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New approach emerges to better classify, treat brain tumors

Toni Baker

A new method that produces a better tumor profile is particularly adept at recognizing some of the most serious gliomas, the most common brain tumor type in adults.

Doctor in lab

$2.25 million NIH grant enables exploration of a pathway to better vaccines

Toni Baker

To build better vaccines, scientists want to know more about how our bodies make adequate numbers of effective, durable antibodies against the influenza virus.

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Dr. Caprice Greenberg named MCG Department of Surgery chair

Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

Dr. Caprice C. Greenberg, a renowned health services researcher and surgical oncologist, has been named chair of the Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.

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Faculty recognized with Augusta University Research Institute awards

Lisa Kaylor

Seven faculty members received awards for their excellence in research and teaching at Augusta University.

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Traditional model for disease spread may not work in COVID-19

Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

Dr. Arni Rao and his co-authors instead suggest more of a dynamic, moment in time approach using a model called the geometric mean. That model uses today’s number to predict tomorrow’s numbers.

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STAT-5 molecule holds promise to reprogram white blood cells for better cancer treatment outcome

Chris Curry

A group of scientists at the Georgia Cancer Center of Augusta University recently reported that CAR T cells can stay active longer and mediate tumor killing more effectively when STAT5, a key signaling molecule, is kept in an active form within CAR...

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Protein may protect healthy cells during cancer treatment

Toni Baker

A key way radiation therapy and chemotherapy work is by making highly lethal double-strand breaks in the DNA of cancer cells.

Doctors in a lab

Cervical cancer survival may improve by targeting senescent ‘zombie’ cells

Toni Baker

How well women with cervical cancer respond to treatment and survive correlates with the level of 10 proteins in their blood that also are associated with a “zombie” cell state called senescence, Medical College of Georgia scientists report.

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Lab results don’t explain ‘obesity paradox,’ but bias may

Toni Baker

Results of standard laboratory tests performed on adult outpatients to provide an overall picture of their health are fairly consistent between those with obesity and their leaner counterparts, investigators report.

Doctor in lab

Cannabinoids may help limit secondary damage of TBIs

Toni Baker

In the hours and days after a traumatic brain injury, inflammation inside the brain can accelerate to the point that more damage occurs, says a scientist working to better understand whether interventions like cannabinoids can improve patient...

Doctors in lab

Vitamin C’s effectiveness against COVID may hinge on vitamin’s natural transporter levels

Toni Baker

High doses of vitamin C under study for treating COVID-19 may benefit some populations, but investigators exploring its potential in aging say key factors in effectiveness include levels of the natural transporter needed to get the vitamin inside...

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Rosenquist named newest Charbonnier Chair

Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

Dr. Peter B. Rosenquist, executive vice chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has been named Leon Henri Charbonnier Endowed Chair in Psychiatry and Health Behavior.

Doctors in lab

Yearlong study of coronavirus in frontline workers underway

Toni Baker

Fifteen hundred frontline workers are being recruited for a yearlong study to find what percentage are positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, what percentage become positive and whether the antibodies they produce protect them from reinfection.

Dr. Justin Xavier Moore

Identifying hotspots of low mammography screening in Black, Hispanic women

Toni Baker

A young cancer epidemiologist who has already helped identify hotspots for geographic, racial and ethnic disparities in breast cancer mortality in the United States is now looking at mammography screening rates in those hotspots.

Drs. Babak Baban and Jack Yu

CBD helps reduce lung damage from COVID by increasing levels of protective peptide

Toni Baker

One way CBD appears to reduce the “cytokine storm” that damages the lungs and kills many patients with COVID-19 is by enabling an increase in levels of a natural peptide called apelin.

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Hamrick named MCG’s senior associate dean for research

Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

Dr. Mark Hamrick, bone and muscle biologist, federally funded investigator and honored educator and scientist, has been named senior associate dean for research at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.

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Finding its way to the top: How a cell surface receptor reaches its destination

Toni Baker

Dr. Guangyu Wu is dissecting the molecular homing that enables a nascent protein to ultimately find its way to the surface of a cell as a mature receptor type that helps us taste, smell and even regulate our mood and immunity.

Doctors in lab

‘Danger molecule’ associated with being obese, female and black in younger adults

Toni Baker

A “danger molecule” is higher in the blood of younger black adults than whites, females than males and increases with weight and age, researchers report.

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MCG student participating in American Society of Hematology research program

Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

Bria Carrithers, a fourth-year student at the Medical College of Georgia, is one of 24 medical students nationally to be selected for the American Society of Hematology Minority Medical Student Award Program.

Dr. Betty Pace

MCG, AU Health launch new pediatric sickle cell telehealth center

Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

The Pediatric Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program at the Medical College of Georgia is opening a new Telehealth Center to better serve pediatric patients across Georgia.

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