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October 8, 2008
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Georgia a five-year, $8.3 million grant to further its research into the role cell-surface sugars known as glycans play in the development of stem cells and cancer cells. [Full article]
September 16, 2008
Three University of Georgia scientists – John Vena, Jason Zastre and Claire Robb – have been named by the Georgia Cancer Coalition as Distinguished Cancer Scholars for 2008-09. Together, they will receive $1.25 million over five years to support their research efforts through the Coalition’s Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and Scientists program. [Full article]
August 4, 2008
A research group led by professor Stephen Dalton, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar, has been awarded $9.2 million as part of a major new research grant. [Full article]
July 10, 2008
For the first time, researchers at the University of Georgia have shown a mechanism that explains how two essential components of the enzyme telomerase are “recruited” from distinct sites in the cell to the telomere, an area at the end of a chromosome that normally protects it from destruction. [Full article]
June 25, 2008
The potential of gene therapy has long been hampered by the risks associated with using viruses as vectors to deliver healthy genes, but a new University of Georgia study helps bring scientists closer to a safe and efficient gene delivery method that doesn’t involve viruses. [Full article]
June 20, 2008
David Lee, University of Georgia vice president for research, today announced the appointment of Carl Bergmann, Ph.D., as assistant vice president for research in charge of facilities. [Full article]
May 21, 2008
The UGA Cancer Center is fighting the disease, and addressing its implications, through a diversity of targets, tactics, and protagonists. [Full article]
Apr 17, 2008
A pioneering embryologist whose work has provided insights into the process by which cancer cells spread within the body will deliver the inaugural University of Georgia Cancer Center lecture on April 23. [Full article]
Mar 20, 2008
J. Michael Pierce, Distinguished Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the first George E. and Sarah F. Peters Mudter Professor in Cancer Research. [Full article]
Nov 19, 2007
Three University of Georgia researchers – Robert Arnold; Yan Geng; and Lianchun Wang – are among the 29 scientists named as Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholars for 2008. The coalition selects scientists engaged in the most promising areas of cancer research who can strengthen the state’s research talent, capacity, infrastructure and funding. [Full article]
Oct 29, 2007
Researchers at the University of Georgia Cancer Center have synthesized a carbohydrate-based vaccine that – in mice – has successfully triggered a strong immune response to cancer cells. The finding, published in the October issue of the journal Nature Chemical Biology, brings the scientists one step closer to a much-sought-after “cancer vaccine.” [Full article]
Oct 4, 2007
A 1998 settlement designed to limit the marketing of smokeless tobacco to youth hasn’t been effective, according to a new University of Georgia study published in the early online edition of the American Journal of Public Health. [Full article]
Aug 22, 2007
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, but work being conducted by a team of University of Georgia researchers aims to help physicians diagnose the disease early, when it’s more easily treated. [Full article]
Aug 6, 2007
The study, published in the August issue of the journal Glycobiology, found that exposing prostate cancer cells to pectin under laboratory conditions reduced the number of cells by up to 40 percent. [Full article]
Jul 19, 2007
Hye-Jin Paek, assistant professor at the UGA Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, found that anti-smoking ads are most effective when they convince youth that their friends are listening to the ads. Otherwise, the ads appear to stimulate the rebellious and curious nature of youth, making them more interested in smoking. [Full article]
May 5, 2007
Even five years after completing treatment, older breast cancer survivors consistently score lower in measures of well being such as life satisfaction when compared to a control group of women matched for age and socioeconomic status. [Full article]
Nov 20, 2007
Three University of Georgia researchers will spilt $750,000 in grants from the Georgia Cancer Coalition, the university announced Tuesday. [Full article]
Oct 29, 2007
U.S. scientists have created a vaccine that in an animal study successfully generated protection against cancer cells. [Full article]
Oct 2007
Howard Young isn’t content with just beating the odds. He wants to change them. So he’s linked up with a powerful ringer, the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC) at the University of Georgia.
Oct 21, 2007
University of Georgia researchers say pectin -- found in fruits and vegetables and used in making jams and other foods -- kills prostate cancer cells. [Full article]
Jul 22, 2007
The study by Hye-Jin Paek, an assistant professor at UGA's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, and co-author Albert Gunther of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides valuable insights into how anti-smoking ad campaigns should be crafted to be most effective among young people. [Full article]
Jul 24, 2007
"Social influence such as peer influence is very powerful," said Hye-Jin Paek, a professor of mass communication at UGA who recently finished a study on the influence of anti-smoking messages on pre-teens' and teens' smoking habits. [Full article]
Mar 2007
Howard Young (BBA '82) is opening doors for students and researchers in his campaign to help victims of pancreatic cancer. [Full article]
