Category: Science & Technology
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UGA and CDC collaborate to address human infectious diseas threats
The University of Georgia and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have launched a…
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UGA Research Foundation receives $18.7 millon Gates Foundation grant
The University of Georgia Research Foundation has received a five-year, $18.7 million grant from the…
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New research shows how gene function drives natural selection in important class of genetic elements
For years, researchers thought that most of this DNA was passive “junk” and knew little…
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Study first to how that RNA interference can facilitate vaccine development
Pharmaceutical companies and universities are racing to develop drugs that use the gene silencing mechanism…
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UGA’s newest eminent scholar to expand bioenergy research efforts
Harry Gilbert, who has worked extensively on carbohydrate enzymes, focusing primarily on how these biocatalysts…
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UGA receives $8.3 million NIH grant to study stem cells, cancer
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Georgia a five-year, $8.3 million…
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Study reveals gap in HIV testing knowledge
Most college students understand how they can prevent the transmission of HIV but are less…
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$9.2 million stem cell grant from NIH
A research group led by Stephen Dalton, professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar of…
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Franklin College researchers win $9.2 million stem cell grant
A research group led by Stephen Dalton, professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar of…
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Study: Regular walking nearly halves elderly disability risk
Older adults can decrease their risk of disability and increase their likelihood of maintaining independence…
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Research shows link between thunderstorms and asthma attacks
In the first in-depth study of its kind ever done in the Southeastern United States,…
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UGA researchers discover mechanism that explains enzymes link to cancer’s progress
For the first time, researchers at the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and…
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UGA research may lead to safer, more effective gene therapy
The potential of gene therapy has long been hampered by the risks associated with using…
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UGA researchers have synthesized the parent molecule of an important class of chemical compounds
A team of scientists from the University of Georgia and two European universities has, for…
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Study finds healthy intestinal bacteria with chicken eggs
The conventional wisdom among scientists has long been that birds acquire the intestinal bacteria that…
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Research identifies method for testing efficacy of Chagas’ disesase treatments
Now, new research just published by scientists at the University of Georgia has identified for…
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UGA students fighting the spread of HIV with mobile media
A unique project by students of the University of Georgia’s New Media Institute (NMI) may…
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UGA establishes new Faculty of Inectious Diseases to target threats to animal and human health
The University of Georgia has established a new multidisciplinary Faculty of Infectious Diseases to address…
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Emerging infectious diseases are ont he rise: Next target “hotspot” predicted
It’s not just your imagination. Providing the first-ever definitive proof, a team of scientists has…
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New genetic model could help scientists understand aspects of parasite
The word Apicomplexa may be unfamiliar to most people. But the parasites it describes are…
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UGA researchers receive $9 million in grants to study barriers to effective addiction treatment
More than 23 million Americans age 12 or older need treatment for substance abuse and…
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Study suggests link between obesity, poor bone health
Being overweight is a known risk factor for heart disease, diabetes and a host of…
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UGA Silvion™ technology joins the fight against super Staphylococcus bacteria
Medical Molecular Therapeutics, LLC, a University of Georgia Research Foundation start-up company, recently received clearance…
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How did chemical constitutents essential to life arise on primtive Earth? UGA team suggests answer
Chemists at the University of Georgia have now proposed the first detailed, feasible mechanism to…
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