Medical College of Georgia News

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Former MCG vice president of research and dean of the School of Graduate Studies remembered

May 4, 2023

Karen Klock

The late Lowell M. Greenbaum, PhD, will be remembered for his long-lasting contributions to graduate education and research at Augusta University.

U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, Augusta University announce $1 million in federal support for MCG Center for Telehealth to help bridge rural health care gap

May 2, 2023

Heather Henley

Augusta University has announced the establishment of the Medical College of Georgia Center for Telehealth, made possible through $1 million in federal funding secured by U.S. Rep...

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Blocking a tiny RNA may forestall age-related bone and muscle loss, inflammation

May 2, 2023

Toni Baker

MicroRNAs help regulate gene expression and consequently the function of our cells, and several, including one called microRNA-141-3p, have been implicated in the ills of aging.

MCG faculty researchers named Regents’ Entrepreneurs for advancing health care

April 28, 2023

Milledge Austin

The University System of Georgia Board of Regents recently approved David C. Hess, MD, David Munn, MD, and Babak Baban, PhD, as the first three Augusta University faculty...

The antipsychotic clozapine linked to significantly less insomnia in people with schizophrenia

April 27, 2023

Toni Baker

Insomnia affects up to half of people with schizophrenia and is thought to worsen the impact of their disease, including their risk of suicide. A new meta-analysis of the...

Novel treatment regimen appears well tolerated, beneficial to children with relapsed brain tumors

April 25, 2023

Toni Baker

The first in-human study of a new immunotherapy that blocks a natural enzyme that tumors commandeer for their protection was well tolerated by children with relapsed brain tumors...