University of Georgia

The University of Georgia, a land-grant and sea-grant university with state-wide commitments and responsibilities, is the state's flagship institution of higher education. It is also the state's oldest, most comprehensive and most diversified institution of higher education. Its motto, "to teach, to serve and to inquire into the nature of things," reflects the university's integral and unique role in the conservation and enhancement of the state's and nation's intellectual, cultural and environmental heritage.

Researchers define a missing link in how clouds are formed

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UT Southwestern research reveals how cancer-driving enzyme works

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DALLAS — May 6, 2011 — Cancer researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center are helping unlock the cellular-level function of the telomerase enzyme, which is linked to the disease’s growth.
Their latest findings, published today in Molecular C…

UGA compound offers new hope for treatment of painful adult shingles

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Athens, Ga. — Researchers at the University of Georgia and Yale University have discovered a compound with the potential to be more effective than existing agents in treating the very painful blisters known as shingles — a condition that af…

Researchers find possible new treatment strategies for pancreatic cancer

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Athens, Ga. — New University of Georgia research has identified a protein that can be modified to improve the effectiveness of one of the most common drugs used to treat pancreatic cancer.
The research, published in the March edition of the jour…

Discovery of source of glycogen ‘manufacturing’ errors sheds light on fatal disease

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Indiana University scientists have solved a perplexing mystery regarding one of the body’s main energy storage molecules, in the process shedding light on a possible route to treatment of a rare but deadly disease in teenagers.
The disease occur…

Climate projections show human health impacts possible within 30 years

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A panel of scientists speaking today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) unveiled new research and models demonstrating how climate change could increase exposure and risk of human illness originat…

Exercise helps overweight children think better, do better in math

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Regular exercise improves the ability of overweight, previously inactive children to think, plan and even do math, Georgia Health Sciences University researchers report.
They hope the findings in 171 overweight 7- to 11-year-…

Study: mechanism that controls cell movement linked to tumors becoming more aggressive

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Athens, Ga. — Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered a central switch that controls whether cells move or remain stationary. The misregulation of this switch may play a role in the increased movement of tumor cells and in the agg…

New UGA research shows people are better at strategic reasoning than was thought

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Athens, Ga. — When we make decisions based on what we think someone else will do, in anything from chess to warfare, we must use reason to infer the other’s next move — or next three or more moves — to know what we must do. This so-called recurs…

Study: Waist circumference, not BMI, is best predictor of future cardiovascular risk in children

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Athens, Ga. — A new long-term study published by researchers at the University of Georgia, the Menzies Research Institute in Hobart, Australia and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia suggests that waist circumference, …

New research shows how disease-causing parasite gets around human innate immunity

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Athens, Ga. — Trypanosomes are parasites responsible for many human and animal diseases, primarily in tropical climates. One disease these parasites cause, African sleeping sickness, results from the bite of infected tsetse flies, putting over 60 …

Experimental treatments for cocaine addiction may prevent relapse

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Doctors have used the drug disulfiram to help patients stay sober for several decades. It interferes with the body’s ability to metabolize alcohol, giving a fierce hangover to someone who consumes even a small amount of alcohol.
More recently, dis…