The therapy is effective at treating a broad spectrum of cancers, including those at advanced stages, according to a groundbreaking study led by biology professor Yuan Liu.
Newly elected as diversity, equity and inclusion director of the American Physical Therapy Association Georgia, Dr. Carla Huggins has a mission to help Black students prepare for a physical therapy career and all PT students navigate complex racial issues.
An analysis conducted by the Metro-Atlanta Policy Lab for Education has found substantial impacts on student achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 patients who receive oxygen therapy or experience fever show reduced gray matter volume in the frontal-temporal network of the brain.
Twins lag behind single children in producing and using gestures which are a precursor to the development of speech, according to two studies by Georgia State University psychology researchers.
An aspiring doctor, Kristina Andrade wanted to gain valuable, practical experience in the medical field during her undergraduate studies, so she secured a job as a medical assistant at a women’s health care facility in the metro Atlanta area and also traveled abroad to Honduras to help set up medical clinics.
An influenza vaccine that is made of nanoparticles and administered through the nose enhances the body’s immune response to influenza virus infection and offers broad protection against different viral strains, according to researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.
Processed diets, which are low in fiber, may initially reduce the incidence of foodborne infectious diseases such as E. coli infections, but might also increase the incidence of diseases characterized by low-grade chronic infection and inflammation such as diabetes, according to researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences.
Dr. Jian-Dong Li, professor and director of the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a five-year, $2.3 million federal grant to study how overactive inflammatory response is caused in infectious diseases and to further develop novel anti-inflammatory therapeutics.
Viruses have an amazing capacity to mutate. But what if we could turn that against them? Richard Plemper, professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences, is working to exploit this rapid evolution.
