Breast Cancer's Racial Gap
Breast Cancer's Racial Gap
Across the nation, the mortality rate of women with aggressive triple-negative breast cancer is 39 percent higher for African Americans. Biology professor Ritu Aneja wants to know why.
When Bacteria Fight Back
When Bacteria Fight Back
Biomedical sciences professor Cynthia Nau Cornelissen on the rising threat of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea and her work to develop the world’s first vaccine against the superbug.
When the Big Yellow Bus Goes Green
When the Big Yellow Bus Goes Green
A team of Georgia State economists finds that cleaning up school buses pays dividends in the classroom.
Biomedical Sciences Researchers Demonstrate That New Antiviral Drug Effectively Treats Influenza
Biomedical Sciences Researchers Demonstrate That New Antiviral Drug Effectively Treats Influenza
A new antiviral drug that induces mutations in the genetic material of influenza virus is highly effective in treating influenza infection in animals and human airway tissue and could be a groundbreaking advance in influenza therapy, according to a study by the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.
Biomedical Sciences Researchers Isolate Gut Bacteria That Can Prevent And Cure Rotavirus Infection
Biomedical Sciences Researchers Isolate Gut Bacteria That Can Prevent And Cure Rotavirus Infection
The presence of specific microbiota, or microorganisms that live in the digestive tract, can prevent and cure rotavirus infection, which is the leading cause of severe, life-threatening diarrhea in children worldwide, according to a new study by the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.
Georgia State Research Finds Early Life Racial Discrimination Linked To Depression, Accelerated Aging For African Americans
Georgia State Research Finds Early Life Racial Discrimination Linked To Depression, Accelerated Aging For African Americans
The stress of racism can influence both mental and physical health symptoms at an early age in life, according to a new Georgia State psychology study.
Researchers Find Building Mutations Into Ebola Virus Protein Disrupts Ability To Cause Disease And Activates Protective Immunity
Researchers Find Building Mutations Into Ebola Virus Protein Disrupts Ability To Cause Disease And Activates Protective Immunity
Creating mutations in a key Ebola virus protein that helps the deadly virus escape from the body’s defenses can make the virus unable to produce sickness and activate protective immunity in the infected host, according to a study by the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.
Georgia State Researchers To Study Alzheimer’s Disease Using Advanced Machine Learning
Georgia State Researchers To Study Alzheimer’s Disease Using Advanced Machine Learning
Professor Vince Calhoun and associate professor Jean Liu will use advanced machine learning to identify and separate subtypes of Alzheimer’s disease, the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S.
Georgia State Health Informatics Offers Master’s Degree
Georgia State Health Informatics Offers Master’s Degree
Georgia State University will become the first public university to offer a Master of Science in Health Sciences with a concentration in Health Informatics degree, beginning in spring 2020.
Georgia State Faculty To Investigate Neural Markers Of Mental Illness
Georgia State Faculty To Investigate Neural Markers Of Mental Illness
Psychology researchers at Georgia State University are using large-scale imaging analysis to study how symptoms associated with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression relate to changes in the brain.