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Toni BakerIn apparently the first study of its kind, investigators used optical genome mapping to get a thorough assessment of the genome of 52 severally ill patients with COVID-19.
Stacey HudsonFrom years of service to multimillion-dollar grants, we celebrate our successes together! Dive into stories about students, faculty, staff and alumni inside the DCG Magazine.
Lindsey MorrisDespite liver cancer being the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, there are not many treatment options currently available for patients. Dr. Yukai He and his team want to change that.
Dr. 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 and treat disease.
Haley CrainThe High-Performance Computing Services Core is a joint university research initiative, supported by Augusta University’s Division of Information Technology and the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences.
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 in vascular diseases like atherosclerosis, a major cause of heart...
Stacey EidsonProvost Neil J. MacKinnon announced his office will offer grant funding for investigations into rural health issues to 10 collaborative research projects.
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 reducing the essential support of its microenvironment.
Si-Long ChenHenry Knox and Emma Geister, graduate students in the biomolecular science program, presented research posters at the APA meeting.
Chris CurryThis year’s fundraising total represents a 65% increase since its inaugural event held in May 2019.
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 causes the right ventricle of the heart to fail, scientists report.
Dr. Nathan Yanasak, associate professor at MCG, also has expertise in astrophysics and actively pursues a hobby in astrophotography.
Miguelangelo HernandezA research team from Augusta University and Georgia Southern University have collaborated on research focused on the restoration of the natural riverbed of the Satilla River in coastal Georgia.
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 new perspective on changes in a cell and where they happen, says Dr...
“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 a lifelong increased risk of other health problems like heart and...