Augusta University
A synthetic peptide disrupts the destructive inflammation that occurs in nephritis, enabling the kidneys to better recover and maintain function.
Investigators report a manmade antibody delivering a drug that inhibits inflammation can reverse a disease course that often leads to kidney failure.
A Program Project Grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute is helping to further understand the damage of dead and dying cells in the body.
Dr. Adam E. Berman, director of Cardiac Arrhythmia Services at the Medical College of Georgia and Augusta University Health, has been named chief of the Division of Cardiology in the MCG Department of Medicine. Berman, an electrophysiologist and...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Topics including preventive health, lupus, organ donation and diabetes will be covered during the fall semester of the Georgia Regents University Alan Roberts, M.D. Mini-Medical School. The lecture series by faculty from the GRU...
In an apparent effort to help themselves, inflamed kidney cells produce one of the same inflammation-suppressing enzymes fetuses use to survive, researchers report. Inflammation is a major culprit in most kidney disease – from rare conditions, such...
In a continuing effort to improve the patient experience, hospital leadership has made some fundamental changes that are beginning to produce improvements in patient satisfaction. Recently, the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers...
