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Bile acid receptor could be innovative target in protecting the vision of premature newborns

May 30, 2023Toni Baker

Targeting that receptor could provide earlier, more impactful treatments for retinopathy of prematurity.

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MCG researcher secures prestigious grant for research to prevent blindness in premature infants

May 24, 2023man with glasses standing in front of blue backgroundMilledge Austin

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is among the most common illnesses that affect premature or low birth-weight infants and is a major cause of long-term vision impairment and...

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Putting the brakes on accelerated aging of bone, muscle from HIV infection, treatment

May 23, 2023Toni Baker

Antiretroviral cocktails can make human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, undetectable and untransmittable, but both the virus and its treatment can also accelerate aging of bone...

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Augusta University’s Medical College of Georgia to open new four-year campus at Armstrong Campus of Georgia Southern University in Savannah

May 18, 2023Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

Georgia’s only public medical school has received funding approval to open a new four-year campus in Savannah, an expansion that will provide greater access to education and...

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Magnetic stimulation may improve the pain, nausea of diabetic gastroparesis

May 16, 2023Toni Baker

Patients come to Amol Sharma, MD, because their stomachs constantly hurt, they are always nauseous and they can’t or won’t eat or drink

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Investigators take first look at a second drug to combat sickle cell disease by turning up fetal hemoglobin

May 11, 2023Toni Baker

The drugs are called HDAC inhibitors, and the investigators have early evidence one can reactivate after birth the gene that produces fetal hemoglobin, which cannot sickle.

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