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.

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Microbial world’s use of metals mostly unmapped

A new way of surveying microbes for the metals they contain reveals that biologists have been relying on the equivalent of a 15th century map of the world.
It turns out that there are many more metal-containing proteins in microbes than previously…

New analysis may help clarify the role of craving in addiction

Athens, Ga. — Just-published research led by a psychologist at the University of Georgia shows that behavioral economic analysis may lead to an improved understanding of craving for alcohol and other drugs.
This method of studying how craving al…