitol Hill

Si-Long Chen

Out of hundreds of applicants for Posters on the Hill, Wade was one of 60 selected. 

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Faculty earn $25,000 intramural grant to study effects of exercise in people living with dementia

man smilingMiguelangelo Hernandez

Currently, there are more than 6 million Americans living with dementia.

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Epidemiology faculty receives NIH award for smoking cessation study

man with glasses standing in front of blue backgroundMilledge Austin

On top of receiving funding for her research, Majeed has also been invited to speak at the Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Recertification Conference.

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Scientists look for answers to taste loss with COVID

Toni Baker

It’s not certain that the tongue and taste buds even have the well-known ACE2 receptors found on cells in the lungs, heart, kidneys, intestines and brain, which the spiky SARS-CoV-2 latches onto.

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Cyber faculty member awarded Augusta University’s first National Science Foundation CAREER Award

man with glasses standing in front of blue backgroundMilledge Austin

“Whether it's self-driving cars or the drones in the lab, if their controllers are using the machine-learning techniques, they will have some upgrades during their lifetime, and my results may be helpful to these kind of systems remaining safe,”...

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Institutional Review Board at Augusta University prioritizes protection of research subjects

Avatar photoKevin Faigle

“Every box to check has a meaning, everything that is asked has a meaning and it goes back to protection.”

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Unusual partners aid blood vessel growth

Toni Baker

The scientists worked in models of blood vessel development in the highly vascularized retina and in peripheral artery disease in a limb. 

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MCG epidemiology expert continues writing and research to better public health

man with glasses standing in front of blue backgroundMilledge Austin

“I’m very pleased that the third edition was released. The contributors include experts in epidemiology, bioethics and health law from the United States and several other countries,” Dr. Steven Coughlin said.

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Undergraduate students needed for paid applied mathematics research opportunity

Si-Long Chen

“Undergraduate research allows students to both go deeper into mathematics and serves as a way to integrate knowledge from different mathematics courses that may not seem related.”

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Protein protects brain cells most impacted by glaucoma

Toni Baker

The new study provides some of the first evidence that synthetic compounds that activate sigma 1 receptor may one day help mitigate damage from glaucoma.

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