Health News from the Chronicles
Extraordinary new research on how the bacterial immune system provides a way forward on correcting genetic mutations:
[UGA] researchers Michael and Rebecca Terns were among the first to begin to study the bacterial immune system. They now have identified a key link in how bacteria respond and…
The battle against tropical diseases continues apace with major headway coming in the form of public-private funding collaborations that keep great researchers focused on developing effective new treatments:
University of Georgia researchers in collaboration with Anacor Pharmaceuticals have…
Through extraordinary imaging techniques and refined laboratory practices with a model organism, a UGA research team has published new evidence about the assembly of cell organelles in the human body:
Defective cilia can lead to a host of diseases and conditions in the human body—from rare,…
The Provost's Office highlighted some research collaborations in the state of Georgia among our premier institutions, the cummulative extramural support awarded these efforts and its effects. The summary included work by Franklin College professor of genetics, Jessica Kissinger:
Kissinger, who…
A new paper by research scientists at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center focuses on cancer stem cells:
the research team demonstrates that the sugar molecule, made by an enzyme known as GnT-V, regulates the development of a particular subset of cancerous cells known as cancer stem cells.
Much…