Timothy L. Lash, DSc, MPH, has been appointed as Rollins Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health, effective June 2018.
Fri May 04 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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Student research using the Robert Langmuir African American Photograph Collection in Emory's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library is now on display at the Robert W. Woodruff Library.
Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory law professor and immigration expert Polly Price says tuberculosis is on the rise among Mexican- and Latin American-born persons, and it's a concern along the border, especially with the influx of children recently.
Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Platelets, the tiny cell fragments whose job it is to stop bleeding, can "feel" the physical environment around them and respond in a graduated way.
Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Yerkes + Georgia Tech scientists have developed an "immunoPET" method for visualizing SIV replication in live non-human primates, with potential applications in HIV/AIDS research.
Mon Mar 09 13:00:00 EDT 2015
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The campus of Oxford College is small, but for the past two years it has been a large stage where Willis Hao has demonstrated the remarkable range of his talents as an actor, dancer, scholar and leader.
Tue May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The National Football League (NFL), GE, and Under Armour have selected a team of physicians and engineers from Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology as winners of the Head Health Challenge II, a competition for new innovations intended to speed diagnosis and improve treatment for concussions.
Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Goizueta Business School's Mike Lewis and David Schweidel and Yanwen Wang of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver co-authored a study that found negative political adverting is more effective than positive political advertising in senatorial campaigns.
Thu Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A songbirds' vocal muscles work like those of human speakers and singers, finds a study by Emory biologist Samuel Sober.
Thu Jan 14 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library has launched a concerted effort to expand its collection of historically significant lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender materials, particularly as they relate to Atlanta, its history and its response to the AIDS crisis.
Mon Jun 10 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Researchers at Winship Cancer Institute have made some surprising discoveries about the chemotherapy drug cisplatin -- discoveries which could make the drug effect with less toxic side effects.
Fri May 02 01:00:00 EDT 2014
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A study of kidney transplant recipients has shown for the first time that the drug belatacept, which controls the immune system and prevents graft rejection, has a better record of patient and organ survival than a calcineurin inhibitor, previously the standard of care.
Wed Jan 27 17:00:00 EST 2016
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Helen Mayberg, MD, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Mayberg is professor of psychiatry, neurology and radiology and the Dorothy C. Fuqua Chair in Psychiatric Imaging and Therapeutics at Emory University School of Medicine.
Mon Nov 25 01:00:00 EST 2013
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If you live in Atlanta, chances are you've passed the Ponce de Leon Center a hundred times and not seen it. Yet the center is among the most comprehensive clinics in the United States dedicated to the treatment of advanced HIV/AIDS.
Thu Jan 31 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Scientists can improve protein-based drugs by reaching into the evolutionary past, a paper published in Nature Biotechnology proposes. The re-engineering of blood clotting protein Factor VIII through "ancestral sequence reconstruction" is described.
Mon Sep 26 11:00:00 EDT 2016
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A survey developed by physicians and researchers at Emory University about organ donation and transplantation found that misperceptions about the lifesaving process are the most common deterrents for donating organs.
Mon Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Researchers found that small skin patches with dissolvable microneedles were safe and well-tolerated, generated robust immunity against influenza, could be self-administered and were strongly preferred over shots.
Tue Jun 27 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory's Director of Federal Affairs explains how the across-the-board cuts will impact research universities and academic teaching hospitals.
Tue Mar 05 01:00:00 EST 2013
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A new study shows Americans with diabetes have increasingly better control of their diease, but one in five Americans with diabetes still smokes, blood pressure has not improved significantly, and approximately 40 percent don't receive education at diagnosis or proactive health care.
Wed May 15 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Ken Carter, professor of psychology at Emory's Oxford College, is casting a wide net in gathering research for an upcoming book project on "high sensation seeking" people
Tue May 06 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Two Emory researchers and a graduate student flew a camera-bearing drone over an uninhabited and largely undisturbed barrier island off Georgia's coast. View the incredible footage.
Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Despite the hubbub about pluripotent stem cells' potential applications, when it comes time to introduce products into patients, the stem cells are actually impurities that need to be removed.
Tue Aug 16 02:00:00 EDT 2016
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Well-educated college graduates who earned their degrees in a recession were ultimately more satisfied with their jobs, according to a newly published study by Emily Bianchi, assistant professor of organization and management at Emory University's Goizueta Business School.
Tue Dec 03 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Scientists have used an imaging technique to reconstruct the brain architecture and neural networks of the thylacine - better known as the Tasmanian tiger - an extinct carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania.
Thu Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2017
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The acute outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has subsided in West Africa, but the medical community continues to learn about long-term complications for survivors - including the potential for blinding eye disease.
Fri Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory professor Vanessa Siddle Walker's new book, "The Lost Education of Horace Tate," explores the hidden history of African American educators working to end the system of segregated schools.
Thu Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Asian elephants console others who are in distress, using physical touches and vocalizations, finds a study to be published in the journal PeerJ.
Tue Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2014
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A sewer system upgrade restores the health of an urban stream and gets rid of mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus, an Emory-led study finds.
Tue May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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According to the initial results of a major National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial, more intensive management of high blood pressure may help significantly reduce rates of cardiovascular disease and lower the risk of death among older adults.
Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) ranks Emory University in the Top 10 globally in seven subject areas based on the number of research articles in top-tier journals over the last 10 years.
Wed Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Cecile Janssens, PhD, research professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, proposes a fundamentally new search method for scientific literature in a recent study published in the October 2015 issue of BMC Medical Research Methodology.
Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A new clinical study at Emory University is testing whether microneedle patches applied to the skin may be a safe and effective alternative to conventional flu shots. The study is currently underway and enrolling volunteers.
Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory College has launched a $1.2 million effort focused on the future of scholarly publishing. The Mellon Foundation is funding the multiyear initiative to support long-form, open-access publications in the humanities in partnership with university presses.
Wed Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory University and the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center are participating in a new NIH study to compare the benefits and risks of four widely used type 2 diabetes drugs in combination with metformin.
Wed Jun 05 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Jalyn Radziminski-Smith and Virginia Spinks will spend the next month immersed in the study of human and civil rights when they join a global network of students in Europe for the 2017 Humanity in Action Fellowship Program.
Fri May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory Eye Center Director of Research, P. Michael Iuvone, has published a new book, The Retina and Circadian Rhythms, that provides a comprehensive review of the retinal circadian rhythms and their roles in photoreception and visual function.
Fri Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Researchers at Emory have found that women younger than 50 with a recent heart attack are more likely to experience restricted blood flow to the heart (myocardial ischemia) in response to psychological stress.
Tue Nov 19 07:00:00 EST 2013
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Biotech and the Ethical Imagination: A Global Summit (BEINGS), organized by Paul Root Wolpe, director of the Emory Center for Ethics, convened 135 delegates from 25 countries to create global guidelines for the use of biotech breakthroughs.
Tue May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory Law professor Kay Levine is one of four researchers recently awarded a National Science Foundation grant to study whether drug-free zone laws are enforced more aggressively in inner cities, and whether that enforcement results in disproportionately harsher sentencing of minority-population males.
Wed Apr 17 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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So Ashish Sood of the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University, Atlanta and his colleagues have come up with their own law, which is explicitly based on the tendency of technology to progress in stops and starts.Their Step and Wait Model (SAW), just published in Marketing Science, looks at how advances in performance are often followed by a waiting period before the next step forward.
Thu Jan 31 23:59:00 EST 2013
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Emory researchers have identified a protein that stimulates a pair of "orphan receptors" found in the brain, solving a biological puzzle and possibly leading to treatments for neurological diseases.
Tue May 21 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The HistoryMakers Digital Archive is one of Emory Libraries' newest licensed databases, offering access to hundreds of full-length oral-history video interviews with African Americans in a variety of fields.
Fri May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University have created a device that makes walking up and down stairs easier. They've built energy-recycling stairs that store a user's energy during descent and return energy to the user during ascent.
Thu Jul 13 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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Scientists have devised a triple-stage "cluster bomb" system for delivering the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, via tiny nanoparticles designed to break up when they reach a tumor.
Tue Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory University has been awarded more than $360,000 from the CDC to fund two research projects - one on combating antibiotic resistance transmission and another on medication safety.
Fri Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory University will participate in the internationally celebrated Open Access Week Oct. 21-27 with a roster of speakers, panels and other events that will examine the benefits, effects and issues that occur with open access.
Wed Oct 16 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory disease ecologists find that cross-species transmission of a parasite from humans to the endangered chimpanzees of Gombe Stream National Park poses risks for wildlife conservation efforts.
Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Today, The ALS Association recognized the Emory ALS Center as a Certified Treatment Center of Excellence. This designation establishes Emory as meeting the highest levels of established national standards of care in the management of ALS.
Mon Feb 13 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Analysis of pollen is poised to play an increasing role in solving modern-day mysteries, aided by gene-sequence libraries and advances in DNA barcoding, or the use of DNA to identify species.
Mon Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory University researchers have conducted the only known meta-analysis of Alzheimer's disease incidence by race and found that African-Americans are 64 percent more likely to develop AD than Caucasians, after adjusting for age, gender and education.
Thu Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The partnership between Emory's Department of Economics and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta helps the department attract top faculty and students and offer rare research, internship and learning opportunities.
Fri Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Researchers at Winship Cancer Institute have identified a control switch used by cancer cells to tune down mitochondria and ramp up growth when oxygen is limited.
Wed Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Dogs have a specialized region in their brains for processing faces, a new study finds. The research provides the first evidence for a face-selective region in the temporal cortex of dogs.
Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A sampling from two decades of mind-blowing Emory-Georgia Tech innovation and inventions.
Wed Nov 13 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Lower prices for genomics services. Response to sequestration.
Fri Jul 12 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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At Emory Universit's annual research-based Metabolic Camp, now in its 20th summer, adolescent girls with inherited metabolic disorders learn to take over the lifelong responsibility for managing for their own diets and their own health.
Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center, in partnership with Sanford Health, Duke University, Andrews Institute and Georgia Institute of Technology, received a $13 million grant from The Marcus Foundation for a multicenter clinical trial studying various stem cell options to treat osteoarthritis.
Wed Jul 25 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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Mouse lemurs can live at least eight years in the wild, twice as long as some previous estimates, a long-term longitudinal study finds.
Tue Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2014
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An analysis of 203 research articles from around the world shows that individuals with mental health disorders have a risk of mortality that is two times higher than the general population. This translates to about 10 years of life lost for people with mental disorders.
Wed Feb 11 11:00:00 EST 2015
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A research team led by Emory University, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Cedars-Sinai have completed the first major, in-depth analysis of genetic risk factors of inflammatory bowel disease in African-Americans.
Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory researchers Ilya Nemenman and Sam Sober received a $1 million grant from NIH's BRAIN Initiative to explore questions surrounding how the brain learns.
Thu Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Headed to a residency in internal medicine, Maggie Salinger completed her medical studies at Emory while also pursuing a master's degree in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School.
Thu May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced it will fund a new National Center for Functional Glycomics (NCFG) to be housed at Emory University School of Medicine.
Thu Aug 22 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The Millennial generation, which began entering college in 2000, is bringing profound changes to higher education and the workplace, according to Goizueta Business School's Andrea Hershatter.
Tue Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Long-lived collaborations in academia are rare, and successful female researchers in statistical and math sciences are far from commonplace. So a trio of female scientific collaborators in Emory's Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics is something of a phenomenon.
Mon Oct 09 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded Emory a contract to test new vaccines and therapies for infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases in adults and children.
Thu Sep 26 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Any cuts to science and research would slow medical progress, eliminate jobs, threaten the careers of young scientists, minimize our nation's standing as a global innovation leader and compromise other key American priorities.
Wed Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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U.S. state policies aimed at mitigating power plant emissions vary widely in effectiveness, finds a new study by Emory researchers published in Nature Climate Change. The study shows that policies with mandatory compliance are associated with the largest reductions in power plant emissions.
Tue Nov 07 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Frustrated by seeing indigent patients with serious illnesses who could have been helped by earlier treatment, Emory School of Medicine professor Charles Moore created a network of community centers that help bridge the health care gap in Atlanta.
Thu May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Sepsis is a leading cause of death in American hospitals, and often death comes because sepsis is spotted too late. At Emory, new monitoring systems and education on the subject are working to catch sepsis before it rages out of control.
Wed Nov 02 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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Sarah Freeman explored the new Flannery O'Connor materials in Emory's Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library to help create "All Being Displaced," a dance concert based on the iconic writer.
Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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On a study abroad trip to San Salvador, Meredith Whitten discovered fossilized bird tracks at this shoreline site. Next month, she celebrates the publication of her research article on the find, co-written with the Emory professor who led the trip.
Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A team at Rollins School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Colorado State University has been awarded $30M over five years from the NIH and the Gates Foundation to assess the impact of cleaner burning cooking stoves on household air pollution and health in four countries.
Tue Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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A new Emory clinical trials website includes easy-to-access information about nearly 1,000 clinical trials currently seeking volunteers.
Wed Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Debuting at this year's Atlanta Science Festival, a student-run program recruited more than 100 artists, most of them untrained college students, who worked with scientists from Emory and Georgia Tech to translate their research into art.
Thu Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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"A Global Vision for Emory," announced this week by the Office of Global Strategy and Initiatives, promotes greater coherence, direction and recognition of the university's worldwide reach.
Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Since 2000, children born in the United States benefit from the research of Keith Klugman, who helped develop the pneumonia vaccine that is now part of their immunization regimen. As a result, invasive pneumococcal disease among young American children has decreased by nearly 80%.
Mon Jun 17 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine are recruiting participants for a study investigating the genetic risk for developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) an early precursor of Alzheimer's disease.
Fri May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A new scientific study using satellite technology provides clear evidence that California's tough clean air programs are working to reduce emissions of fine particle pollution throughout the state.
Tue Jun 05 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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A recent study coordinated by researchers at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and led by the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente colleagues in Georgia and northern California found a link between cross-sex hormone use in transwomen and an increase in vascular side effects, such as stroke and venous thromboembolism (VTE).
Mon Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Drugs that interfere with bile acid recycling can prevent several aspects of NASH (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis) in mice fed a high-fat diet.
The findings suggest that ASBT inhibitors could be a viable clinical strategy to address NASH, an increasingly common liver disease.
Wed Sep 21 14:00:00 EDT 2016
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New, multi-year Interdisciplinary Faculty Fellowships will allow Emory faculty to pursue research that crosses departmental boundaries in a collaborative intellectual environment.
Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Patients with Alzheimer's disease have significantly higher levels of DDE, the long-lasting metabolite of the pesticide DDT, in their blood than healthy people, a team of researchers from Rutgers, Emory and UTSW has found.
Thu Jan 30 01:00:00 EST 2014
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This fall, professors Marshall Duke, Miriam Udel and Melvin Konner take "the world's first deep dive" into the often-overlooked body of Yiddish children's literature published between World War I and World War II.
Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Five Emory nurses will be inducted as 2017 Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. The Academy is composed of more than 2,000 of the nation's most accomplished nurse leaders in education, management, practice, policy and research.
Tue Aug 22 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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Biomedical engineers have built simple machines out of DNA, consisting of arrays whose units switch reversibly between two different shapes. The arrays¿ inventors say they could be harnessed to make nanotech sensors or amplifiers. Potentially, they could be combined to form logic gates, the parts of a molecular computer.
Fri Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Consuming foods derived from currently-subsidized commodities is associated with higher risks of diabetes and cardiovascular disease according to a new study by researchers at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.
Tue Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory immunologists have identified a distinct set of long-lived antibody-producing cells in the human bone marrow that function as an immune archive.
Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Findings rule out direct effect of Y chromosome for masculine patterns of response.
Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Eric J. Sorscher, MD, has been named a Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar and Hertz Professor in Cystic Fibrosis Research. The position is jointly sponsored by Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the GRA.
Thu May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Aryeh D. Stein, PhD, MPH, professor at the Rollins School of Public Health, has received a three-year, $3.7 million award from the Gates Foundation to fund research examining the role that socioeconomic status and childhood development can have on a person's cognitive and socio-emotional functioning in adulthood.
Tue May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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A multinational study that analyzed data from 47 countries over 15 years shows a worldwide increase in annual deaths caused by seasonal influenza-related respiratory illnesses.
Wed Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2017
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On Dec. 16, the library systems that supply information to discoverE will change, as the software that library staff uses to order, pay for, catalog and circulate library materials is replaced.
Thu Dec 10 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A user-friendly mobile app designed to provide continuity and follow-up linkages for persons at risk for suicide has won first prize in an App Challenge sponsored by the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Tue Sep 17 09:00:00 EDT 2013
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A collection of Atlanta-based photographer Billy Howard's work from his "Epitaphs for the Living: Words and Images in the Time of AIDS" project is now open at the Rose Library.
Mon Jul 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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An editorial in the Sept. 6, 2016 issue of JAMA accompanies the publication of new US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) screening recommendations for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection in primary care settings.
Tue Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The Emory-led Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance has received a five-year NIH grant for $51 million for its statewide research partnership.
Mon Sep 25 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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Researchers from Emory University's School of Medicine and the Rollins School of Public Health received a five-year $1 million award from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHHD) to evaluate school-based health centers in Georgia.
Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Biophysicists have taken another small step forward in the quest for an automated method to infer models describing a system's dynamics -- a so-called robot scientist.
Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Arginine therapy may be a safe and inexpensive treatment for acute pain episodes in patients with sickle cell disease, according to results of a recent clinical study.
Mon Sep 16 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The Office of Technology Transfer honors entrepreneurs and their innovations at an annual awards celebration.
Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2014
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year grant of $11.9 million to researchers at Emory University to study the HIV epidemic among women as part of a recent expansion of the Women¿s Interagency HIV Cohort Study (WIHS).
Tue Aug 13 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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With the number of PhD graduates rising in the last two decades, in tandem with the percentage of academic positions shrinking, the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies has launched several programs to provide resources to students who are exploring a range of career options.
Fri Dec 11 00:00:00 EST 2015
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An educational and outreach program in Georgia dialysis centers in 2014 resulted in a 75 percent increase in referrals for kidney transplant evaluation, with the greatest increase among black patients.
Thu Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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A new study finds positive outcomes associated with intensive multidisciplinary treatment for children with pediatric feeding disorder who may require a feeding tube to support growth and development.
Fri Nov 11 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Researchers at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health have identified a large duplication on chromosome 7q11.23 as a new risk factor for schizophrenia. (7q11.23 refers to the specific location of the duplicated region on the chromosome.)
Tue Jul 30 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Researchers at Emory University received $507.1 million from external funding agencies in fiscal year 2013.
Wed Nov 06 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Two exhibits inspired by Emory University undergraduate courses and co-curated by students are on display on Level 2 of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, with a group presentation and reception slated for April 30.
Thu Apr 25 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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"Building Emory's African American Collections: Highlights from the Curatorial Career of Randall K. Burkett," an exhibition opening Sept. 13 at Emory's Woodruff Library, will feature treasures from collections and Burkett's stories of their discovery and acquisition.
Tue Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Following a year of studies at the University of St Andrews as a Bobby Jones Scholar, Emory graduate Kadiata Sy is named to the 2017-2018 Luce Scholars Program.
Mon Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 2017
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An extensive review of research on wild primate social networks and parasites co-authored by primate disease ecologist Thomas Gillespie underscores the importance of super-spreaders, or central individuals that play an outsized role in pathogen transmission.
Thu Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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It has been one year since Emory University Hospital prepared to accept the first patient to be treated for Ebola virus disease in the United States.
Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has named David S. Weiss, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (infectious diseases) at Emory University School of Medicine and the Emory Vaccine Center, as a 2013 Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease.
Mon Jul 08 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Matthew Pierce is using his expertise in urban planning to create a window on the worship life of Atlanta that otherwise might be lost to the ages.
Wed May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2013
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Researchers at Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing have identified underlying biological changes among minority and low-income pregnant women that occur in response to chronic stress.
Fri Aug 09 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory physics professor Justin Burton received a $625,000 award from the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Program, which support scientists who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research integrated with excellence in education.
Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Examining HIV transmission events occurring in 169 heterosexual couples in Zambia, Emory researchers found that almost a third of potential immune target sites in the virus that established infection were pre-adapted to the immune response in the newly-infected partner.
Tue Aug 23 09:00:00 EDT 2016
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The Académie des Sciences of the Institut de France and the Royal Society of London each has elected Max Cooper, PhD, as a Foreign Member.
Thu Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Pregnant women who received the H1N1 influenza vaccine during the 2009 pandemic were less likely to have premature babies, and their babies weighed more on average.
Tue Feb 19 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Manish Tripathi, marketing professor at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, uncovers the reasons why so many companies are releasing their Super Bowl commercials before the game.
Fri Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta have appointed Michael Davis, PhD, as director of the Center for Cardiovascular Biology (CCB) in the Emory + Children¿s Pediatric Research Center.
Tue Jun 25 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Biomedical engineer Yonggang Ke has been selected to receive a NSF CAREER award for his research on self-assembling DNA computers simulating biological processes.
Tue Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2017
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DNA bricks enable the self-assembly of 3D nanostructures from 10,000 unique components.
Wed Dec 20 01:00:00 EST 2017
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HIV/SIV-infected cells hide out in areas of lymph nodes that most "killer" antiviral cells don't have access to. Yerkes/Vaccine Center researchers have identified a group of antiviral T cells that do have the entry code, called CXCR5. Could be important for efforts to cure HIV infection.
Tue Jan 31 01:00:00 EST 2017
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In 2001, University of Georgia football player David Jacobs was felled by a stroke. Since his recovery, he's been tackling stroke, along with the expert team at Emory University.
Mon Feb 03 01:00:00 EST 2014
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The recent outbreak of Zika virus disease and its link to fetal development highlights the need for pregnant women and those of reproductive age to be a priority group for developing and evaluating new vaccines and vaccine guidelines for Zika and other emerging infectious diseases, say the authors of a new Viewpoint article in JAMA.
Wed Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2016
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To reduce the growing number of deaths related to both prescription opioid overuse and illicit opioid use, a new report determines it will take years of sustained and coordinated efforts to curb the opioid epidemic.
Thu Jul 27 03:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory University will debut the first major exhibition to celebrate the life and work of late Irish poet and Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney since his death, including rarely seen photographs, personal correspondence with other writers, and the surface of his one-time writing desk.
Sun Jan 12 01:00:00 EST 2014
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The Dec. 6 symposium will feature recent collaborations by physicians at Emory and engineers at Georgia Tech.
Thu Dec 05 01:00:00 EST 2013
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"A 34 percent risk reduction for the development of head and neck cancer with valproic acid use could result in the prevention of up to approximately 16,000 new cases and 3,000 to 4,000 annual deaths in the U.S. alone," said Dr. Johann Christoph Brandes of the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Emory University in Atlanta.
Mon Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease, according to a recent study led by researchers at Emory.
Tue Jun 25 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Art history Professor Bonna Wescoat and religion Professor Joyce Flueckiger will use their Guggenheim awards to write, books on the Great Gods of Samothrace, Greece and materiality in religion in India.
Wed Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD, deputy director of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and assistant dean for cancer research in the Emory School of Medicine, was selected to hold the Roberto C. Goizueta Distinguished Chair for Cancer Research.
Wed Oct 05 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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Scientists at Emory Vaccine Center have shown that an immune regulatory molecule called IL-21 is needed for long-lasting antibody responses in mice against viral infections.
Wed May 22 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The final results of a promising non-surgical treatment option for aortic stenosis were announced this week at the ACC 2015 meeting.
Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A simple point-of-care testing device for anemia could provide more rapid diagnosis of the common blood disorder and allow inexpensive at-home self-monitoring of persons with chronic forms of the disease.
Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory Eye Center clinical research contributed to the recent findings of a multi-year National Eye Institute (NEI) study, AREDS2 (Age-Related Eye Disease Study).
Fri May 10 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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For the first time, scientists have measured and mapped the key molecular forces on platelets that trigger the process of blood clotting. The extensive results are published in two separate studies led by Emory chemistry professor, Kahlid Salaita.
Mon Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Instead of simply following instructions to achieve a known result, Emory College's undergraduate biology labs now focus on authentic research. The new approach teaches problem-solving skills and lets students experience the excitement of discovering something new.
Thu Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory University has acquired the archive of former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Natasha Trethewey, the university announced Tuesday¿."It's hard, in a lot of ways, to watch all of this go out of the door," Trethewey, 48, said in an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "But many of (former U.S. Poet Laureate) Rita Dove's papers burned in a fire years ago at her home, so it does seem like a reason for mine to be someplace safer than my home office."
Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory University marketing professor Manish Tripathi takes a look at how the Twitterverse is viewing the Super Bowl commercials and which ads won the night.
Tue Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2014
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What we don't know about HIV may lead us to the right path for finding a vaccine. So far, scientists have been forced to navigate a complex maze.
Thu Feb 28 01:00:00 EST 2013
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The strain of HIV someone is first infected with, and its capacity to replicate in the body, can have a lasting influence on how the virus disrupts the immune system, according to a study to be published in PNAS.
Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Younger women with a recent heart attack are more likely than men of the same age to experience myocardial ischemia, or inadequate blood flow to the heart, in response to emotional stress according to researchers at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.
Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Researchers at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University observed little effect of health behaviors, including eating habits, television viewing, and physical activity, on change in weight among children.
Tue May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Winship Deputy Director Suresh Ramalingam, MD and colleagues report encouraging results of FLAURA study, published in New England Journal of Medicine, involving NSCLC patients with an EGFR mutation treated with osimertinib.
Sat Nov 18 02:00:00 EST 2017
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Civil rights leader the Rev. C.T. Vivian, who worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, is placing a portion of his and his late wife¿s papers with the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University.
Tue Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2014
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The latest Emory Report Book|Report podcast features neuroscientist Larry Young's exploration of chemical brain changes behind the forms of human love.
Wed Feb 13 19:00:00 EST 2013
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The Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation (CVNR), a research center at the Atlanta VA Medical Center led by Emory faculty, has received renewal for an additional five years. One of 13 similar centers in the nation, CVNR successfully competed for renewal for $900,000 annual funding for 2017-2022.
Wed Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2016
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The Cancer Research Institute has selected Rafi Ahmed, PhD, to receive the 2017 William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology.
Tue Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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How much radiation is actually delivered to the glandular tissue in a person's breast during an imaging test? Thanks to a nearly $1 million grant from Susan G. Komen, medical physicist Ioannis Sechopoulos hopes to answer that question using the new screening technique of tomosynthesis.
Wed Sep 04 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory University anthropologist James Rilling, whose lab conducted the research, said, "We're assuming that testes size drives how involved the fathers are, but it could also be that when men become more involved as caregivers, their testes shrink. Environmental influences can change biology."
Mon Sep 09 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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A clinical trial of an H7N9 avian flu vaccine found a protective immune response in 59 percent of participants who received two injections along with an adjuvant.
Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A new study by researchers at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that lifestyle modification programs modeled on diabetes prevention programs (DPP) trials not only achieved weight reduction, but also additional metabolic benefits -- specifically, reductions in blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels.
Wed Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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While predictions can be dangerous, especially concerning the future, it¿s usually helpful to plan ahead. Here are five biomedical research topics the Lab Land team thinks will claim some attention in 2015.
Mon Jan 05 01:00:00 EST 2015
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David S. Stephens, MD, vice president for research in the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC), Emory University, has been appointed chair of the Department of Medicine in Emory University School of Medicine, and chief of medicine, Emory Healthcare, effective immediately.
Mon Nov 25 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Dr. Keith Klugman, who helped develop a rapid test for pneumococcal pneumonia, is working a genetic sequencing project that reads the DNA of 20,000 pneumococcal pneumonia strains globally.
Fri Mar 08 01:00:00 EST 2013
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The first direct comparison of in vitro and in vivo screening techniques for identifying nanoparticles that may be used to transport therapeutic molecules into cells shows that testing in lab dishes isn't much help in predicting which nanoparticles will successfully enter the cells of living animals.
Wed Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2018
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J. David Prologo, MD, delivered new findings from an Emory Interventional Radiology and Image Guided Medicine study at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting.
Wed Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Cardiologists have identified a trio of biomarkers that may predict which patients with heart disease have a high risk of heart attack or death in the next two years.
Fri May 10 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Research in mice shows that a pharmacological strategy can alleviate multiple behavioral and cellular deficiencies in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common inherited form of intellectual disability.
Fri Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A recent study shows that prescriptions for the antiepileptic drug valproate have not decreased in recent years even though the drug is known to cause severe birth defects and brain damage.
Mon Jul 22 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The Center for Selective C-H Functionalization is breaking down silos and leading the way for a major paradigm shift in organic chemistry.
Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Jacob Wright, associate professor of Hebrew Bible, discusses his new book "King David and His Reign Revisited."
Thu Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2014
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In fiscal year 2017, Emory Healthcare provided $73.5 million in charity care, which includes care for patients with no health insurance, not even Medicare or Medicaid, and no resources of their own.
Sun Dec 10 02:00:00 EST 2017
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A class of anti-inflammatory drugs already FDA-approved for rheumatoid arthritis could "purge" the reservoir of infected immune cells in people infected by HIV, according to new research.
Thu Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Research, rankings, celebrities and students top the list of the biggest stories of 2013 from the Emory News Center.
Sat Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2013
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Emory neuroscientists have found that people who experience a mixing of the senses, known as synesthesia, are more sensitive to associations everyone has between the sounds of words and visual shapes.
Mon Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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A rare collection of materials related to Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac has been acquired by Emory's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory undergraduates have unparalleled access to conduct research with top faculty. The redesigned Research Ambassadors program, launching this month, enlists students to help connect their peers to research opportunities.
Thu Oct 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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A single injection of stem cells into degenerative discs reduced low back pain for at least 12 months according to results of a 100-patient, phase II, international clinical trial that included researchers at the Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center.
Wed Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Lung cancer researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have discovered a novel strategy to exploit apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death, for the treatment of lung cancer.
Tue May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory University study suggests that a disruption in the body's own regenerative capacity may contribute to the development of peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
Fri Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Scientists and public health leaders who gathered at the Emory Conference Center May 1-3 to focus on Zika virus disease agreed that while much work remains to be done in understanding and combating the disease, they are optimistic at the level of global collaboration.
Wed May 11 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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Winship Cancer Institute researchers Adam Marcus, PhD and Theresa Gillespie, PhD are the recipients of an R25 Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the National Institutes of Health.
Mon Jun 06 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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Former U.S. Poet Laureate and Emory faculty member Natasha Trethewey has placed her archive at the university's Manuscript Archives and Rare Book Library.
Tue Aug 26 01:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory researcher and neurosurgeon Robert Gross, MD, PhD, and his research team have been awarded a nearly $5 million grant from the NIH in support of the BRAIN Initiative.
Thu Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Recently one of the country's largest insurance providers reversed a decision to stop covering a medical procedure after a clinical trial conclusively showed the approach's ability to save lives and improve outcomes for stroke patients. The study was led by Emory's Michael Frankel, MD, director of the Marcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center at Grady Memorial Hospital.
Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The National Institutes of Health recently opened national enrollment for the All of Us Research Program — a momentous effort to advance individualized prevention, treatment and care for people of all backgrounds, in collaboration with partner institutions across the country.
Tue May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center will be one of three U.S. study sites to participate in an NIH-sponsored clinical trial of a vaccine candidate intended to prevent Zika virus infection.
Wed Aug 03 02:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory Eye Center is taking a leading role in providing partial sight restoration to patients in the Southeast and the country with severe retinitis pigmentosa.
Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Winship Cancer Institute is one of only 15 sites worldwide to acquire and install a lattice sheet microscope, novel technology that will change the way researchers are able to visualize cells.
Tue Jan 03 01:00:00 EST 2017
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American Studies students used primary source materials in the Rose Library to create a new exhibit, "Resisting Racism: From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter," on display in the library until August.
Wed Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Ryan Sutherland graduated last week with a double major in music and biology, but he leaves something important behind at Emory: an archive based on ethnomusicology research he conducted here and in Indonesia.
Tue May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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A molecular signature seen in blood from patients who are experiencing an acute heart attack may also predict the risk of cardiovascular death over the next few years, Emory researchers have found.
Tue Apr 01 01:00:00 EDT 2014
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As a physician, researcher, and public health leader, Carlos del Rio has spent his career working to prevent, treat and improve patient outcomes for infectious diseases locally and globally, with a particular focus on HIV/AIDS.
Wed May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The possibility that our most commonly prescribed drugs, which we've relied on for nearly eight decades to kill infections, will stop working is nearly unfathomable. Find out how Emory researchers are addressing the threat of antibiotic resistance.
Mon Feb 20 02:00:00 EST 2017
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An Emory University study shows women age 55 and younger are twice as likely to suffer a heart attack, die or require artery-opening procedures if they are moderately or severely depressed.
Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Children with low social competence, or the skills and behaviors necessary to engage in appropriate and positive social interactions, are at an increased likelihood of obesity.
Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory anthropologist Jenny Chio explores the changes in rural life in China's cities in her documentary film on the impact of tourism in China.
Thu Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Winship has been granted Comprehensive Cancer Center status by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the highest designation given by the NCI. What does that mean -- for Emory, for patients, for Georgia, for cancer research?
Mon Jan 22 01:00:00 EST 2018
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The cancer center gained national recognition for patient care and for its basic and clinical research initiatives. "It's been an extraordinary year," says Winship Executive Director Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD.
Wed Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The compound huperzine A can increase resistance to induced seizures in mouse models of genetic epilepsy. In particular, huperzine A shows potential for protecting against febrile seizures, a feature of both Dravet syndrome and GEFS+.
Wed Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2016
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An immune-enhancing treatment can push SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus) out of its hideouts in infected monkeys that have the virus controlled with drugs, Yerkes scientists report.
Wed Feb 24 12:00:00 EST 2016
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Dr. Greg Berns at Emory University says dogs really understand what we say to them, and his one-of-a-kind dog project looks to prove it.
Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A multi-site study shows that extended-release guanfacine is safe and effective for reducing hyperactivity and impulsive behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder.
Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Researchers have developed a method for estimating developmental maturity of newborns. It is based on tracking DNA methylation, a structural modification of DNA, whose patterns change as development progresses before birth.
Mon Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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A study conducted by researchers at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center and Emory University demonstrates that lifestyle change can be achieved in a large-scale healthcare setting and could be a model strategy for fighting diabetes nationally.
Mon Jun 24 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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A new study to assess the safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of allogeneic stem cells in persons with mild to moderate dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) is beginning enrollment at Emory University and University of California, Irvine.
Fri Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Goizueta Business School student Gurbani Singh hopes to one day start a business to provide post-secondary educational opportunities for people with intellectual or developmental delays.
Tue May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A special, advance screening of "The Man Who Knew Infinity" at the Carter Center was a chance to celebrate Emory's connection to the film -- Ken Ono, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Math, served as an associate producer and the math consultant.
Thu Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Given the choice, many dogs prefer praise from their owners over food, suggests a new study by neuroscientist Gregory Berns.
Tue Aug 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Clinical work and research into depression, schizophrenia, autism-spectrum disorders, early childhood development, the mental health of families and the origins of human morality - those are a few of the areas in which Emory has, and continues, to make major contributions.
Wed Oct 02 00:05:00 EDT 2013
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Emory University faculty members are recognized as "Highly Cited Researchers" on a new list from Thomson Reuters that includes researchers in 21 fields of the sciences and social sciences.
Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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King David is one the most prominent figures in the Bible, and, according to Candler School of Theology professor Jacob Wright, the most human.
Thu Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Center physicians and School of Medicine faculty Tim Yoon, MD, PhD, William Hutton, and Zili Wang MD, PhD, received the Lumbar Spine Research Prize awarded by The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS).
Thu Oct 03 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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A Life of the Mind speaker says we now have a better understanding of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and tools needed to contain it.
Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Depressed patients with signs of systemic inflammation have elevated levels of glutamate in regions of the brain that are important for motivation, Emory researchers have found.
Wed Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Emory University's Dr. Raymond J. Dingledine discusses the impact sequestration budget cuts could have on medical research at Emory and nationally.
Wed Mar 06 01:00:00 EST 2013
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The Marcus Foundation has donated $15 million to establish the Marcus Stroke Network to help reduce stroke disability and death rates in the Southeastern United States.
Wed Mar 21 02:00:00 EDT 2018
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Luke Johnson's blockbuster book, "The Real Jesus" appeared 20 years ago during the Lenten season, and changed the course of scholars' historical Jesus debates.
Mon Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Lung cancer cells making up an invasive pack have specialized roles as leaders and followers, which depend on each other for mobility and survival, Winship Cancer Institute scientists report in Nature Communications.
Mon May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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A new clinical trial conducted by Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital interventional radiologist J. David Prologo, MD is studying a minimally invasive investigational treatment known as cryoablation therapy, hoped to help relieve symptoms in amputees with residual and phantom limb pain.
Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Cataract surgery can be safely performed on Ebola virus disease survivors with impaired vision, Emory Eye Center ophthalmologists and 40 colleagues around the world report.
Wed Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The increasing proportion of the population that received treatment for a specific medical condition - called "treated disease prevalence" - along with higher spending per treated case accounted for most of the rise in health care spending in the U.S. between 1987 and 2009, according to a recent analysis.
Mon May 06 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Many alumni of the Rollins School of Public Health have gone on to join the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service as officers — the agency's elite disease detectives — and some of the school's best-known faculty have served in the EIS as well. Meet Dr. Eric Pevzner, a Rollins graduate who today leads the EIS.
Mon May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A recent study by Emory researchers found arterial stiffness, measured as pulse wave velocity (PWV), is associated with a steeper decline in cognitive performance than blood pressure. The findings, published in the journal Hypertension, may offer a better prediction of future dementia than just blood pressure level.
Tue Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Colleen Lewis, is lead nurse practitioner in the Phase I Clinical Trials Unit at Winship Cancer Institute, supervising patient care and safety and serving as a co-investigator on more than 50 research trials.
Mon Oct 09 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory researchers are embarking on a new study focused on identifying factors that will predict who is at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). The goal of the Emory Healthy Brain Study is earlier detection of AD and someday prevention.
Thu Nov 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Patients who have a biopsy or surgery connected to a breast cancer diagnosis and allow some of their left-over tissue to be used in Emory's breast tissue bank are helping researchers find answers to improving diagnosis, treatment, even prevention of breast cancer.
Thu Dec 04 01:00:00 EST 2014
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Yerkes National Primate Research Center researchers are the first to show that an irradiation plus transplantation combination approach in nonhuman primates can be used to treat or even possibly cure HIV/AIDS, and this new model is providing some answers about the "Berlin patient," the only human thought cured of AIDS.
Fri Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory clinical neuroscientists study brain scans in effort to find better ways to help patients recover from depression.
Wed Jun 12 16:00:00 EDT 2013
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A protein that cancer cells rely on to stave off cell death also helps them regulate DNA repair, researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University (Winship) have discovered.
Tue Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2018
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In "White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide," Emory historian Carol Anderson examines how racism and racial prejudice have been infused in public policy in the United States.
Tue May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Physicians caring for health-care workers who may be exposed to Ebola virus need a framework for deciding who will receive post-exposure prophylaxis, an Emory vaccine researcher recommends.
Tue Aug 25 19:00:00 EDT 2015
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Elliott Winton, MD, veteran hematologist with Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, received a 2016 MPN Hero award in recognition of his commitment to researching and caring for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), a group of rare blood cancers.
Mon Dec 05 01:00:00 EST 2016
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Clearside Biomedical, Inc. an Atlanta-based ophthalmic pharmaceutical company launched from research at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, has received $7.9 million in funding to continue drug and technology development for treatment of ocular diseases.
Wed Mar 13 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Experts in HIV, cancer and mental health highlighted Emory's leadership in disciplines of critical global importance at the Inauguration Academic Symposium, titled "Health Challenges and Bold Opportunities."
Wed Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2017
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A new kidney allocation system implemented by the United Network for Organ Sharing led to a narrowing of the disparities in national kidney transplant rates among whites, blacks and Hispanics on the transplant waitlist.
Mon Jun 05 03:00:00 EDT 2017
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"NIH in Your State," the National Institutes of Health's two-month social media campaign, is reminding the public about NIH investment in each state and the impact of federally funded research on the health of its citizens.
Thu May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, announced it is donating eight chimpanzees to the Wingham Wildlife Park in Kent, United Kingdom.
Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A collaborative research project aimed at discovering a drug to treat a highly resistant form of breast cancer is one of two projects given the green light by the Queensland Emory Development (QED) Alliance.
Wed Nov 06 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Stefan Lutz, professor and chair of chemistry at Emory, is a dedicated mountaineer on a quest to climb the Seven Summits -- the highest peak on each of the continents. He leaves March 26 for Nepal and a two-month expedition to climb Mount Everest.
Mon Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Goizueta Business School professor Erika Hall made national headlines for her research on biases related to the terms "black" and "African American." Her new work focuses on the role of race in law enforcement.
Mon Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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A new report from the Institute of Medicine recommends the establishment of a national registry to track out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, while boosting involvement in teaching bystander CPR to communities. Emory already has such a registry and its system could serve as a model.
Tue Jun 30 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year grant renewal to researchers in Emory's Winship Cancer Institute who are developing nanoparticles to treat pancreatic cancer, one of the most deadly cancers.
Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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In injured mouse intestines, specific types of bacteria step forward to promote healing, scientists have found.
One oxygen-shy type of bacteria that grows in the wound-healing environment, Akkermansia muciniphila, has already attracted attention for its relative scarcity in both animal and human obesity.
Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2016
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The entire heart muscle in young children may be capable of regeneration. In young mice, cardiac muscle cells undergo a precisely timed spurt of cell division. This previously unobserved phenomenon contradicts long-held ideas about how the heart grows.
Thu May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory University has been selected as one of six sites to test a new technology for treatment-resistant depression.
Wed Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2014
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A new guideline for the nutrition management of gastrointestinal symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) provides a framework for clinicians to navigate frequently seen issues such as food selectivity, alternative diets and nutritional deficits.
Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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In a new video, Sean Stowell, MD, PhD and colleagues explain how galectins can be compared to sheep dogs, which are vigilant in protecting our cells (sheep) against bacteria that may try to disguise themselves (wolves).
Sat Jan 23 01:00:00 EST 2016
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Bilirubin, a yellow-orange pigment, is formed after the breakdown of red blood cells and is eliminated by the liver. It's not only a sign of a bruise, it may provide cardiovascular benefits, according to a large-scale epidemiology study.
Thu May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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NMDA receptor assemblies containing GluN2C -- a drug discovery target important in schizophrenia -- have distinct electrochemical properties, Emory researchers show.
Thu Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The Emory Global Diabetes Research Center has joined forces with multiple institutions to form an India-based Center for Control of Chronic Conditions to tackle research on diabetes, heart disease, cancer, mental health and injuries in that country.
Wed Oct 28 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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Competition for social status may be an important driver of lower fertility in the modern world, suggests a new study.
Tue Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The second volume of "The Complete Prose of T.S. Eliot: The Critical Edition," co-edited by English professor emeritus Ron Schuchard, has won the Modernist Studies Association's inaugural prize for a distinguished edition.
Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A new research study has found that approximately one-third of all individuals with a normal body mass index (BMI) had cardio-metabolic risk factors for heart disease, especially those of South Asian and Hispanic descent.
Tue Apr 04 08:00:00 EDT 2017
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Researchers found that when a mouse is trained to become afraid of a certain odor, his or her pups will be more sensitive to that odor, even though the pups have never encountered it.
Mon Dec 02 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Emory geneticists have been studying a modification of DNA that is not well understood in animals: methylation of the DNA letter A (adenine). It appears more in the mouse brain under conditions of stress, and may have a role in neuropsychiatric disorders.
Wed Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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The number of donor egg in-vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles has increased over a 10-year period of time in the U.S., and outcomes of births from the donor eggs have improved, according to researchers at Emory University.
Thu Oct 17 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Researchers at Emory have found that after completing one full season of college football, players demonstrate relatively stiffer arteries compared to other non-athletic college students.
Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Emory University School of Medicine is one of three national sites participating in a Phase 1-2 clinical trial of an experimental vaccine to prevent infection with the chikungunya virus.
Mon Jun 05 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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Winship Cancer Institute clinicians and scientists work with their research partners across campus and the country to design, develop, and test new, personalized treatment regimens. Increasingly those regimens are specific to each patient.
Fri Nov 14 01:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory clinical geneticists say they are happy about the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to exclude the ability to patent genomic DNA sequences.
Tue Jun 18 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory's campus was the scene Friday, March 23, for some of those dazzling, wondrous, marvelously messy moments that made up the 2018 Atlanta Science Festival.
Thu Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Traditional communities living in isolated, rural areas with little money or infrastructure tend to have one thing in common: Resilience rooted in intricate knowledge of their natural environment, especially plants.
Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Fifteen percent of Americans have clinical depression during some portion of their lives. A third of those have major depression. For a few of those, the entire arsenal of traditional treatments doesn't work. These are the patients Emory's Dr. Helen Mayberg sees.
Mon Apr 27 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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In a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded clinical trial, researchers at Emory have discovered that specific patterns of brain activity may indicate whether a depressed patient will or will not respond to treatment with medication or psychotherapy. The study was published June 12, 2013, in JAMA Psychiatry Online First.
Wed Jun 12 16:00:00 EDT 2013
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Spatial reasoning measured in infancy predicts how children do at math at four years of age, finds a new study by Emory psychologists.
Wed Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory University is ranked No. 58 in the world among universities granted U.S. utility patents in 2014, according to a new report released by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association.
Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A new philanthropic gift to Emory University will support the advancement of cystic fibrosis (CF) research with the aim of developing effective new drug therapies and a cure for the disease.
Mon Jan 25 01:00:00 EST 2016
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Neuroscientist Helen Mayberg and New Testament scholar Carl Holladay have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research.
Tue Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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What distinguishes memory CD8 T cells from untrained naïve cells is that they can respond rapidly, within minutes or hours. New research from Emory Vaccine Center illuminates how memory cells accomplish this.
Wed Dec 13 02:00:00 EST 2017
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On World AIDS Day 2017, Emory research leaders in the Emory-CDC HIV Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) reflected on the importance of clinical trials in the progress made in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention.
Fri Dec 01 01:00:00 EST 2017
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded a three-year $5 million grant to an international team to test the anti-cancer drug imatinib as a repurposed treatment for tuberculosis.
Tue Aug 15 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory's Center for the Study of Law and Religion is launching a new book series on law and Christianity in partnership with Cambridge University Press. Series editor is renowned legal scholar John Witte Jr., director of of the center.
Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2015
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An Emory University study finds that regular exercise seems to reduce the adverse cardiovascular effects of depression.
Wed Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Emory University School of Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine has received a $375,000 grant to help train first responders, and workers whose jobs may expose them to infectious diseases, in ways to protect themselves and prevent the spread of disease.
Thu Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory physicist Justin Burton helped provide an "unprecedented understanding" of how a glacial earthquake evolves.
Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Goizueta Business School professors and alumni explore whether the convenience provided by everyday technology is too habit forming for our own good.
Mon Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The Burroughs Wellcome Fund selected C. Denise Okafor for a Career Award at the Scientific Interface, supporting her research on the evolution of steroid receptors. The award fosters research bridging biology and computational, physical, engineering or theoretical sciences.
Fri Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Ever look up at the stars and wonder: "Are we alone?" You can also look around Emory for an answer, beginning with how the Computational and Life Sciences strategic initiative may be redefining life.
Thu May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory and Georgia Tech are celebrating what would have been the 100th birthday of Wallace H. Coulter, the namesake of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.
Thu Dec 05 01:00:00 EST 2013
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At Winship Cancer Institute patients are able to participate in Phase I clinical trials, getting specialized care while helping advance medicine.
Tue Apr 01 01:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory is participating in a "March madness"-style bracket competition organized by the life sciences news site STAT. Cast your vote for the university's research to move on to the next round.
Tue Mar 07 02:00:00 EST 2017
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Convened by Emory's Laney Graduate School, the STEM Research and Career Symposium welcomes students from underrepresented groups to campus Oct. 2-3. The Emory community is invited to attend student research presentations and help showcase the university.
Wed Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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There was little doubt that the renovated glass halls of Emory's archival library would lure professional researchers and academics. But each year, more than 300 Emory College students explore the stories packed in the library's collections.
Wed Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Visualizing what the Emory University campus and Emory Village retail district looked like years ago is easier now that the university's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library has placed some of its archival photos on Historypin.org.
Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The records of Sigma Pi Phi, the first post-graduate fraternal organization for African American men, have found a home at Emory's Rose Library.
Mon Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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From campus buildings to pedestrian plazas and now, a vegetable garden atop a university hospital, green roofs are serving Emory's sustainability vision.
Fri Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Biomedical engineers have developed a miniature self-sealing model system for studying bleeding and the clotting of wounds. The researchers envision the device as a drug discovery platform and potential diagnostic tool.
Tue Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Human infants are capable of deductive problem solving as early as 10 months of age, a new study finds.
Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The Office of Global Strategy and Initiatives (GSI) and the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence (CFDE) are partnering to host a day of free Fulbright information sessions on Monday, March 16, for faculty and staff interesting in applying for Fulbright grants.
Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A study of extremely preterm infants born at U.S academic medical centers over the last 20 years found changes in maternal and infant care practices, resulting in modest increases in survival and reductions in several neonatal complications.
Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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When Emory doctors told Paula Moreland how they were proposing to treat her seizures, her eyes grew wide. Implant an electrical stimulation device deep within her brain? But by calming the storms of signals, her epilepsy could be brought under control, something other treatments had failed to do.
Wed Apr 15 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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A novel antiviral drug may protect people infected with the measles from getting sick and prevent them from spreading the virus to others, an international team of researchers says.
Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The same year, Grace Pavlath, a biologist at Emory University, published a study on olfactory receptors in skeletal muscles. She found that bathing the receptors in Lyral, a synthetic fragrance redolent of lily of the valley, promoted the regeneration of muscle tissue.
Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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As Emory University researcher Gregory Berns points out in his book, "Iconoclast," "Epiphanies rarely occur in familiar surroundings." Your brain is an energy hog and needs to conserve as much energy as possible for the heavy-lifting mental tasks. And that's why, according to Berns and other neuroscientists, the brain expends less effort in familiar surroundings. That's great for energy efficiency; not so great if you're looking for epiphanies. Put simply, a change of environment will kick start your brain's creative power.
Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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In an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, five physicians who treated patients with Ebola virus disease at Emory University Hospital describe details of the care of the first two patients.
Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 2014
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The Emory Autism Center today helped launch SPARK, a research initiative designed to become the largest autism study ever undertaken in the United States.
Thu Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Civil engineers have nothing on Emory Doctor of Physical Therapy researchers. Investigators have been building bridges that span disciplines, institutions and countries in an effort to improve treatments and outcomes.
Tue Apr 23 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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With a family history of mental illness that left her feeling uncertain about her future, Jennifer Mullé did not take the direct route into public health research. But today she's an assistant professor of epidemiology, with a PhD in human genetics and a passion for discovering the genetic underpinnings of schizophrenia.
Thu May 21 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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While the link between religion and mental health is well established, associate professor Jill Hamilton's studies are the first to focus specifically on religious songs and African American cancer survivors.
Wed Aug 02 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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An international clinical trial, led by Emory, reports excellent outcomes for the world's smallest, leadless pacemaker, the Micra TPS.
Thu May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Listening to metaphors involving arms or legs loops in a region of the brain responsible for visual perception of those body parts, scientists have discovered. More evidence that metaphorical language engages parts of the brain involved in sensation or perception.
Wed Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2016
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The Robert W. Woodruff Library at Emory University is pleased to announce that the 2014 Woodruff Library Undergraduate Research Award (URA) winners have been selected by its panel of judges.
Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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French professor Dalia Judovitz has spent a lifetime studying the nature of knowledge and how it informs our understanding of ourselves, inspiring students to ask deep questions inside and outside the classroom.
Wed Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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A new center at Emory's School of Nursing zeroes in on the complexities affecting the health of African American mothers and children in the urban Southeast
Sun Jul 10 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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"Still Raising Hell: The Art, Activism, and Archives of Camille Billops and James V. Hatch," a major exhibition in Emory's Rose Library that explores creativity, social justice and community, opens Sept. 15.
Fri Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The tumor monorail project, a collaboration between Georgia Tech, Emory, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, will receive a $6.5 million grant from The Marcus Foundation. The project involves the design and testing of a novel device for more efficient treatment of brain tumors.
Mon May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The International Antiviral Society - USA Panel has released updated recommendations for the treatment and prevention of HIV infection in adults, as published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Tue Jul 24 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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Scientists studying the yellow fever vaccine have identified a gene whose activation in key immune cells is a sign of a robust response. Vaccine adjuvants that activate the GCN2 gene and the process of autophagy could be especially potent in stimulating long-lasting immunity.
Thu Dec 05 14:00:00 EST 2013
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Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital infectious disease physician Mitchell Blass, MD provides answers to the most commonly asked questions concerning the Zika virus, which is spread by the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito.
Mon Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Saint Joseph's Hospital has become the newest satellite member of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG), an international research organization.
Fri Aug 09 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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"Too Heavy for Your Pocket," the acclaimed civil rights drama from Emory Playwriting Fellow Jiréh Breon Holder, takes the stage at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre through Feb. 26.
Mon Feb 13 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Georgia Tech and Emory faculty members are uniting to train the next generation of engineering students in healthcare robotics technologies, so they can better understand the changing needs of patients and their caregivers and healthcare providers.
Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A $246,000 Getty Foundation grant, "Beyond the Northern Aegean," led by Emory, will facilitate scholar-student research travel to study how ancient Greek architectural ideas were adopted and adapted in the wider Mediterranean world.
Mon Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared "DNA Day in Georgia," part of a national celebration marking the completion of sequencing the human genome 15 years ago. In honor of the anniversary, read about 15 genomic advances and clinical programs from Emory and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
Tue Apr 24 02:00:00 EDT 2018
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Rationale for the Goldwater Rule -- which prohibits psychiatrists from publicly commenting on the mental health of public figures -- doesn't hold up to current scientific scrutiny, finds a new analysis led by psychology professor Scott Lilienfeld.
Wed Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory pediatrics researcher Shannon Gourley, PhD, is using a new innovation award from the National Institutes of Health to decipher the brain mechanisms involved in adolescent depression, with the aim of developing new specialized treatments.
Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Some commercial beekeeping practices may harm honeybees more than help them, Emory evolutionary biologists Berry Brosi and Jaap de Roode warn in a paper published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution.
Thu Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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A recent study conducted by Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health on the highly publicized 2015 outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York City has been published in the July/August issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
Mon Jun 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Jonathan Shay, a physician and clinical psychiatrist known for his publications comparing the experiences of Vietnam veterans with aspects of Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey," will speak Oct. 24 at Oxford College.
Thu Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, in partnership with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, has achieved a top five ranking among pediatric departments in the United States in research funding awarded from the National Institutes of Health in fiscal year 2013.
Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Wed Jun 15 01:00:00 EDT 2011
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Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing climbed to fourth overall in the nation among the list of nursing schools receiving National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding.
Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A series of three studies conducted by researchers at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health highlight lagging progress on tobacco control with the southeastern U.S., through measures such as tobacco taxes and public smoke-free policies.
Wed Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Madhav V. Dhodapkar, MBBS, a world-renowned expert in cancer immunology and translational immunotherapy, will join Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University on March 1, 2018, as the director of the new Winship Center for Cancer Immunology.
Mon Feb 05 02:00:00 EST 2018
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When doctors hurl toxic death at cancer cells, often a few will survive and come back. A family of enzymes called KDM5 histone demethylases is emerging as important for this resilience, and drugs that inhibit KDM5 enzymes could be active in treating several types of cancer.
Thu Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Gregory Berns, a neuroscientist who initially worked with a dog trainer to teach Callie, a nine-month-old rescue dog, and McKenzie, a three-year-old collie, to lie in a MRI machine, said: `We can really begin to understand what a dog is thinking rather than infer it from their behaviour."
Sun Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 2013
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The American Society of Nephrology's ASN Foundation for Kidney Research has named Emory nephrologist Mitsi Blount, PhD, a 2015 Carl W. Gottschalk Research Scholar.
Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A new list from Thomson Reuters recognized Dana Boyd Barr, PhD, professor of Environmental Health at Rollins School of Public Health as a "Highly Cited Researcher" for the second year in a row.
Wed Jan 20 01:00:00 EST 2016
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Doctoral education at Emory focuses on the creation and transmission of knowledge for the next generation of intellectual leaders. Here are a few examples of the dissertations of this year's PhD recipients from the Laney Graduate School.
Fri May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Chelsea Jackson, who has persistently advocated for a more equitable Emory campus and Atlanta community, is one of only 62 students around the country to be named a 2017 Harry S. Truman Scholar.
Wed Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Depressed patients tend to have more frequent chest pain, even in the absence of coronary artery disease, Emory cardiologists reported at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.
Mon Aug 31 10:00:00 EDT 2015
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A study conducted by Emory Sports Medicine physician Neeru Jayanthi, MD, recommends that young athletes should not specialize in sports before age 12, train more hours per week then their age, and should limit training to less than 16 hours per week to avoid injury.
Fri Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 2017
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College football players tend to have stiffer arteries than other college students, even before their college athletic careers have started. Although football players had lower blood pressure in the pre-season than a control group of undergraduates, stiffer arteries (measured by pulse wave velocity) could potentially predict players¿ future high blood pressure.
Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Mahlon R. DeLong, professor of neurology at Emory's School of Medicine, is one of six recipients of the 2014 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. The $3 million award recognizes excellence in research aimed at curing intractable diseases and extending human life.
Sun Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2013
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A new blog, Lab Land, highlights biomedical research at Emory, explaining the world of neurons, viruses, DNA, and antibodies as well as how the university's research advances into the clinic.
Tue Sep 10 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory researchers have identified a pharmaceutical strategy to shut down beta-amyloid production and possibly slow Alzheimer's disease progression.
Thu Dec 05 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Emory scientists are gearing up to help Brazil study and fight the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne disease associated with an alarming rise in birth defects in that country.
Sun Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Emory Libraries' African American history collection is so vast that it can be hard to know where to begin. Luckily, Erica Bruchko, African American Studies and U.S. history librarian, is ready to help students and faculty.
Wed Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Since its formation, the Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center has been battling a foe that threatens many of the modern miracles of medicine: the rise of bacterial strains resistant to multiple forms of antibiotics, including so-called "drugs of last resort."
Wed Oct 05 02:00:00 EDT 2016
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The NSF Center for Selective C-H Functionalization leads a major paradigm shift in organic chemistry
Fri Feb 22 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Emory professors and students are at the forefront of an emerging field that examines, through literature, how people relate to the environment and are in turn shaped by it.
Wed Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Two Winship Cancer Institute researchers have received a $3.5 million Informatics Technology for Cancer Research U24 award from the National Cancer Institute.
Tue May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory psychologists found that grandiose narcissism in U.S. presidents is associated with ratings by historians of overall greatness of presidencies.
Tue Nov 05 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Produced by an Emory faculty member, two new educational videos explain key benefits and barriers in clinical trials, and feature breast cancer survivors who share their experiences and feelings about having participated in trials.
Mon Jun 19 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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After nearly two years of construction, the Atwood Chemistry Center addition opens to reveal a fluid, dynamic space designed to support new and better ways to educate science students.
Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory University clinical psychologist Ken Carter is looking for thrill seekers and scaredy cats alike to take an online survey http://buzz.drkencarter.com to determine how much of a "sensation seeker" they really are.
Wed May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Todd Sherer, PhD, associate vice president and executive director of the Emory University Office of Technology Transfer, and Daniel White, president and CEO of Clearside Biomedical, Inc., an Emory startup company, will receive the 2016 Georgia Bio Industry Growth Awards.
Wed Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 2016
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A new research report highlights a high performance brain-to-computer interface that can enable people with paralysis to type words and messages with much higher performance than has previously been demonstrated.
Tue Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2017
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30-year research initiative results in adoption of standard public health practice of CVCT (couples voluntary HIV counseling and testing). Report from Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group.
Mon Aug 22 12:00:00 EDT 2016
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded Emory and Georgia Tech investigators a $2.4 million, five-year grant to study non-invasive imaging to detect immune rejection of transplanted organs.
Fri Jul 28 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory cardiovascular researcher Kathy Griendling and colleagues were awarded an $8.9M grant to better understand how reactive oxygen species and inflammation are necessary in moderation for blood vessel function.
Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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An in-depth analysis and comparison study conducted by investigators at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health demonstrated variations in predicted disease risks by companies that offer direct-to-consumer personal genome testing.
Tue Jul 16 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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2014 has been an exciting year for Walter J. Curran, director of the Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University. Recently Curran sat down to answer five key questions about his work at Winship and the future of cancer research.
Fri Dec 19 01:00:00 EST 2014
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The Yerkes National Primate Research Center has received continued full accreditation from the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC).
Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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CRISPR, a system of genes that bacteria use to defend themselves against viruses, has been found to be involved in helping some bacteria evade the mammalian immune system.
Mon Apr 15 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Do our dogs love us? It's a question all dog owners say they know the answer to, but neuroscientist Gregory Berns is trying to prove it in his new book, "How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain."
Mon Oct 07 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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On Aug. 2, 2014, the first Ebola patient in the United States stepped slowly from the back of an ambulance and walked into Emory University Hospital. Take a look back at Emory's impact since then.
Tue Jul 28 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory researchers are conducting a prospective clinical study to examine the possibility of diagnosing Parkinson's disease (PD) before motor symptoms occur.
Wed Jul 17 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute is an affiliation focused on advancing leading-edge pediatric research and training pediatricians and subspecialists, both of which are in short supply in the United States.
Tue Sep 04 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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Mon Oct 17 01:00:00 EDT 2011
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Among the ways Emory Healthcare distinguishes itself from other health care systems in Atlanta and Georgia is the extent to which it gives patients access to clinical trials.
Fri Sep 26 01:00:00 EDT 2014
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Researchers at the Emory University School of Medicine are teaming up with the Atlanta Track Club to study the effects of exercise on the heart.
Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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An innovative clinical trial using the science of "personalized" cellular therapy is treating older adolescents and adults suffering from Crohn's disease.
Thu Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2013
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Researchers at Emory University are the first in GA to participate in two clinical trials, the AMAZE and Amulet trials, evaluating new treatment options for patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib).
Mon Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2017
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HIV experts from Emory and beyond will explore "The End of AIDS? The Future of Cure and the Current Reality of HIV in Vulnerable Populations" at the 2015 Center for AIDS Research at Emory Science Symposium, set for Thursday, March 19.
Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Some 29 million people in the U.S. are living with type 2 diabetes today. Doctors are now good at caring for and controlling the disease, but lagging in the area of prevention. Now a team at the Rollins School of Public Health is borrowing the school's expertise HIV prevention to tackle diabetes.
Mon May 15 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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Three Emory baseball players put together an exhibit on the life of baseball legend Hank Aaron, which opens April 24.
Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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According to a study by researchers at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, children from neighborhoods perceived as safe by parents engaged in more days of physical activity and were more likely to use recreational facilities than children from neighborhoods perceived as unsafe.
Thu Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 2016
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To prepare students for today's competitive science environment, Emory offers specific courses on grant writing. The university is currently first in the nation for F31 predoctoral fellowships from the National Institutes of Health.
Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Emory $1.5 million over five years to expand professional competencies and integrate public scholarship into humanities doctoral training, as well as graduate teaching and research endeavors, at the Laney Graduate School.
Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2017
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The Southeastern Immunology Symposium will provide a forum for researchers to share the newest developments in basic, translational and clinical immunology and to form new research partnerships.
Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and Georgia Perimeter College (GPC) are teaming up to prepare nurses from underrepresented groups to attain bachelor's degrees in nursing with the additional goal of preparing students for careers in health research.
Thu Oct 10 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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An international team of researchers have taken a step forward in unraveling the molecular changes associated with aging, by studying the changes in gene expression levels in blood in more than 15,000 people around the world. This was the largest human molecular aging study to date.
Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory researchers are answering important questions about HPV and its controversial vaccine.
Mon Feb 18 01:00:00 EST 2013
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From eye-tracking technologies to the "trust hormone," earlier diagnoses and new interventions hold promise for children on the autism spectrum.
Fri Mar 08 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Zola Berger-Schmitz, a rising senior with nearly a decade of experience as an environmental advocate, has been named a 2018 Udall Scholar. Co-president of the Emory Climate Organization, she also co-founded Universities for a Greener Georgia.
Mon May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Treatment of acute traumatic brain injury with the hormone progesterone provides no significant benefit to patients when compared with placebo, a NIH-funded phase III clinical trial has concluded.
Wed Dec 10 17:00:00 EST 2014
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The University of Michigan has awarded Emory neurologist Mahlon DeLong, MD, the 2015 Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Science. DeLong will receive the $100,000 prize in recognition of his contributions to the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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New study exams the link between the stress induced by expectations of racism and early cardiovascular disease in African-American women.
Tue Mar 12 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Through heteroresistance, a genetically identical subpopulation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria can lurk within a crowd of susceptible bacteria. The phenomenon could be causing unexplained treatment failures in the clinic and highlights the need for more sensitive diagnostic tests.
Mon May 09 11:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory College's annual Undergraduate Research Week returns Monday, April 17, with a series of events to showcase students' work across a range of disciplines. The six-day event is free and open to the public.
Wed Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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To truly understand the mechanisms of natural selection, says biologist Shozo Yokoyama, evolutionary biologists need to shift their focus.
Mon Feb 18 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Integrating physical activity counseling in Mexico's primary care settings and providing referrals to community-based programming appear to be effective strategies to help patients increase their physical activity levels, according to a study by researchers at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and the Mexico Social Security Institute.
Fri Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 2017
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After Abraham Lincoln was shot on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, dying some nine hours later, ministers were among the first to provide commentary on the passing of the president and the state of the nation.
Fri Apr 12 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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A nationwide search has identified Douglas Graham, MD, PhD, as the director of the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and chief of hematology/oncology/BMT in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University.
Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory University, in collaboration with Sustainable Water, is lessening its water footprint with a new facility called the WaterHub. It's a water reclamation facility that recycles and treats sewer water to heat and cool Emory's buildings.
Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The American College of Psychiatrists recently recognized Arshya Vahabzadeh, MD, as one of the 2013 recipients of its prestigious Laughlin Fellowship at the College's Annual Meeting in Kaua'i, Hawaii.
Tue May 28 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The papers of acclaimed poet Nathaniel Mackey, who won the prestigious Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in May, have been acquired by Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Men's figure skater Johnny Weir-Voronov and husband Victor Weir-Voronov, a 2005 graduate of Emory, will place their papers in the LGBT collection at the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
Fri Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2013
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As Joel Bowman flew across the country recently, on his way to collect the Herschbach Prize for theoretical chemistry, his attention turned to the clouds outside the jet's window. What's happening at the molecular level, he wondered, in a cloud at 30,000 feet?
Thu Aug 29 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Uriel Kitron, chair of Emory's Department of Environmental Sciences, explains why the risk of catching the Zika virus is low for Olympic athletes headed for Rio in August.
Thu Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The Emory, Harvard, and University of Washington Prostate Cancer Biomarker Center has received a $4.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute's Early Detection Research Network to develop multiplex tests for detecting prostate cancer.
Fri Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Remove even one bumblebee species from an ecosystem and the impact is swift and clear: Their floral "sweethearts" produce significantly fewer seeds, a new study finds.
Mon Jul 22 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Scholar Rand Brandes will discuss the publishing legacy of the late Irish poet Seamus Heaney, who won the Nobel Prize and was also his friend and mentor.
Wed Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2018
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A tribute to Emory's 19th president, James Wagner, "The Wise Heart" was first shown at a farewell gala on June 3. Featuring interviews ranging from students to former President Jimmy Carter, the video heralds Wagner's achievements.
Tue Jun 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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A fun conversation with National Geographic Channel's Neil deGrasse Tyson, Emory mathematician Ken Ono and stand-up comic Eugene Mirman will air Nov. 7.
Wed Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Since its founding in 1937, Winship Cancer Institute has offered outstanding cancer treatment and pursued cancer research. From 14,000 patients seen annually to 250 active clinical trials, the statistics are impressive.
Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Two fossilized footprints found at Dinosaur Cove in Victoria, Australia, were likely made by birds during the Early Cretaceous, making them the oldest known bird tracks in Australia.
Tue Oct 29 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Researchers interested in the human microbiome will hold Emory's first symposium devoted to the topic this week.
Mon Nov 02 01:00:00 EST 2015
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As Emory celebrates Undergraduate Research Week, the Robert W. Woodruff Library has announced the winners of its 2016 Undergraduate Research Awards.
Wed Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Tim Buchman, director of the Emory Critical Care Center, describes an emerging effort to detect and ward off sepsis in ICU patients hours before it starts to make their vital signs go haywire.
Mon Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2018
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From political unrest to photos of cats, social media plays a key role in many an aspect of life. Marketing professor David Schweidel has multiple research efforts on social media phenomenon, including how day-to-day conversations among consumers create a treasure trove of information for marketers.
Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Sagar Lonial, MD, an internationally renowned expert in the biology and treatment of patients with multiple myeloma, has been named chair of the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology within Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute.
Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2016
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The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing received a five-year, $1.9 million award from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities to investigate risks and protective factors that contribute to high rates of preterm birth in African-American women.
Wed Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The HERCULES Health and Exposome Research Center assists the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance with research on the neighborhoods around disrupted and polluted Proctor Creek.
Thu Oct 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Author and Emory University neuroscientist Gregory Berns is interviewed about his new book, "How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Dog Decode the Canine Brain."
Thu Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2013
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Mon Jul 18 01:00:00 EDT 2011
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Emory researchers suggest that late preterm birth and maternal education have a relative impact on standardized test performance.
Tue Mar 26 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Find out why patients with Ebola virus were brought for treatment to Emory, meet the people who cared for them, and see how what we learned can help others.
Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Ideas about directing evolution of life forms on Earth and finding life on other planets are rapidly morphing from science-fiction fantasy into mainstream science, says David Lynn, a chemist at Emory University.
Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A higher surge of testosterone in competition, the so-called "winner effect," is not actually related to winning, suggests a new study of intercollegiate cross country runners.
Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory researchers have demonstrated that as animals age, their brains are more vulnerable to misfolded proteins, partly because of a decline in chaperone activity.
Thu Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Joel Bowman, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Chemistry, has received the prestigious international Alexander von Humboldt Research Award in recognition of his lifetime achievements in research as well as his high potential for new discoveries.
Thu May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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In a study reported in Nature this month, Yerkes National Primate Research Center researchers were key in determining that treating SIV-infected rhesus macaques with type 1 interferon can have beneficial and detrimental effects on the development of disease.
Tue Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Mental health facilities that provide outpatient specialty services for youth are a critical element of the mental health care infrastructure, especially for youth who are uninsured or publically insured.
Tue Feb 12 01:00:00 EST 2013
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A new research partnership between Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology will apply the principles of engineering to study the immune system and develop new therapies that can improve the immune response to diseases.
Tue Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory geneticist Roger Deal is among a consortium of scientists doing NIH-funded collaborative studies on how plants cope with weather extremes.
Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Lary Walker, PhD, associate professor of neurology at Emory University School of Medicine and research professor at Emory's Yerkes National Primate Research Center, is a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award.
Fri Jun 10 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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Sara Valencia Botto, Philippe Rochat research cited
Mon Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Emory University's Office of Technology Transfer will celebrate its faculty entrepreneurs and their innovative discoveries at the 11th Annual Celebration of Technology and Innovation.
Tue Feb 28 01:00:00 EST 2017
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Growing up in the mountains of southern Mexico, Dalila Vázquez Herrera spoke the indigenous Mixtec language and didn't learn Spanish until she started school. Now a senior at Emory, she conducted research into the role of culture in health care delivery.
Mon Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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A physician who received an experimental Ebola vaccine after an accidental needle stick in Sierra Leone did not develop Ebola virus infection, according to a case report scheduled for publication in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Thu Mar 05 11:00:00 EST 2015
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Combining antiretroviral drugs with an antibody can produce sustained control of SIV infection in rhesus macaques, even after treatment is withdrawn, Emory and NIAID scientists have shown. The findings could provide a blueprint for long-lasting HIV treatment.
Thu Oct 13 14:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory researchers Bali Pulendran, Helder Nakaya and Troy Querec are among the recipients of this year's Daniel H. Wagner Prize for their research project titled "Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Vaccine Immunogenicity," which seeks to create a vaccine model that uses gene expression signatures to predict the efficacy of vaccines on an individual by individual basis.
Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The Emory Neuromodulation and Technology Innovation Center (ENTICe) has received a second $100,000 gift from Florida-based Axiom Bank. The donation will support research aimed at developing new treatments for neurological and psychiatric conditions such as epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and depression.
Tue Nov 22 00:00:00 EST 2016
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The reproductive success of men in non-industrialized societies is closely tied to their social status, finds a new meta-analysis co-authored by Emory anthropologist Adrian Jaeggi.
Tue Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has appointed Emory neurologist Allan Levey, MD, PhD to serve on the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services.
Fri Oct 06 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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The Atlanta Science Festival began March 14 as astronaut Mark Kelly drew crowds to Glenn Memorial Auditorium. Events continue through March 25, including the popular Physics Live and Chemistry Carnival at Emory on Friday.
Tue Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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In 2012, 90 percent of voters who cast a ballot for a Democratic Senate candidate approved of Obama, according to research carried out by Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz. Eighty-two percent who voted for Republican candidates disapproved of the president's job performance. That's a partisan consistency that has been steadily on the rise since 1972.
Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Yerkes researchers found that postnatal Zika virus infection of infant rhesus macaques results in persistent abnormalities in brain structure and function, as well as behavior and emotions.
Wed Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Haian Fu, PhD, has been named Chair of the Department of Pharmacology in Emory University School of Medicine, effective Sept. 1, 2017.
Mon Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to Emory sociologists to study how women can gain legitimacy, and therefore be more effective, as workplace leaders.
Thu Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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In May 2015 Emory's Uriel Kitron was in Brazil when cases of zika began to pop up. There didn't seem cause for alarm until cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome and microcephaly began to crop up in the same area.
Tue Nov 15 01:00:00 EST 2016
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A recently FDA-approved medication for the movement disorder tardive dyskinesia is safe and well tolerated, according to neurologists presenting results from a yearlong monitoring study.
Fri Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A 90-ton piece of equipment called a cyclotron was delivered and installed Thursday, July 13, at the Emory Proton Therapy Center. The cyclotron will be the source of the proton beam at the state of the art facility located in Midtown Atlanta.
Fri Jul 14 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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Researchers at the Emory Heart & Vascular Center are participating in a global pivotal trial as they continue to evaluate renal denervation, an innovative approach to help lower high blood pressure independent of medication.
Wed May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Timing is key for brain cells controlling a complex motor activity like the singing of a bird, finds a new study published by PLOS Biology.
Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Winship's dedicated Phase I Clinical Trials unit will triple in size when it moves to a new space in the Emory University Hospital tower. A multi-disciplinary team has worked hard for weeks on floor plans that were turned into a life-size cardboard model of the proposed unit. Now they're tweaking the model to get it right, before construction starts.
Thu May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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To aid in the interpretation of copy number variations, Emory researchers have completed detailed maps of 184 duplications found in the genomes of individuals referred for genetic testing.
Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Researchers have shown they can predict impending cognitive decline using a sensitive behavioral task up to three years in advance of clinical evidence.
Tue Mar 26 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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A $12 million grant awarded in 2015 to establish the National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) has been doubled to $24 million to allow for a variety of expanded services, including creation of a special pathogens research network.
Fri Feb 03 02:00:00 EST 2017
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In the ReCCLAIM I clinical trial, researchers induced hypothermia to halt or at least slow the loss of brain cells in patients who had a stroke and underwent removal of the blockage.
Wed Feb 20 01:00:00 EST 2013
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As an internationally decorated athlete, research professor in biomedical engineering, and now a patient at Winship Cancer Institute, Emory alumna Cassie Mitchell refuses to let any obstacle get in the way of her goals.
Wed Sep 07 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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A new initiative at Emory is rerouting the journey of getting drug discoveries from the laboratory to patients in the clinic.
Mon Jan 27 01:00:00 EST 2014
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Despite efforts to reduce disparities in HIV transmission among gay men and MSM in the United States, significant racial disparities in HIV prevalence will likely persist for decades due to a high concentration of HIV in black gay men.
Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2014
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The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation has awarded Peng Jin, PhD, professor of human genetics at Emory University School of Medicine, with a NARSAD Independent Investigator Grant for his research on schizophrenia.
Mon Mar 25 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) Network is the largest AIDS clinical trials group in the world with 34 domestic and 25 international sites, including the Emory-CDC Clinical Trials Unit.
Wed Nov 23 00:00:00 EST 2016
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For Emory staff member David McClurkin, a visit to MARBL's current LGBT exhibit prompts a donation of materials that help illustrate the evolution of gay history in the Southeast.
Thu Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Taking a new drug from promising molecule to marketable product can take a decade and over $1 billion. That's why Emory's Office of Technology Transfer is developing new uses for old medications.
Wed Jan 14 01:00:00 EST 2015
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What happens to the myriad molecules in our bodies when we move? The NIH has tasked researchers around the country to help answer this question by creating a comprehensive map of the molecular changes that occur in response to physical activity.
Thu Jan 19 02:00:00 EST 2017
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The National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health has selected Emory University to lead a career development program for junior investigators interested in pursuing women's health and sex differences research.
Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Who will be the next generation of scientists to continue the fight against cancer? Not leaving it to chance, Winship Cancer Institute has teamed with Emory's Laney Graduate School to start a cancer biology graduate program.
Mon Jul 29 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded Emory University a contract to fund the Emory-UGA Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS).
Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Ken Carter, psychology professor at Emory University's Oxford College, is studying high-sensation seeking people for an upcoming book on this personality trait.
Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Aimed at undergraduates and new graduate students, the Emory Initiative to Maximize Student Development seeks to diversify the STEM workforce through mentoring, seminars and career coaching.
Tue May 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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An analysis of numerous studies and reports finds that unvaccinated or undervaccinated U.S. individuals comprised a substantial proportion of cases in measles and some pertussis outbreaks. The analysis also found a generally increased risk for measles and pertussis among people who refused vaccines, as well as an associated risk among fully vaccinated individuals.
Tue Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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When given a choice between cooperating or competing, chimpanzees tend to cooperate, Yerkes researchers have found. This suggests the roots of human cooperation are shared with other primates.
Mon Aug 22 15:00:00 EDT 2016
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A team of Emory students from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science are among eight university teams selected from around the world to create a social bot and compete for this year's Alexa Prize, a $3.5 million university challenge sponsored by Amazon.
Thu Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Through experiments in the Emory Spatial Cognition Laboratory, senior Meghan Hickey found that trypophobia, commonly known as a fear of holes, isn't really about fear at all. Her research could lead to better treatments for the condition.
Wed Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, executive director of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, urged Congressional leaders to shore up support for cancer research in light of a projected $1.6 billion drop in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding.
Wed Mar 13 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded Emory transplant researchers $12.6 million over five years to investigate improved post-transplant drug regimens for organ transplant recipients.
Fri May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Researchers have identified blood-based biomarkers in patients with active tuberculosis (ATB) that could lead to new blood-based diagnostics and tools for monitoring treatment response and cure.
Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory-led studies presented today at the 2015 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago show effective use of two different immune-based therapies that could significantly increase treatment options for multiple myeloma patients.
Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory gets a rare opportunity to showcase some of its most groundbreaking research discoveries to the director of the National Institutes of Health and one of Georgia's congressional representatives.
Thu Jun 06 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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An orange pigment found in lichens and rhubarb called parietin may have potential as an anti-cancer drug, scientists at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have discovered.
Mon Oct 19 11:00:00 EDT 2015
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Many genetic mutations in visual pigments, spread over millions of years, were required for humans to evolve from a primitive mammal with a dim, shadowy view of the world into a greater ape able to see all the colors in a rainbow.
Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A study in rural Guatemala examining the neurologic, neurodevelopmental and other clinical outcomes of Zika virus infection in infants and young children will focus on those infected with Zika virus after birth rather than those infected congenitally.
Tue Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Using techniques from neuroscience, biomechanics, kinesiology, signal processing, control systems, physiology, and image processing, Lena Ting's work aims to better characterize and model normal and impaired performance of fundamental motor tasks, thereby influencing the development of rehabilitation techniques, neural prosthetics, and neural tissue engineering to improve motor function.
Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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For patients who have mild to moderate impairment after a stroke, researchers at Emory University and six other sites have determined that a structured, task-oriented rehabilitation program did not significantly improve motor function or recovery beyond an equivalent or lower dose course of occupational therapy.
Wed Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Well-crafted messages, along with viewing the movie "Contagion," made pregnant women more receptive to messages about flu vaccination.
Tue Nov 19 01:00:00 EST 2013
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A study by researchers at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health suggests that parity legislation can potentially improve access to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment.
Wed Oct 23 15:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave uncovered a medicinal mechanism of berries from the Brazilian peppertree. The plant is a weedy invasive species in Florida, but valued by traditional healers in the Amazon as a treatment for infections.
Fri Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory historian Carol Anderson received the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism for her book "White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide," lauded as "a searing critique of white America's systematic resistance to African American advancement."
Mon Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Already at work on their own research projects in Brazil, historian Jeffrey Lesser and environmental scientist Uriel Kitron are combining their expertise for a new effort through Emory's experimental Interdisciplinary Faculty Fellowships.
Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Chemistry labs in the National Science Foundation's Center for Selective C-H Functionalization are boosting their power by collaborating instead of competing.
Mon Nov 18 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, executive director of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, has been elected to the board of directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
Wed Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2013
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"Anthropological genetics is a huge and growing field," says Kendra Sirak. The Emory graduate student has developed a specialized technique for drilling into ancient skulls to remove DNA samples.
Thu Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory University physics professor Justin Burton is studying glacier loss in his lab to better understand how the Earth is effected by climate change.
Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The U.S. Department of Defense awarded $7.5 million to Tianquan (Tim) Lian, professor of physical chemistry at Emory University, to lead an investigation of electrochemical processes underlying fuel-cell technology.
Fri May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Dialysis can be successfully and safely performed in a patient with Ebola virus disease, physicians at Emory University School of Medicine report.
Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 2014
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In his acclaimed new book, Emory University Distinguished Professor Kevin Young explores the history of hoaxes and fakers, and how they continue to shape our culture.
Sun Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Electrical stimulation of the human amygdala can enhance next-day recognition of images when applied immediately after the images are viewed, Emory neuroscientists have found.
Tue Dec 19 02:00:00 EST 2017
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Research leaders from the eight universities in the Georgia Research Alliance have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the shared use of core research facilities at each of their institutions.
Tue Jan 16 01:00:00 EST 2018
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Winship researchers have identified an enzyme responsible for making tumors and cancer cell lines resistant to cisplatin, along with an experimental drug that targets that enzyme.
Thu Jul 19 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Chemicals in milkweed plants can cure, or kill, sick monarchs, depending on the dosage and the species of the plant.
Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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An Emory researcher in musculoskeletal medicine says the use of a once-a-week Russian weightlifting technique in individuals of both sexes and all ages tested, can quickly double their strength to enormous levels while possibly receiving significant health benefits.
Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Mahlon R. DeLong, professor of neurology at Emory's School of Medicine, is one of six recipients of the 2014 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. The $3 million award recognizes excellence in research aimed at curing intractable diseases and extending human life.
Sun Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2013
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Emory scholarship is at the forefront of a conservation project with the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Tue Sep 17 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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President Trump recently signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, containing all 12 appropriations bills for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2018. Thanks to the efforts of advocates across the country, the new law provides the largest research funding increase in nearly a decade.
Mon Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A recent study suggests that daily use of the drug tadalafil (Cialis) does not prevent erectile dysfunction for men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer treatment.
Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Three Emory professors are among just 17 researchers around the country to receive Distinguished Investigator grants from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, the most of any university.
Mon Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Lamar Greene, an Emory junior devoted to expanding access to health care for marginalized populations, has been named a 2018 Harry S. Truman Scholar, a national honor recognizing leadership, academic excellence and public service.
Thu Apr 12 17:00:00 EDT 2018
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Health care providers from 10 medical centers around the U.S. designated by the government as regional Ebola treatment centers spent two days learning and sharing experiences, expertise and best practices at the National Ebola Treatment and Education Center (NETEC) Summit.
Sat May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Three researchers from the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University will be inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Researcher Hall of Fame. Linda McCauley, RN, PhD, dean and professor; Deborah Watkins Bruner, RN, PhD, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Nursing, and Elizabeth Corwin, RN, PhD, associate dean for research will receive the honor this July 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Wed Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Published in the journal Nature, Emory chemists working in Huw Davies' lab have led the development of another catalyst that can selectively activate a carbon-hydrogen bond, part of an ongoing strategy to revolutionize the field of organic synthesis and open up new chemical space.
Tue Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2017
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The National Institutes of Health has awarded an Emory-led research consortium $15 million over five years for renewal of a grant aimed at better understanding and improving human immune responses to vaccination.
Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The HERCULES Exposome Research Center based in the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health has received a $7.5 million renewal in funding for the next five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Tue May 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory University researchers will enroll volunteers in a new clinical trial that could help improve treatment decisions for lower respiratory tract infections.
Wed Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Researchers began moving into labs in the new building on Haygood Drive, which features a two-story working bridge and environmentally friendly design.
Fri Jun 21 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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"The pundits on TV called it classless," said Dr. Manish Tripathi. Tripathi is an assistant professor of marketing at Emory University's Goizueta Business School. He and a colleague studied more than 2 million tweets connected to the incident that were sent within 10 hours after the game.
Wed Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2014
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The Association of American Medical Colleges has selected Emory University as one of six winners nationally in its 2017 research program awards, recognizing exceptional initiatives that enhance rigor and reproducibility or research sharing in biomedical research.
Mon Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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A recent New England Journal of Medicine article found an estimated 23,000 emergency room visits each year are attributed to adverse events related to dietary supplements.
Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Obesity in early childhood is frequently not a passing phase and poses long term risks, according to a study by researchers at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and the University of Southern California.
Mon Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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A study from Emory University, published online in JAMA Internal Medicine, shows that salt intake was not associated with mortality or risk for cardiovascular disease and heart failure in older adults.
Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Emory's Woodruff and Rose libraries recently honored 15 students with undergraduate research awards for their projects and papers that used primary sources they found in the libraries.
Wed May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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The consumption of a diet high in fructose throughout adolescence can worsen depressive- and anxiety-like behavior and alter how the brain responds to stress, an animal study presented at the SFN meeting shows.
Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory is launching an Antibiotic Resistance Center as a means of identifying and consolidating expertise on an issue of increasing urgency and concern.
Fri Sep 25 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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In a ground-breaking study that is part of the Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, researchers have found that molecular diagnostics are much more precise than classifying tumors by viewing tissue under a microscope.
Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Research by business professor Jill Perry-Smith shows that there's more to unleashing creativity in the workplace than simply making it easier for colleagues to talk.
Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A research study based on analysis of publicly available data has found that recent marijuana use was associated with symptoms of airway inflammation, but that moderate lifetime use was not associated with clinically significant changes in measures of lung function.
Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The FDA has approved elotuzumab as part of an innovative immune-based therapy treatment for patients with relapsed multiple myeloma. This is the fourth myeloma drug approved within the last year. All four new agents were tested in clinical trials at Winship Cancer Institute.
Mon Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2015
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"Imagine trying to force two positive magnets together," says Michael Richardson, a patient who since childhood has battled dystonia, the third most common movement disorder, after essential tremor and Parkinson's. Despite a variety of treatments, the disorder was winning. That's when his doctor told him about a surgery available at Emory.
Mon May 04 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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A new study suggests that coronary artery calcification (CAC) scans could help physicians identify patients at risk for premature death.
Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory University primate disease ecologist Thomas Gillespie discusses the origins of Ebola, how it starts and spreads, and why this outbreak may just be the beginning of a much larger problem.
Thu Oct 16 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A course through Emory's ORDER (On Recent Discoveries by Emory Researchers) program engages students through exposure to new research, class outings and conversations with cancer patients.
Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Don't be alarmed by those bone-chilling sounds of terror and anguish coming from the lab of Emory psychologist Harold Gouzoules. He's harvesting screams.
Mon Oct 28 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory and CDC researchers have a first look at immune cells in the four Ebola virus disease survivors who received care at EUH in 2014. The findings reveal surprisingly high levels of immune activation, and have implications for the effort to develop vaccines.
Mon Mar 09 15:00:00 EDT 2015
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Lily Yang, professor of surgery and radiology and the Nancy Panoz Chair of Surgery in cancer research, has focused her current research on developing multifunctional, tumor-targeting nanoparticles.
Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2014
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How is it that people living in rural, poor areas of the globe can report being happier than those who live in the relative affluence of the U.S.? Anthropologist Peter Little and philosopher Mark Risjord seek to answer that question.
Mon Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory professor Peter W. F. Wilson, MD, PhD, is the recipient of the 2017 Arthur S. Agatston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Award.
Wed Jul 19 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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Outstanding Emory College seniors Joan Shang, Julianna Joss, Jason Ehrenzeller and Ekaterina Koposova will spend a year in Scotland pursuing master's degrees at the University of St Andrews.
Tue Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2017
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A recent report co-authored by epidemiologists at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and scientists in Europe has documented a highly preventable epidemic of two major birth defects - spina bifida and anencephaly - in Europe.
Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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With support from NSF, organic chemist Huw Davies and colleagues at Emory University have brought together an all-star team, including research faculty and students from universities around the United States and the world, to create the Center for Selective C-H Functionalization (CCHF). The goal is simple: Reinvent how chemicals are made. Davies provides a Q+A with context for the research and the center.
Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory's Martin Sanda, MD, an internationally recognized prostate cancer scientist, delivered big news about better prostate cancer diagnosis, at the American Urological Association's 2013 Annual Meeting.
Mon May 13 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The Emory University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, in partnership with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, has achieved a top five ranking among pediatric departments in the United States in research funding awarded from the National Institutes of Health in fiscal year 2013.
Thu Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory University's Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library has acquired the archive of iconic American writer Flannery O'Connor from the Mary Flannery O'Connor Charitable Trust in Milledgeville, Georgia.
Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing is once again among the top five nursing schools in the U.S. for funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Wed Jan 31 02:00:00 EST 2018
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A clinical trial led by an Emory radiologist is studying a minimally invasive treatment for amputees, who sometimes experience shooting pains or burning sensations in limbs that are no longer there.
Mon Nov 30 01:00:00 EST 2015
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Isaac Murphy, an African American jockey who was the first three-time winner of the Kentucky Derby, is finally getting the recognition he deserves, thanks to research by Emory's Pellom McDaniels III.
Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The Center for Aids Research (CFAR) at Emory University received a five-year, $10 million continuation award from the NIH.
Mon May 08 14:00:00 EDT 2017
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.2 million grant over four years to a team of researchers to study the elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the United States.
Thu Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory University's Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program has selected Erin Ferranti, PhD, RN; Vasiliki (Vas) Michopoulos, PhD; and Sandra Safo, PhD for the first cycle of the Emory BIRCWH scholars program.
Thu Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Physicist Justin Burton studies the geophysics of calving icebergs to better understand and predict effects of climate change, such as sea-level rise.
Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Children with autism spectrum disorder are more likely to experience GI complaints and symptoms than peers, according to a new study.
Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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With text, photos and videos, this interactive timeline chronicles key events of the last year, from the days just prior to the arrival of the first Ebola patient at Emory University Hospital, up to the present day.
Thu Jul 23 18:00:00 EDT 2015
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Children under two years old can learn certain communication skills from a video, such as how to use signs in sign language, and perform similarly in tests when compared to babies taught by their parents, according to a new paper in the journal Child Development.
Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A video starring Winship Cancer Institute researchers has won first place in the GRAND Basic Research video contest, the Association of American Medical Colleges recently announced.
Mon Nov 09 01:00:00 EST 2015
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"Shakespeare and the Players," a newly redesigned website by Emory's Center for Digital Scholarship, features English professor Harry Rusche's collection of more than 1,000 theater postcards from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Tue Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Allan Levey, director of Emory's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, answers questions about the disease and related disorders, including early detection and development of future treatments.
Sun Mar 06 01:00:00 EST 2016
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A team of Emory researchers was awarded a $5.2 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Aging to examine the connections between blood pressure regulation and Alzheimer's disease.
Mon Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The grand opening of Oxford College's new science building drew a crowd of more than 400 for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting, tours and family-friendly, hands-on lab demonstrations.
Tue Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2016
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A joint project between Emory and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Institute for Neurobiology leads students to new ways of learning science and conducting research.
Thu Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Mylin A. Torres, MD, director of the Glenn Family Breast Center at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, was selected to hold the Louisa and Rand Glenn Family Chair in Breast Cancer Research.
Wed Nov 16 01:00:00 EST 2016
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The Emory-Children's Animal Physiology Core has acquired a Vevo LAZR photoacoustic imaging system, with the help of a recently awarded $572,550 Shared Instrument Grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Fri May 13 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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Vanessa Siddle Walker, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of African American Educational Studies at Emory University, has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association.
Mon Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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In four faculty-led sessions, the Emory community shared ideas about the university's emerging priorities, including strengthening academic excellence, engaging with Atlanta, global health innovation and the impact of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center.
Tue Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2017
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The "oncometabolite" D-2-hydroxyglutarate, produced by some brain tumors, can be detected by mass spectrometry in cerebrospinal fluid.
Thu Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory Law professors Joanna Shepherd and Michael Kang study how political money and increasingly vicious attack ads influence the actions taken by judges in criminal courts.
Mon Nov 07 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Students looking to learn about the different kinds of research opportunities at Emory are invited to a Research Networking Night next week.
The free event begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, with a faculty panel in the Oxford Road Building¿s living room. A mixer will follow.
Wed Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Susan Margulies, PhD, has been named the Wallace H. Coulter Chair of the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Georgia Tech and Emory University, and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Injury Biomechanics.
Mon May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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In the inaugural Evidence Town Hall, professors from two disciplines will dispute the story that Christopher Columbus' voyage proved the Earth is round. The goal is to get students thinking deeply about what constitutes evidence.
Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The snub of progressive rock pioneers Yes by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame outraged fans. Research by Emory sociologist Timothy J. Dowd examines how critics inside and outside the prog rock scene go about evaluating the music.
Thu Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory's Patricia Marsteller has been named chair-elect of the Section on Education of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Mon Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Melissa Pinto, a nursing researcher at Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, will present results of mental health technology research at the White House.
Fri Sep 13 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Person-to-person transmission plays bigger role in spread of drug resistant TB than inadequate treatment, study finds.
Fri Jan 27 04:50:00 EST 2017
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Psychology professor Rohan Palmer has earned a $2.34 million grant to examine why some people become addicted to alcohol or drugs, while others don't. His novel project involves both graduate and undergraduate student researchers.
Tue Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2018
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In this video, Ono talks about his role as the math consultant for the movie,"The Man Who Knew Infinity," and how his life and work are inspired by Ramanujan.
Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Georgia Bio has honored Abel De La Rosa, PhD, chief scientific officer of Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory (DRIVE) and the Emory Institute for Drug Development (EIDD) with a 2017 Community Award.
Mon Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory Heart & Vascular Center sports cardiologist and researcher Jonathan Kim, MD, is the author of an online American College of Cardiology (ACC) expert analysis of the heart and vascular health of American football players.
Thu Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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A study published in JAMA has found that severe anemia, but not red blood cell transfusions is associated with an increased risk for a potentially fatal intestinal condition in premature infants.
Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Aging increases our risk of getting cancer. What if we could control the effects of aging in our bodies in order to prevent or cure cancer? Researcher and physician David S. Yu, MD, PhD, in the Department of Radiation Oncology, is working in his lab to learn more about the gene SIRT2.
Thu Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Federally funded research propels the innovation that comes out of America's research universities. Emory's director of federal affairs reports on advocacy efforts.
Thu Aug 01 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The first exhibit from Emory University's collections of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender materials at its Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library will debut Aug. 19.
Tue Jul 30 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Women living with HIV who had not disclosed their HIV-positive status to anyone had the lowest utilization levels of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) and maternal health services in rural Kenya, according to a new study.
Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Researchers have found that variation in the joint attention cues of chimpanzees has a genetic basis, which could provide insight into disorders such as autism.
Tue Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Join the conversation with faculty-facilitated sessions held daily from Jan. 17-20 to hone in on Emory's emerging priorities, identified through extensive input from the community.
Mon Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Premature infants born with very low-birth-weight are particularly vulnerable to cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection because of their immature immune systems. Breast milk is a primary source of CMV infection in infants with very low birth weight.
Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Malaria researchers at Emory are calling attention to a possible trouble-maker: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Their experiments with mice show that co-infection with a virus closely related to EBV can make a survivable malaria parasite infection lethal.
Thu May 21 14:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory University and Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory, LLC (DRIVE) have appointed George Painter, PhD, as chief executive officer of DRIVE and director of the Emory Institute for Drug Development (EIDD).
Wed Jul 24 01:30:00 EDT 2013
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A new study reveals that both soap and alcohol-based hand sanitizers (ABHS) were efficacious hand hygiene solutions at reducing concentrations of bacteria on farmworkers ' hands.
Thu Jan 07 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Intestinal inflammation in mice can be dampened by subjecting them briefly to a diet restricted in amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, according to new research.
Wed Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Polly Price, professor of law and global health at Emory, is one of 35 recipients of the prestigious 2017 Andrew Carnegie fellowship, which funds significant research and writing in the social sciences and humanities.
Wed Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory University, in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded an $8.3 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a National Exposure Assessment Laboratory.
Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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At Emory, the high caliber of resources of a national research university adds depth and rigor to the undergraduate liberal arts education.
Mon May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory scientists have found neuroprotective compounds that can limit damage to the brain after a stroke in animals. Unlike other NMDA receptor antagonists, these drugs seem to have minimal side effects.
Thu Feb 26 13:00:00 EST 2015
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Emory University Paleontologist Tony Martin is quoted as an expert of ichnology, regarding the discovery of a giant sloth trackway.
Thu Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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On the wings of National Pollinator Week, a new study by Emory biologist Berry Brosi gives insights into the dynamics of plant-pollinator interactions.
Thu Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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You've always known your dog is a genius who can understand you and even read your thoughts. Thanks to a recent surge of interest in research on the canine mind, there's finally science to prove it.
Thu May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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In the 32 years since AIDS was described in 1981, only four types of HIV vaccines have been tested in six HIV vaccine efficacy trials. The efficacy trial is the final stage of clinical research that asks the penultimate question: does the vaccine protect people against HIV/AIDS?
Thu May 02 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Through a collaboration with Georgia Tech engineering professor Muhannad Bakir, Emory biology professor Samuel Sober recently received a $200,000 award to create a device that will be used to potentially gain insights into neurological disorders that affect motor control.
Tue Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Alumni from the Nexus Contemporary Art Center will take part in a panel discussion on Thursday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Robert W. Woodruff Library.
Thu Jan 14 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Emory Magazine talks with Emory President James Wagner and Georgia Tech President G. P. "Bud" Peterson about the vibrant public-private partnership between their two institutions
Mon Oct 28 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory anthropologists found from a study of thousands of stone tools from the early Upper Paleolithic how humans may have started organizing into more complex social groups by planning tasks and specializing in different technical skills.
Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A new research study has found a potential link between U.S. counties with a history of slavery and slower rates of decline in heart disease mortality.
Thu Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Offered through Emory's innovative Interdisciplinary Exploration and Scholarship (IDEAS) program, "The Power of Black Self-Love" enables students to delve into the world of public scholarship through a very personal lens.
Mon Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Five town hall meetings will be held across campus beginning Wednesday, Feb. 19 to discuss university support for global research, scholarship and teaching.
Thu Feb 13 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Being overweight or obese before pregnancy increases a woman's risk of developing gestational diabetes, which, in turn, increases the risk of maternal and fetal complications and type 2 diabetes after pregnancy.
Fri Mar 01 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Emory neuroscientist Donald Stein finds further vindication in his long-held belief that progesterone is more than just a female hormone.
Mon Apr 22 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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New insight into flamingo posture could be applied to neurological or balance problems, better robotics, orthopedic braces, or artificial limbs, as well provide clarity to a long-standing biological question.
Wed May 24 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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The National Institute of Health grant will support students from underrepresented groups pursuing doctorates and research careers in biological and biomedical sciences.
Tue Nov 19 01:00:00 EST 2013
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In a continuation of clinical trials related to the biological benefits of massage therapy, Emory researchers are currently studying how massage may help reduce fatigue in breast cancer patients.
Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Vaccines designed to protect against HIV have backfired in clinical trials. A Yerkes study suggests an explanation: vaccination may increase the number of immune cells that serve as viral targets.
Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Bayer HealthCare has awarded a Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program Special Project grant to Christopher Doering, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine.
Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins recently highlighted a video profile of an Emory researcher on the NIH Director's Blog. Josh Maxwell, PhD, appeared in one of several videos of Emory researchers produced through LabTV.
Tue Jan 19 01:00:00 EST 2016
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The Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, has received a five-year, $9.5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to establish a Silvio O. Conte Center in Neuroscience Research to study oxytocin, a brain chemical known for forming bonds between mother and baby.
Mon Aug 12 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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"Adherence clubs" can help people living with HIV stick to their medication regimens, according to research presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston.
Wed Feb 24 15:00:00 EST 2016
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After his release Emory University Hospital last October, Dr. Ian Crozier thought his long, near-fatal battle with Ebola was winding down. But less than two months later, he was back at Emory, with an eye that had changed color and was losing vision. The problem turned out to be Ebola, which had hidden in the eye. Emory Healthcare physicians' challenge was to treat the disease and save the eye.
Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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During Undergraduate Research Week, April 18-22, students present projects across a range of disciplines, underscoring the importance of research as an integral part of the Emory experience.
Fri Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has chosen Emory University to join the All of Us Research Program, a national effort with more than 25 collaborating institutions charged with advancing research into precision medicine.
Wed Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Inspired by folk remedies, research led by Emory ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave shows that leaves of the European chestnut tree contain ingredients with the power to disarm dangerous staph bacteria without boosting drug resistance.
Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Group, recreational sports are effective strategies for reducing risks for non-communicable chronic diseases (NCD) and other health issues that stem from sedentary lifestyles according to a recent study by researchers at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
Tue Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Fifty years ago, the U.S. Surgeon General released a landmark report linking smoking to cancer and other diseases. Winship Cancer Institute's Dr. Fadlo Khuri talks about the impact of that report and where we are today in the fight against lung cancer.
Thu Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Researchers at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health have received a $3.7 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the impact of a five-year, $140 million World Bank-funded water improvement project in Mozambique.
Tue Jun 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The Emory Vaccine Center will participate in a new National Institutes of Health clinical trial testing an experimental vaccine to prevent H7N9 influenza virus infection.
Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Social status affects patterns of gene activity in the immune cells of rhesus macaques, a collaboration between Duke and Yerkes researchers found.
Mon Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Two patients infected with Lassa virus in 2016 in West Africa were treated in Atlanta and Frankfurt, Germany with an experimental combination of the antiviral drugs ribavirin and favipiravir, doctors report.
Thu Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory physicists have developed a way to determine the electronic properties of thin gold films after they interact with light. Nature Communications published the new method, which may pave the way for improvements in devices such as optical sensors and photovoltaic cells.
Tue Jun 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Laughing gas is no laughing matter for climate change and the environment, says environmental studies researcher Eri Saikawa, who will give a talk on the topic Oct. 21.
Thu Oct 10 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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As part of a Bill Wuest's "Principles of Reactivity" course, chemistry students performed key lessons they learned over the course of the semester in a musical parody video assignment. Wuest has compared exam performance before and after the video assignment and found a strong correlation to improved scores.
Thu May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Working from a similar breakthrough by his thesis adviser, ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave, Emory senior Matt Mendelsohn discovered two root extracts help conquer staph's defense system.
Wed Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Rollins School of Public Health researchers will soon take their research into orbit, partnering with NASA in a new satellite mission to study air pollution.
Wed Jun 14 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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The average age of autism at diagnosis is 4.5 years, older for low income and minority families. Emory researchers want to change that timeline, and now they have the science and partners to do it.
Wed Jun 19 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence (CFDE) and the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) present a showcase of ways faculty in humanities and humanities-related fields are using digital technology in their research.
Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Raymond F. Schinazi, PhD, senior research career scientist at the Atlanta VA Medical Center, is the recipient of the 2015 William S. Middleton Award, the VA Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Service's highest honor for outstanding achievement in biomedical research.
Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Although vaccines against preventable infectious diseases have dramatically reduced global mortality rates, maintaining community confidence in vaccination and ensuring widespread coverage is essential to the continued success of vaccines.
Mon Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Need help with gene sequencing? You've come to the right place. Emory's two genomics core facilities have united under one roof.
Wed Mar 13 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Recent scientific breakthroughs in HIV prevention require us to re-examine how funding is allocated, says Carlos del Rio, co-director of the Emory Center for AIDS Research.
Wed Mar 06 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Beginning this fall, all PhD students in Emory's Laney Graduate School are required to gather together in the same classroom for a seminar not on their specific field of study, but on ethics and academic integrity.
Mon Oct 28 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Patricia Bauer, a psychologist at Emory University, was interviewed about a new study she led about the onset of childhood amnesia
Mon Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Deborah Watkins Bruner, RN, PhD, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Nursing at Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, is author of a research article featured on the cover of the July issue of Cancer.
Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Researchers have found that people can successfully self-administer vaccines using microneedle skin patches.
Mon Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2014
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A growing number of pollinator species that are key to the world's food supply are headed towards extinction, warns a new United Nations report -- the first global assessment of pollinators.
Mon Feb 29 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Helen Mayberg, professor of psychiatry, neurology and radiology at School of Medicine, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Mon Nov 25 01:00:00 EST 2013
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In a one of clinical trials related to the biological benefits of massage therapy, Emory researchers are currently studying how massage may help reduce fatigue in breast cancer patients.
Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Investigators at Rollins School of Public Health, along with partners at the Georgia Institute of Technology, have received a $4 million grant over four years to establish the HERCULES Center at Emory University.
Tue May 21 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Since 2011 Emory has offered an interdisciplinary Civil Rights Cold Cases class examining incidents that occurred in Georgia.
Mon May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory University's Office of Technology Transfer will celebrate its faculty entrepreneurs and their innovative discoveries at the 10th Annual Celebration of Technology and Innovation.
Fri Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Emory University ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave discusses how poisons in plants have been adapted to revolutionize modern medicine, everything from surgery to congestive heart failure and cancer treatments.
Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Researchers have found striking evidence for the role of genetics in shaping a fundamental feature of human behavior: how children pay attention to the world -- what they look at, and what they don't -- is strongly influenced by genetics.
Wed Jul 12 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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A new website called Belfast Group Poetry Networks will make it easier to understand the connections between Irish writers, particularly members of the mid-1960s Belfast Group, using open-source software created by the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship.
Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The archive of Neighbors Network, a citizens' watchdog organization that monitored the activity of the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi skinheads and other hate groups in metro Atlanta and other nearby areas, is now open to researchers and the public at Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
Wed Apr 10 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Carla Berg is trying to think like a tobacco executive. The associate professor in behavioral sciences and health education wants to borrow the sophisticated market segmentation techniques the tobacco industry has used so successfully for decades to lure smokers. Berg, however, plans to use them to identify young tobacco users and convince them to quit.
Tue May 05 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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According to a new study by researchers at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, contextual factors affect patterns of drug use, particularly the prevalence of injection drug use (IDU) among black adolescents and adults.
Fri Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2016
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is scheduled to vote on net neutrality regulations Thursday, Feb. 26 that were proposed by FCC chairman Tom Wheeler. Emory University experts say that if approved, the new rules will change the way the Internet is run.
Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A research team led by Haian Fu, PhD, within the cancer genomics center at Emory University and Winship Cancer Institute, has been selected by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to participate in an elite national network focused on discovery of new cancer targets and precision cancer therapies.
Mon Oct 02 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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Jim Lavery, Ph.D., professor at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health, was awarded the Global Forum for Bioethics in Research (GFBR) Award for his significant contributions to progress in international research ethics.
Mon Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A unique study of the white-throated sparrow has identified a biological pathway connecting variation in the birds' aggression and parenting behaviors in the wild to variation in their genome.
Mon Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2014
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A new paper in Science describes DNA-based polyhedral shapes that are larger and stronger than scientists have built before. They provide the scaffolding on which scientists could build robot walkers, or cages with doors that open and close, echoing the movie "Fantastic Voyage."
Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Thanks to a $577,474 grant from the National Science Foundation, Goizueta Business School professor Michael Prietula is researching how communities plan for, and respond to, emergencies.
Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center has been awarded a five-year, $7.2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to discover proteins altered by Alzheimer's in an effort to identify new therapeutic targets.
Wed Jun 04 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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In a new weight loss study, Emory doctors demonstrated the safety of freezing a nerve that carries hunger signals to the brain.
Mon Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Women who deliver a stillborn infant - but who have no history of depression - may be at a higher risk for long-lasting depression, conclude researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The depression may last beyond the six months most people require to recover from a major loss and persist for as long as 36 months.
Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center will host a musical celebration this month to raise awareness of Alzheimer's disease (AD), its impact on families and the importance of ongoing research participation.
Tue Jan 12 01:00:00 EST 2016
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This year, three alumni of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing will be recognized with awards which are given annually by the Nurses' Alumni Association of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. The recipients will accept their awards on Friday, Oct. 20 at Druid Hills Golf Club.
Tue Oct 17 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory University clinical psychologist Ken Carter is looking for thrill seekers and scaredy-cats to take an online survey to determine how much of a "sensation seeker" they really are.
Wed May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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In "Dinosaurs Without Bones," Emory University's Anthony Martin draws on a wealth of fossil clues, from footprints to feces, to explore Mesozoic lives and the field of ichnology, the study of trace fossils. Records of prehistoric behavior and biology, such fossils are often the closest we'll ever come to seeing long-extinct dinosaurs in the flesh.
Fri Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2014
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The new Global Program Support website creates a central online resource for information about travel abroad, hosting international visitors at Emory, and more.
Wed May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A new mathematical model for malaria developed by Emory biologist Mary Bushman shows how competition between parasite strains within a human host reduces the odds of drug resistance developing in a high-transmission setting.
Tue Sep 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Emory is participating in STAT Madness, a "March Madness" style bracket competition featuring biomedical research instead of basketball teams. Please vote!
Mon Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2018
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The new Emory Research Advocacy Network is a grassroots effort engaging Emory's students, alumni, patients, staff and neighbors to support groundbreaking research and the next generation of scientists.
Mon Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory University researchers have found that the use of observation units in hospital emergency rooms could not only shorten patient stays and decrease inpatient admissions, but could save the health care system approximately $5.5 billion to $8.5 billion annually.
Tue Dec 03 01:00:00 EST 2013
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With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), scientists at Emory and Georgia Tech, Northwestern and the University of Chicago will use advanced "machine learning" techniques to decode the complex languages of the nervous system.
Tue Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Her mother's journey with breast cancer inspired MaKendra Umstead to pursue a PhD in cancer biology. Now a fifth year student in Laney Graduate School, she focuses her research on processes that might lead to better cancer treatments.
Wed Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2016
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For 20 Emory students, the challenges faced by the world's displaced peoples took on real-life dimensions this semester through an anthropology seminar that found them working together with migrants and refugees across four continents.
Tue Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2017
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A varied collection housed at Emory offers new insight into decades of work by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, including the years following the death of its iconic leader, Martin Luther King Jr.
Wed Aug 14 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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As one of seven nonhuman primate research centers in the country, Emory's Yerkes National Primate Research Center brings together a diverse group of scientists - from neuroscientists to immunologists - to work on causes, preventions, treatments, and cures for a host of human diseases.
Wed Jan 10 01:00:00 EST 2018
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The Rose Library announces two new awards for undergraduates: the Alan Rackoff Prize and the Schuchard Prize for Undergraduate Research.
Wed Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Jaap de Roode, an assistant professor of biology at Emory University, was widely quoted in media outlets about his article on how animals self-medicate.
Thu Apr 11 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The new Facility for Education and Research in Neuroscience gives students and faculty from virtually every academic discipline on campus the ability to examine the brain in relation to their area of interest.
Wed Mar 06 01:00:00 EST 2013
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The Emory Neuromodulation and Technology Innovation Center (ENTICe) has received a $100,000 gift from Axiom Bank to support the development of new treatments for brain diseases and conditions like epilepsy, Parkinson's, depression and more.
Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected the Emory-CDC HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Unit as one of 37 clinical trials units (CTUs) responsible for implementing the scientific agenda of the NIH international HIV/AIDS clinical research network.
Wed Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2013
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Individuals who tend to think further into the future are more likely to invest money and to avoid risks, finds a new paper by Emory psychologists Phillip Wolff and Robert Thorstad.
Tue Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2018
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The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation will present the 2014 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award to Mahlon DeLong, MD, William Timmie Professor of Neurology at Emory University School of Medicine.
Mon Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory pulmonologist and professor of medicine Kenneth Leeper, MD, always went beyond what was required for his patients, students and research. To him, the best outcomes in medicine depended on teamwork.
Fri Jul 08 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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n his latest book, "The Revelatory Body," Candler's Luke Johnson says theologians need to pay closer attention to the human body and "what God is up to here and now."
Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Patricia Bauer, Asa Griggs Candler professor of psychology at Emory University, discusses a new study about childhood amnesia, a phenomenon where children begin to forget early memories. The program airs on more than 400 stations across the U.S.
Fri Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2014
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In the United States, the burden of HIV is disproportionately high for men who have sex with men (MSM), who account for approximately two-thirds of all new diagnoses each year.
Tue May 17 12:25:00 EDT 2016
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Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) could reduce new cases of HIV infection by one-third among men who have sex with men (MSM) over the next decade, according to a new study by researchers at Emory University, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the University of Washington. The study, published online today in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, forecasts the broad public health benefits of PrEP, a combination of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine formulation (sold under the name Truvada) that was approved by the FDA in 2012 for HIV prevention among those at high risk of infection.
Thu Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) has received a $50,000 grant from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia Foundation to provide education on brain health and offer memory screenings for people of color.
Tue Jan 13 01:00:00 EST 2015
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Less than 20 percent of preventable birth defects of the brain and spine are being prevented worldwide via the proven means of fortifying wheat and maize flour with folic acid (vitamin B9), according to newly published research by scientists at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health.
Wed Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University made strides in many areas in 2013; enrolling over 800 patients in new therapeutic trials, breaking ground on the Emory Proton Therapy Center, and delivering exciting research discoveries.
Mon Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 2013
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Research on the continuum of HIV care must be improved and benchmarked against an integrated, comprehensive framework in order to make strides against the HIV epidemic.
Fri Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Neuroscientists find a key connection between areas of the adult female prairie vole's brain reward system that promotes the emergence of pair bonds, a discovery that could aid efforts to improve social function in humans with disorders like autism.
Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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An exhibition featuring materials from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference archive will open Thursday, Feb. 21 at Emory University's Robert W. Woodruff Library.
Mon Jan 28 01:00:00 EST 2013
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An international collaboration will receive a four year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health to study the genetics of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders in chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
Tue Oct 01 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory University faculty wrote or edited 121 books in 2015 on topics ranging from literature and philosophy to business and medicine. The Emory community gathered Feb. 1 to toast their accomplishments at Feast of Words.
Thu Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2016
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In lupus, the immune system goes haywire and produces antibodies that are directed against the body itself. A team of Emory scientists has been investigating some fundamental questions: where do the cells that produce the self-reactive antibodies come from? Are they all the same?
Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The widening chasm between Democrats and Republicans has radically changed U.S. politics — and it's likely to grow even wider, Emory professor Alan Abramowitz explains in "The Great Alignment: Race, Party Transformation, and the Rise of Donald Trump."
Fri Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Dana Boyd Barr of Emory's Rollins School of Public Health seeks to understand what parents, and mothers in particular, can do during pregnancy to eliminate the negative health effects of pesticide exposure on unborn babies in Thailand and other countries.
Tue Dec 09 01:00:00 EST 2014
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Goizueta marketing Professor Michael Lewis offers insight into loyalty programs and consumer behavior.
Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory University will send a dozen students and recent graduates across the globe in the coming year as part of the 2017 Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the flagship international exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government.
Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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The academic biomedical research community should improve its ability to mitigate and recover from the impacts of disasters, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Thu Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Michael Lewis, associate professor, and Manish Tripathi, assistant professor, both of marketing at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, wrote this op-ed on their research showing the decreasing brand equity of the Washington Redskins team name.
Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Looking for a new way to improve health, Emory nursing professor Marcia Holstad created a 70-minute simulated talk show and music program to educate and motivate men and women with HIV to take their antiretroviral medication.
Mon Aug 28 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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MD/PhD student Stephanie Foster sees herself one day specializing in addiction psychiatry. She is examining potential treatments for opiate addiction.
Wed Aug 22 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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John S. Lollar III, MD, and Helen S. Mayberg, MD, have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The ear for music that made Emory College student Mallory Carnes an accomplished violist also gave her a gift for languages. As one of only 20 Beinecke Scholars selected this year, she plans to pursue a PhD in ethnomusicology.
Thu May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Researchers have made a significant first step with newly engineered biomaterials for cell transplantation that could help lead to a possible cure for Type 1 diabetes, which affects about 3 million Americans.
Wed May 08 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The life and legacy of Pulitzer Prize wining author Alice Walker, who placed her extensive archive at Emory University in late 2007, is the subject of a Nov. 6 BronzeLens Film Festival documentary: "Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth" at the Ferst Center in Atlanta.
Mon Nov 04 01:00:00 EST 2013
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The Emory Vaccine Center is part of a government-academic-industry research partnership led by Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop multiple treatment and prevention approaches against Ebola.
Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Dopamine-restoring drugs already used to treat Parkinson's disease may also be beneficial for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness in adults.
Tue Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2014
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With the 150th anniversary of the death of President Abraham Lincoln on April 15, the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship has updated its Lincoln Logarithms project website to include downloadable sermons given after his death.
Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory experimental archeologists will train volunteers to break and shape flint to investigate the role of stone tools in human brain evolution, especially related to language.
Thu Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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In a paper published in Science, Emory biologists working in Victor Corces' lab discovered another key to how DNA forms loops and wraps inside the cell nucleus — a precise method of "packing" that may affect gene expression.
Mon Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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All the photographs in Aubrey Graham's exhibition "Portraits in Disneyland," on display in the Emory Center for Ethics, are active collaborations between herself and the people being portrayed.
Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Karen Levy, PhD, MPH, associate professor of Environmental Health at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, was recently selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as a 2017-2018 Public Engagement Fellow.
Fri Feb 17 01:00:00 EST 2017
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In a skillful combination of science and art, 3-D visualizations created by School of Medicine medical illustrator Michael Konomos help illustrate pioneering deep brain stimulation research led by Emory professor and neurologist Helen Mayberg.
Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2015
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"Stories shape our lives and in some cases help define a person," Emory neuroscientist and study lead author Gregory Berns said. "We want to understand how stories get into your brain and what they do to it."
Fri Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2014
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A study of vaccine acceptance and behaviors among a group of parents of Georgia middle and high school students concludes evidence-based targeted interventions for parents are needed about recommended vaccines. In addition, physician training should emphasize the importance of a doctor's recommendation regarding vaccines for children with chronic illnesses.
Tue Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Many common medical treatments have never been tested in a clinical trial. A new study published in the July issue of Health Affairs highlights how evidence from trials of untested but widely used treatments can change medical practice and help patients.
Wed Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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In the long-term, lifestyle modification is better at preventing diabetes among high-risk individuals than medications, according to researchers from the Emory University School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health.
Tue Nov 07 00:00:00 EST 2017
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A component of the skin mucus secreted by South Indian frogs can kill the H1 variety of influenza viruses, researchers from Emory Vaccine Center and the Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology in India have discovered.
Tue Apr 18 12:00:00 EDT 2017
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An innovative clinical trial using the science of "personalized" cellular therapy has begun enrolling children and adults suffering from graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD), a life-threatening complication of bone marrow transplantation.
Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Riveting images of people living with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s, taken by Atlanta-area photographer Billy Howard, are the basis of an exhibit opening June 15 at Emory's Robert W. Woodruff Library.
Wed May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory researchers have identified a new mechanism that contributes to learning an association between an auditory warning and a fearful event. The findings could aid research into how to help combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Thu Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Anthropologist Peter Little recently spoke at the 2020 Conference on Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security on the resilience of nomadic herders over millennia, and how they face unique challenges today due to climate change, conflict, and loss of land.
Thu Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 2014
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People who experience stress-induced ischemia tend to have higher baseline levels of troponin, a marker of recent damage or stress to the heart. Presented at American College of Cardiology meeting.
Mon Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Researchers have identified a protein in the blood that can reliably predict the risk of developing chronic kidney disease months and even years before the common ailment starts causing damage.
Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Emory College professor Lars Ruthotto's innovative mathematical approach to deep neural learning receives $400,000 National Science Foundation award.
Mon Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2018
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A study from Emory University School of Medicine hints that dying cardiac muscle cells could be saved, past the time when this is usually thought possible.
Mon Jun 06 16:00:00 EDT 2016
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"An innate fear is something that you're born with, and it's a survival instinct type of fear," Emory University assistant professor and V.A. research scientist Seth Norrholm explained. Fear of animals and insects fall into that category. Among the most common fears: spiders, cockroaches and snakes.
Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A live attenuated form of RSV engineered by Emory/CHOA researchers is effective as a vaccine in animal models and resembles wild type virus when examined using cryo-EM. It could form the basis of a vaccine against a common respiratory infection in infants.
Wed Dec 21 05:00:00 EST 2016
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Led by Andra Gillespie, Emory's James Weldon Johnson Institute kicks off its Race and Difference Colloquium Series this month with "The Perils of Policing Reform." Other topics include history, health inequities, art, education and more.
Thu Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Emory's Office of Technology Transfer has several repurposed drug candidates in development to treat conditions from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to hypersomnia to ischemic stroke.
Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Nell Hodgson School of Nursing researcher, Sharron Close, PhD, received a $230,000 grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to develop recommendations of meaningful symptom management and lifestyle interventions for patients and families battling sex chromosome aneuploidy (SCA).
Wed May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The conference will discuss the largely unexplored topic of the lack of indigenous Christian perspectives in primary sources scholars use for historical research.
Fri May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory history professor Daniel LaChance's debut book looks at more than 50 years of shifting American culture and how it has altered perceptions of the death penalty.
Mon Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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In addition to world-class research, Emory scientists are producing images that could easily find homes in an art gallery or museum exhibition.
Tue Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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By the end of the Roman Empire, humanity had crossed a critical threshold of social organization that allowed more people to take advantage of economies of scale, says anthropologist Aaron Stutz.
Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A recent study published in the Journal of Virology, by joint efforts among scientists from Emory, India and Thailand, sheds novel insights on the properties of a class of immune cells known as CD8 T cells, which are involved in fighting dengue virus infection.
Thu Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The fourth Winship Cancer Institute Gala is being called the most successful fundraising event in Emory University's history, raising more than $1.3 million dollars. The proceeds will benefit cancer research at Winship.
Tue May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory's Winship Cancer Institute is using new drugs that work with a patient's own immune system to fight cancer.
Fri Jul 22 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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Information systems and operations management professor Ram Chellappa details the issues we face in securing our online and in-store transactions, and why they'll never be 100 percent safe.
Wed Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Eli Patt was inspired to be a doctor because of his sister, who has epilepsy. After a class discussion about what it means to be human, he spent his undergraduate years exploring intersections of science, ethics and religion.
Tue May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Emory neurologist Charles Epstein helped refine a novel therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), to become an FDA-approved treatment for depression. In a Q&A, he explains the treatment's background and future.
Thu Jun 23 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory psychology professors Robyn Fivush and Marshall Duke share their tips on how to make the holidays memorable and beneficial for children.
Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Through the Scholarly Inquiry and Research at Emory program, undergraduate students receive grants to help fund original research. Learn about some of the projects currently underway.
Wed Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Researchers from Emory's Rollins School of Public Health developed a sudden cardiac death (SCD) predictive model that can help identify and prevent the disease in individuals at high risk.
Thu Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Many people can recall reading at least one cherished story that they say changed their life. Now Emory researchers have detected what may be biological traces related to this feeling: Actual changes in the brain that linger, at least for a few days, after reading a novel.
Sun Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2013
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A study published in The American Journal of Public Health provides recommendations for community-based and individual-level prevention strategies to prevent alcohol use among American Indian and white teens living in multicultural rural communities.
Thu Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2017
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New research provides insight into how estrogen changes gene activity in the brain to achieve its protective effects against PTSD.
Tue Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2017
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An international consortium of researchers from Project MinE, the largest-ever study of inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has identified a new ALS gene, named NEK1.
Wed Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Valacyclovir, an oral drug commonly used to control the virus that causes genital herpes, appears to reduce the levels of HIV in persons who do not have genital herpes.
Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Yerkes scientists discovered that white matter -- the wires connecting the computing centers of the brain -- begins to deteriorate earlier in the human lifespan than in the lives of aging chimpanzees.
Fri May 10 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Biomedical engineers have devised a microfluidic device for the diagnosis of bleeding disorders, in which platelets can demonstrate their strength by squeezing two protein dots together. Imagine rows and rows of strength testing machines from a carnival, but very tiny.
Mon Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory libraries help University researcher-authors get published by providing funding for scholarly journals.
Wed Jul 10 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Faculty and graduate students now have convenient access to comprehensive services to support their digital teaching, research, publishing and preservation.
Fri Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Environmental sciences professor Eri Saikawa is bridging disciplines and bringing together experts to study the environment.
Wed Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2014
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The field of regenerative medicine has grown considerably since its early days, and recent evolution of this research specialty at Emory reflects this change.
Tue Feb 26 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Marks on two 3.4 million-year-old animal bones found at the site of Dikika, Ethiopia, were not caused by trampling, an extensive statistical analysis confirms.
Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Sidney Perkowitz, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Physics at Emory University, explores the possibility of sending people to Mars and having them survive on the inhospitable planet.
Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Convened by the Laney Graduate School, the annual STEM Research and Career Symposium welcomes more than 100 students from underrepresented groups to the Emory campus Sept. 18-20.
Tue Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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CRISPR, a system of genes that bacteria use to fend off viruses, is involved in promoting antibiotic resistance in Francisella novicida, a close relative of the bacterium that causes tularemia. The finding contrasts with previous observations in other bacteria that the CRISPR system hinders the spread of antibiotic resistance genes.
Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A new study, by researchers at the Rollins School of Public Health and Saint Louis University found that antibiotic resistance added $1,383 to the cost of treating a patient with a bacterial infection in the United States in 2014.
Wed Mar 21 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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The latest paper by Emory paleontologist Anthony Martin describes the first dinosaur tracks found in Victoria, Australia -- way back in the 1980s -- and explains their paleontological importance.
Tue Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Three Emory professors are among the 160 young trailblazers recently honored by the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER).
Mon May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Scientists will gather at the Emory Conference Center May 1-3 to assess current and emerging strategies to minimize the spread and impact of Zika virus infection.
Wed Apr 27 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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Vicki Hertzberg, PhD, professor at Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and author of a recent study about disease transmission on airplanes, offers tips for healthy travel.
Thu Mar 29 02:00:00 EDT 2018
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An Emory University study published recently in the Journal of the American Heart Association finds that a personalized, goal-directed lifestyle intervention delivered by a health partner significantly improved the cardiovascular health of participants over a two-year period.
Fri Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory provides $9.1 billion in economic impact within the Atlanta region and Georgia, while supporting nearly 64,000 jobs and generating $200 million in state tax revenues, according to a new study.
Mon Jun 12 08:00:00 EDT 2017
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The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has elected Allan I. Levey, MD, PhD, and Robert F. Breiman, MD, to its 2017 class of leading health scientists and international members.
Mon Oct 16 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Scientific experts from eight different countries have developed a list of the top 10 policies needed to reverse the decline of pollinators crucial to the world's food supply.
Tue Nov 29 00:00:00 EST 2016
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With more research and knowledge about cystic fibrosis and more aggressive treatments, physicians have been able to extend the lifespan of those with the disease to the mid- to late thirties.
Tue Aug 06 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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After studying a busy emergency department (ED) for one year, researchers at Emory University have learned more about the spread of infection and why prevention strategies are so important.
Wed Oct 23 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory University Hospital has been ranked No. 6 in the nation for infectious diseases care, according to a Medscape survey of 2017 Top Hospitals, taken by U.S. physicians.
Wed Aug 09 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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A panel of experts convened by the International Antiviral Society-USA (IAS-USA) has issued updated recommendations for the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in adults with HIV infection based on new information available through 2016.
Tue Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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A 10-institution team led by Emory and sponsored by DARPA will use blood from Ebola survivors to study the potential for new therapies or vaccines based on the immune system's response to the virus.
Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2015
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In the first genome-wide association study (GWAS) of genetic risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease in African Americans, a research team has identified two regions of the genome (loci) associated with ulcerative colitis only in people of African descent.
Wed Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) at Emory University has announced the opening of the Robert Langmuir African American Photograph Collection to the Emory community online.
Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Primate disease ecologist Thomas Gillespie tracks pathogens in the wild to learn how they adapt to changing environments and jump between species.
Thu Oct 16 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Gregory Berns on AJC
Sat Aug 06 01:00:00 EDT 2011
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Dopamine-restoring drugs already used to treat Parkinson's disease may also be beneficial for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness in adults.
Tue Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory University announced the appointment of R. Paul Johnson, MD, as director of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, effective August 1, 2014.
Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Established in 1985, Emory's Office of Technology Transfer has helped launch thirty-six pharmaceutical startup companies, and its licensees have developed nineteen drugs approved by the FDA, with more in development and testing.
Mon Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory Eye Center ophthalmologist Hans E. Grossniklaus, MD, MBA, was elected to the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (AOI), the most prestigious international ophthalmology organization.
Thu Feb 21 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Emory researchers have found that in a mouse model of chronic viral infection, a kind of traffic pileup inside the body limits how effective therapeutic antibodies can be. The results, published in Immunity, have implications for biotechnology researchers who continue to refine antibodies for therapeutic purposes.
Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Emory professor Max D. Cooper, MD, a winner of this year's Japan Prize, says, "The biggest breakthroughs in science have been via curiosity-driven research. Nowadays there are strong pressures to put money into obvious problems like developing the universal flu vaccine or the HIV vaccine but at the same time you need to allow people the opportunity to just explore."
Mon Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Neuroscientist Jennifer Mascaro finds that a toddler's gender influences the brain responses and behavior of fathers in a new study published in Behavioral Neuroscience.
Fri May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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People around the globe are commemorating World Cancer Day and raising awareness about one of the leading causes of death worldwide. This year's theme, "Not Beyond Us," focuses on solutions to the problem.
Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2015
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In a paper published in Cell, lead author and Emory post-doctoral fellow Hassan Salem finds that a leaf-eating beetle has evolved a symbiotic relationship with bacteria that allows the insect to break down pectin -- part of a plant's cell wall that is indigestible to most animals.
Tue Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2017
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An Emory Center for Digital Scholarship event introduces four faculty members' digital humanities projects, including ebooks, a layered map and an interactive magazine.
Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Removal of a regulatory gene called LSD1 in adult mice induces changes in gene activity that look unexpectedly like Alzheimer's disease, scientists have discovered.
Mon Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Tawni Tidwell is the first Westerner to be certified in Tibetan medicine by Tibetan teachers in the Tibetan language. The PhD candidate in Emory's Department of Anthropology is now working on a dissertation about how Tibetan physicians diagnose diseases, especially cancer.
Mon Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Well-crafted messages about flu vaccination delivered through a message-framed, community-based approach, rather than through standard vaccination information sheets, could make it more likely for pregnant women in minority populations to plan immunizations for themselves and their infants.
Tue Nov 19 01:00:00 EST 2013
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An Emory study published in JAMA Neurology examines how various systolic blood pressure targets for older patients receiving treatment for hypertension were associated with cognitive function and whether racial differences existed in long-term cognitive outcomes.
Thu Aug 24 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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A recent study by Emory researchers suggests that daily use of the drug tadalafil (Cialis) does not prevent erectile dysfunction for men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer treatment.
Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory University researchers find that even late preterm infants, those born between 34 and 38 weeks, are at risk for developmental delays in the early years of school.
Mon Apr 01 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Increased activation of the prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain that regulates complex cognitive, emotional and behavioral functioning, appears to protect against post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in individuals who suffered abuse as a child, says a recent study by Emory researchers.
Wed Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory researchers have identified a pharmaceutical strategy to shut down beta-amyloid production and possibly slow Alzheimer's disease progression.
Thu Dec 05 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Researchers from the Emory Rollins School of Public Health have published a paper in PLOS ONE that links regular attendance at religious services with improved health and lowered mortality.
Mon Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Dr. Otis W. Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, agrees with this assessment. He told Reuters Health that he gets "frustrated" when experts focus on biological differences between blacks and whites - "issues that we can't fix" - instead of logistical issues such as increasing access to care. Brawley, a medical oncologist and epidemiologist at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, was not involved in the current study.
Fri Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The exponential benefits of technology transfer are described in an article in the current issue of the journal Technology and Innovation, by the National Academy of Inventors and university technology transfer leaders.
Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The Atlanta Business Chronicle has selected Emory health sciences faculty and staff as winners or finalists in all seven categories in its annual Health Care Heroes Awards competition.
Tue May 22 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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Fifteen students recently received Undergraduate Research Awards for research they conducted in the Emory Libraries, or will travel to conduct at another library. Learn about the winning projects.
Tue May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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For the past 15 years environmental epidemiologist Michele Marcus has been studying the effects of contamination from polybrominated biphenyl (PBB), a fire-retardent chemical that has left a toxic legacy.
Fri May 22 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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The Georgia Department of Public Health has awarded approximately $1.2 million to the Metabolic Nutrition Program in the Department of Human Genetics at Emory University School of Medicine.
Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory is among the first in the nation to offer a newly FDA-cleared device to help protect patients from the risk of stroke during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
Tue Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Clinical researchers in Emory's Veterans Program will study the use of virtual reality exposure therapy to treat people suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to military sexual trauma.
Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Asking whether there are sex differences in the human brain is a bit like asking whether coffee is good for you -- scientists can't seem to make up their minds about the answer. Psychology professor Donna Maney explains SexDifference.org, the web-based tool she helped develop to plot some of the actual data.
Wed Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Emory Law Alumnus John Dowd has given his historic "Dowd Report" to Emory Law. The 14-volume set includes the 1989 report that resulted in Cincinnati Reds Manager Pete Rose's permanent ban from baseball.
Tue May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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According to an Emory study on changing pollen trends in Atlanta, an increasing pollen count during fall may correspond with a growing presence of Chinese Elm trees.
Tue Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Math and computer science professor James Lu will study the controversial method of "patchwriting," lightly editing content in an attempt to reshape it as original thought, as one of Emory's new Interdisciplinary Faculty Fellows.
Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A multi-site study sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health finds young children with autism spectrum disorder and serious behavioral problems respond positively to a 24-week structured parent training.
Tue Apr 21 11:00:00 EDT 2015
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The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has awarded Emory biochemist Christine Dunham, PhD, $500,000 over five years to investigate how some bacteria withstand antibiotic treatment.
Mon Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory biologists Karen Bell and Berry Brosi, who study pollen to monitor the health of ecosystems, explain how pollen analysis also holds potential to help with forensic investigations.
Thu Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Researchers have determined that survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) improved in communities across the U.S. between 2005 and 2012.
Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2014
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The release of Darren Aronofsky's film, 'Noah,' provided an opportunity for Ingrid Lilly to connect her research on ancient flood stories to today's pop culture.
Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Chemists have found a new, more efficient method to perform light-driven reactions, opening up another possible pathway to harness sunlight for energy.
Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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In the latest episode of Emory Looks at Hollywood, Education Core Director in Emory University's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Ken Hepburn analyzes the authenticity of the movie "Still Alice."
Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Virologists have uncovered a critical detail explaining how HIV assembles its infectious yet stealthy clothing. A small section of the envelope protein, located on its "tail," is necessary for the protein to be sorted into viral particles.
Mon Jun 01 15:00:00 EDT 2015
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A national clinical trial has found that an inexpensive drug, acetazolamide, when combined with a weight loss plan, improves vision for patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) who have mild visual loss.
Fri May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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To supply healing factors to a damaged heart after a heart attack, Emory researchers put mesenchymal stem cells in capsules made of alginate. The capsules allow the cells to stay alive and stay put. Alginate has many biomedical uses already so the path to translation looks good.
Thu Oct 10 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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An exhibition of rare materials celebrating the contributions of the Beat Generation of writers, poets and artists will open Sept. 28 at Emory's Robert W. Woodruff Library.
Fri Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory is one of 17 collaborating centers from 10 countries participating in a new international consortium project aimed at earlier detection and prevention of heart failure.
Mon Mar 18 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Gregory Berns, a professor of neuroeconomics at Emory University in Atlanta, has used brain scanning technologies to decode the brain's decision-making systems. He concludes that financial services types became addicted to the pleasure of making
money while increasingly losing touch with the risks they take.
Tue Jun 25 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has honored Sean Stowell, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, with the NIH Director's Early Independence Award.
Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory professor Gregory Berns was the first to capture images of actual canine thought processes by training dogs to remain still while undergoing fMRI. His new book focuses on his hope that understanding how animals think will revolutionize how we treat them.
Thu Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Andrew W. Mellon faculty fellow in law and the humanities at Emory University and the author of "Executing Freedom: The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment in the United States," writes an op-ed.
Thu Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Scientists at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have a new tactic with potential for fighting medulloblastoma, the most common and most aggressive form of brain tumor in children.
Mon Jun 11 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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Emory mathematician Ken Ono is launching an analytical study of training methods for elite swimmers -- a joint effort between Emory Athletics and the university's Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Thu Jan 11 00:00:00 EST 2018
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The Georgia Research Alliance has named Walter J. Curran, Jr., executive director of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and Chair in Cancer Research.
Wed Sep 11 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Twenty years ago, Edmund K. Waller, MD, PhD, and Amelia Langston, MD, joined forces to manage the growth of patient care and research at the Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Center at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. Today, they along with over 200 physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and support staff see the hundreds of transplant patients cared for every year in Winship clinics and in Emory hospitals.
Mon Feb 12 02:00:00 EST 2018
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According to a study by researchers at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, symptoms of depression are associated with an increase in arterial stiffness induced by mental stress.
Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory researchers received $574.6 million in external research funding in FY 2016, the largest amount of research funding in Emory history.
Mon Oct 17 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Only about one in four patients with end-stage renal disease in Georgia was referred by a dialysis facility to a transplant center for evaluation within one year of starting dialysis, according to a new study, and there was substantial variation in the percentage of referrals among dialysis facilities.
Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A first-in-man clinical trial, testing a newly developed drug for a rare genetic condition called mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) or Hunter syndrome, is underway at Emory University.
Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory Eye Center is one of only a select few places in the country that offers a hi-tech eye implant for patients with end-stage macular degeneration.
Thu Feb 07 07:00:00 EST 2013
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A class of chemicals made by intestinal bacteria, known as indoles, help worms, flies and mice maintain mobility and resilience for more of their lifespans, Emory scientists have discovered.
Mon Aug 21 15:00:00 EDT 2017
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The Academic & Industry Intersection Conference on April 24 focuses on Medical Devices: Partnering for Innovations.
Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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In Alzheimer's research, one particular protein looms large: plaque-forming amyloid-beta. What about all the other proteins in the brain? Proteomics -- analyzing in an "unbiased" way how all the proteins in the brain accumulate or disappear -- could provide clues to alternative mechanisms and even treatment strategies, scientists think.
Thu Dec 15 13:00:00 EST 2016
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Doctors at Emory have been trying a non-surgical alternative for osteoarthritis, an experimental treatment that relies upon the power of the human body to help heal itself.
Fri Jul 28 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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Certain DNA mutations in cells that support blood development can drive leukemia formation in nearby blood stem cells. This indirect effect was seen in a mouse model of Noonan syndrome. Drugs that inhibit CCL3 can combat the effect, and may be helpful in preventing recurrence.
Wed Oct 26 13:00:00 EDT 2016
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Strengthening Winship Cancer Institute's research programs and footprint in the cancer world is the name of the game for Kimberly Kerstann.
Wed Jan 08 01:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory undergraduates are participating in serious research projects in the sciences, the arts and the humanities.
Fri Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Manuel Yepes, MD, has been named the inaugural Rollins Chair in Stroke and Imaging Research at Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center.
Fri Sep 23 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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On World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, Emory hosts the nation's largest collegiate display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, along with a series of campus events intended to build awareness of HIV/AIDS.
Mon Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 2016
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There are substantial racial disparities in the burden of lupus, according to initial data from the largest and most far-reaching study ever conducted on the disease and published online today by the journal, Arthritis and Rheumatism. . T
Thu Oct 24 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Cancer researchers found that chondroitin sulfate, a dietary supplement taken to strengthen joints, can speed the growth of a type of melanoma in experiments conducted in cell culture and mouse models.
Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Anthropologist David Nugent, South African ethnomusicologist Brett Pyper and global diabetes research administrator Mark Hutcheson have been named the 2016 recipients of awards from Emory's Office of Global Strategy and Initiatives.
Thu Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Emory neuroscientist Dieter Jaeger has won a three-year fellowship from the Einstein Foundation in Berlin to help with his work to understand the cortical dysfunction that results in Parkinson's disease.
Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 EST 2017
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The Keck Foundation has awarded Emory a five-year $1 million grant to support the work of biochemist Eric Ortlund, PhD and his lab in examining the molecular evolution of steroid hormone receptors.
Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 EST 2015
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In a paper published in the journal Physical Review E, Emory physicists working in Eric Weeks' lab found that when soft particles feel a larger pressure, they squish together and the arch breaks, making clogging less likely.
Tue Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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At a time when cancer drug prices are rising rapidly, an innovative new study provides the framework for establishing value based pricing for all new oncology drugs entering the marketplace.
Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Captain Mark Kelly, who led NASA missions into space, will lead off the action-packed schedule of this year's Atlanta Science Festival on Tuesday, March 14.
Tue Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Polly Price chosen for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Scholar-in-Residence program in public health law.
Mon Apr 15 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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A study about libido in mice made headlines, but invoked gender bias in how it was extrapolated to humans, according to a recent "Neuroscience, Ethics and the News" discussion.
Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 2014
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The global supply of fruits and vegetables falls short of the needs of the population, according to a study by researchers at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.
Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A rare first edition of David Walker's 19th century anti-slavery book, "Walker's Appeal," owned and signed by W.E.B. Du Bois, has been obtained by Emory University's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, with a generous grant from the B.H. Breslauer Foundation and additional support from other individuals.
Mon Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2016
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A new study by Emory psychologist Michael Treadway reveals the mechanics of how the brain makes effortful decisions, calculating whether it is worth expending effort in exchange for potential rewards.
Tue May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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It's been 35 years since the first cases of AIDS were reported. Since then, there has been tremendous advances in prevention, testing and treatment. Yet, despite all of the progress, there are new challenges, frustrations and a need for more action.
Mon May 16 02:00:00 EDT 2016
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A study of insurance claims suggests that families with an established relationship with their primary care doctor are more likely to seek emergency care promptly when a child is experiencing painful symptoms of appendicitis.
Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2018
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The Jean and Paul Amos Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Program at Emory University has been designated a Center of Excellence by the National Parkinson Foundation (NPF).
Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Research leaders at Emory University and the University of Georgia recently agreed to the reciprocal use of core facilities at the two institutions. Cores are available for the use of researchers from either institution at the same rates and terms offered to internal faculty users.
Tue Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2016
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As a 2015 Guggenheim Fellow, English professor Benjamin Reiss will spend the next academic year working on a cultural and literary study of modern sleep patterns.
Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Researchers from the Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center described the first strain of carbapenem-resistant, hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae exhibiting colistin heteroresistance and enhanced virulence isolated from a patient in the United States.
Fri Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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As a Foege Fellow in Global Health at Emory's School of Public Health, physician Landry Dongmo Tsague had the idea for an open source medical journal for African scientists. Ten years later that dream is a reality.
Fri Sep 09 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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What if a brain scan could detect the presence of a mental disorder even before symptoms have emerged? Or predict which depressed patients would respond to a particular medication and which would not? Emory's Ying Guo is working to transform such aspirations into reality using math.
Thu May 11 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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Instead of a typical final paper, students taking the religion course 'Nazi Medicine on Trial' held a tribunal on whether forced sterilization is immoral, judged by experts from Emory's Center for Ethics and Office of the General Counsel.
Tue Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Plasma from people who have survived Ebola may prove extremely valuable, both for therapeutic and research purposes. To that end, Emory is collecting plasma from the small group of Ebola survivors in the U.S., and storing it for future needs.
Wed Apr 01 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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A new Emory University study shows that coronary artery calcium scoring accurately predicts the risk of dying over the next 15 years in patients with and without a family history of early heart disease.
Thu Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory Winship cancer biologist Xingming Deng, MD, PhD and his lab have identified two novel agents which could reverse the resistance of cancer cells to treatment.
Wed Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Known for his excellence in research and teaching, physics professor Eric Weeks consistently and generously shares his passion for scientific discovery with students and colleagues.
Thu May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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"The Ferguson Movement" will unite students and faculty from across Emory for a multidisciplinary exploration of race, power, politics and protest. Student applications are due March 18.
Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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If previous researchers have seriously dented Arendt's case, Ms. Stangneth "shatters" it, said Deborah E. Lipstadt, a historian at Emory University and the author of a 2011 book about the Eichmann trial.
Tue Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The new science building on Emory's Oxford College campus marks its official opening with events on Sunday, but classes are already underway in the state-of-the-art facility, designed to help students become scientists.
Tue Feb 16 00:00:00 EST 2016
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At Emory's Oxford College, Stephanie Day-Goodman discovered a new perspective and a passion for art history. Deeply involved in campus leadership and service, she is one of two students chosen to serve on the steering committee for the Oxford College Strategic Plan.
Wed Mar 09 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Mon Oct 03 01:00:00 EDT 2011
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Scientists have documented for the first time how competition among different malaria parasite strains in human hosts could influence the spread of drug resistance.
Tue Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Physicists at Emory University show how a system of lifeless particles can become "life-like" by collectively switching back and forth between crystalline and fluid states -- even when the environment remains stable.
Thu Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Northern cardinals act as "super suppressors" of West Nile virus in Atlanta, slowing transmission and reducing the incidence of human cases of the mosquito-borne pathogen, suggests a new study.
Tue Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Yerkes scientists have been testing a tactic for controlling dyskinesias In a nonhuman primate model of Parkinson's.
Fri Jan 26 00:00:00 EST 2018
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The life and legacy of boxing great Joe Louis will be told through a traveling exhibit based on photographs, periodicals and archival materials from Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, with his son, Joe Louis Barrow Jr., scheduled to speak at an opening event on Nov. 13.
Thu Oct 31 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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School of Medicine faculty, led by Jan Mead and supported by a Gates Grand Challenges grant, are conducting research on a globally challenging intestinal disease.
Mon Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2016
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A ASH grant will allow Li to continue his research on improving the condition and usability of stored platelets, understanding the mechanisms of thrombocytopenia, and developing therapeutics for blood disorders.
Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Atlanta residents of all ages will celebrate the science and technology of the region and its impact on our daily lives during the inaugural Atlanta Science Festival, March 22-29, 2014.
Thu May 16 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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With Emory University scientists, Delaplane has now begun an experiment to see if the parasite grows more virulent when it's in high concentrations. He suspects that it does.
Sun Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A novel combination treatment aimed at repairing the immune system has shown encouraging effects in a nonhuman primate model of HIV infection, both during and after a course of antiretroviral drug treatment.
Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A devout religious cult. Secret initiation rites. Imposing marble monuments. Led by archaeologist Bonna Wescoat, an Emory team has become the world's leading experts on the mysterious sanctuary on the Greek island of Samothrace.
Mon Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library has been named the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, or the Rose Library, in honor of alumnus and literary benefactor Stuart A. Rose of Dayton, Ohio.
Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Brain scans of canine candidates to assist people with disabilities can help predict which dogs will fail a rigorous service training program, an Emory study finds.
Thu Mar 09 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Winship Cancer Institute medical oncologist Omer Kucuk, MD, has authored an editorial in the journal Cancer that recommends women consume soy foods to help prevent breast cancer and improve the prognosis of those currently undergoing treatment.
Mon Mar 06 01:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory President James Wagner and Georgia Tech President G. P. "Bud" Peterson talk about the benefits of their institutions' visionary public-private partnership.
Wed Nov 06 01:00:00 EST 2013
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May 18-19, more than 200 bicycle riders are expected to participate in the annual two-day, 200-mile AIDS Vaccine 200 (AV200) to benefit AIDS vaccine research at the Emory Vaccine Center.
Mon Mar 25 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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A video-based tool given to prostate cancer patients significantly improved their understanding of key terms essential to making decisions about prostate cancer treatment, according to a study initiated by the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and published today in Cancer, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is mourning the loss of an esteemed colleague: H. Jean Khoury died on Monday, May 22, after a year spent battling cancer.
Mon May 22 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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Dietary supplementation with zinc and S-adenosylmethionine, an antioxidant, can improve the function of immune cells in the lungs, a small study involving 14 HIV-infected patients indicates.
Mon Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2016
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A study led by Emory researchers found higher rates of medication discontinuation and treatment disengagement among minority youth compared to white youth diagnosed with and prescribed medication ADHD.
Tue May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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In a large, national study of extremely premature infants, researchers found that overall death rates decreased from 2000 to 2011.
Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2015
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After almost three decades, Emory's Laney Graduate School and the Letters of Samuel Beckett Project mark the publication of the fourth and final volume in their series bringing the acclaimed writer's correspondence to the world.
Thu Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded Emory a contract to test new vaccines and therapies for infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases in adults and children.
Thu Sep 26 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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As the world's primate populations dwindle, so do the chances for a healthy planet where humans can thrive. Emory ecologist Thomas Gillespie has helped uncover a crisis among our nearest taxonomic neighbors.
Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Fisheries expert Tracy Yandle recently received a grant to research the opportunities and challenges of creating a market for lionfish as food in the U.S. Virgin Islands, one area where the invasive fish is proliferating.
Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2015
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New research indicates that persistent inflammation affects the brain in ways that are connected with stubborn symptoms of depression, such as anhedonia, the inability to experience pleasure.
Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) has awarded Raymond J. Dingledine, PhD, professor and past chair of the Department of Pharmacology in Emory University School of Medicine, with the 2018 Robert R. Ruffolo Career Achievement Award in Pharmacology.
Tue Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2018
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This week, the PBS program NOVA airs the final episode in a series called "Inside Animal Minds." The final segment, called "Who's the Smartest," features a study conducted by Emory University professor Lori Marino.
Tue May 06 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Disease ecologists working in the Amazonian city of Iquitos, Peru, have quantified for the first time how a fever affects human mobility during the outbreak of a mosquito-borne illness.
Wed Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory University study shows high levels of a blood biomarker, suPAR, may help physicians accurately identify risk level in heart failure patients.
Wed Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Emory University received an approximately $2.5 million grant from The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease for the establishment of the Georgia Diabetes Translation Research Center (GDTRC).
Fri Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2017
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In their new co-written book, Emory professor Arri Eisen and Tibetan monk Geshe Yungdrung Konchok explore how insights from scientists and monastics enrich understandings of biology, physics and other sciences.
Mon Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2018
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In a study published in the latest edition of Nature Climate Change, Emory researchers found that climate change will blunt China's efforts at further reducing infectious diseases in the decades to come.
Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Vitamin D has been shown to play an important role in liver function. Now a new study in Western Europeans shows that vitamin D lowers the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the main form of liver cancer.
Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Now in its third year, the NFL "Fan Equity" rankings presented by Emory marketing professors Mike Lewis and Manish Tripathi spark serious debate.
Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory University's Chemical Biology Discovery Center has been selected as a Specialized Center in the Chemical Biology Consortium, a national network of scientists on the leading edge of drug discovery and development, centered at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research.
Wed Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Multiple myeloma, a blood cancer of the immune system's plasma cells, occurs two to three times more often in African Americans than in Caucasians. Finding out why could lead to better therapies for all.
Tue Jul 14 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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Researchers at Emory School of Medicine have identified a previously unrecognized type of pathology in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Tue Sep 10 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory Libraries will kick off a new "Race and Sports in American Culture Series" with a symposium Sept. 6-7, the first segment in a lineup of events inspired by the African Americans in Sports collection in its Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
Mon Aug 19 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Lampreys have cells that resemble the gamma delta T cells found in mammals, birds and fish. Implications for the evolution of the immune system.
Mon Aug 12 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Anthropologists are challenging the long-held view that humans evolved from a single ancestral population in one region of Africa. Emory anthropologist Jessica Thompson is part of a scientific consortium that has found that human ancestors were diverse in form and culture and scattered across the continent.
Wed Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Emory Vaccine Center and Winship Cancer Institute researchers teamed up to show what killer T cells need to proliferate after being revived by cancer immunotherapy drugs targeting PD-1. The findings have implications for predictive tests and combination therapies.
Thu Mar 09 14:00:00 EST 2017
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George Armelagos, Emory professor of anthropology and one of the founders and leaders of the field of paleopathology, died May 15.
Wed May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Developed by Emory professor Nancy Thompson, Project UPLIFT is a groundbreaking distance-delivery intervention for people living with depression and seizures. The Epilepsy Foundation reports that more than a third of people living with epilepsy also suffer from depression.
Tue Feb 07 01:00:00 EST 2017
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Patients with Alzheimer's disease have significantly higher levels of DDE, the long-lasting metabolite of the pesticide DDT, in their blood than healthy people, a team of researchers from Rutgers, Emory and UTSW has found.
Mon Jan 27 16:00:00 EST 2014
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Scientists have pinpointed the mechanism behind hydrocephalus, an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid around the brain, in an inherited developmental disorder called Noonan syndrome.
Wed Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A chance meeting on a plane led Emory College student Trinity Kronk to a research project that expanded her career path and could contribute to a better understanding of the drugs needed to treat high blood pressure.
Tue Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Scientists at Emory Vaccine Center, in collaboration with investigators from Thailand, have found that people infected with dengue virus develop antibodies that cross-react with Zika virus.
Mon Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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A new blood test that could identify children at risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) at a very early age is the subject of a multi-site clinical trial including Emory University.
Fri May 31 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Researchers from Emory University School of Medicine were part of a recent advance in understanding how the Zika virus harms the developing brain.
Fri Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2016
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A team of Emory Law and Georgia Tech students who won honors in an international start-up competition plan to market their winning idea¿a medical device to prevent a painful disease in breast cancer survivors.
Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Take heart, 45-year-olds who have no idea what that string of pandas means in a text. Emory College senior Emma Reidy has discovered that college students don't really agree on what emojis mean, either.
Wed May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Mathematicians have found a framework for the celebrated Rogers-Ramanujan identities and their arithmetic properties, solving another long-standing mystery stemming from the work of Indian math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Fri May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Ready to relax with a good book? Whether you're in the mood for thoughtful poems, intriguing novels or compelling nonfiction, Emory faculty authors have you covered.
Thu Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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The National Academy of Inventors has named Emory's Dennis Liotta, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Chemistry and executive director of the Emory Institute for Drug Development, to the 2013 class of NAI Fellows.
Thu Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2013
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The unique layout of the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, with three floors of patient clinics and three floors of research labs, brings scientists face to face with those who benefit from their research: cancer patients.
Mon Jun 29 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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Six seniors will graduate with honors in physics, having conducted rigorous research as expansive as hints of what happens around the universe's dying stars and as minute as the molecular mechanisms telling our cells what to do.
Wed May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Emory University's Hope Clinic is enrolling volunteers in a clinical trial testing a new oral drug to treat cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.
Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Fathers given boosts of the hormone oxytocin show increased activity in brain regions associated with reward and empathy when viewing photos of their toddlers, an Emory University study finds.
Mon Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Throughout 2015 Emory University and its Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) are celebrating 30 years of guiding innovative discoveries from the laboratory with the ultimate goal of creating commercial products.
Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Obama's new national strategy to promote the health of pollinators is "an important wake-up call" says Emory biologist Berry Brosi, whose research focuses on bees.
Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Colleen McBridge, chair of Emory's Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, was among the first to focus on using genetic information to inform public health interventions - the public health equivalent of personalized medicine.
Tue Jun 16 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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The National Lipid Association (NLA) has released new recommendations for the prevention of heart disease and stroke. Published recently in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology, the guidelines emphasize a "patient-centered" approach to cholesterol management.
Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2014
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The quest for a vaccine against rhinoviruses may have seemed quixotic, because there are more than 100 varieties circulating around the world. Even so, the immune system can handle the challenge, researchers from Emory University School of Medicine and Children¿s Healthcare of Atlanta say.
Thu Sep 22 11:00:00 EDT 2016
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Rhesus macaques repeatedly exposed to anesthesia during infancy display persistent anxiety-linked behaviors later in life in response to social stress, a study from Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows.
Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2018
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South Korean native Hangoul Choi, a master of divinity student in Candler School of Theology, has helped give a voice to international students, immigrants and women.
Tue May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center is now one of a small number of clinics in the country to offer a cutting edge stem cell treatment for Osteoarthritis (OA).
Tue Mar 19 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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When the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics observed its 50th anniversary last fall, the milestone event drew more than 170 people, including all but one of the department¿s past chairs and its first doctoral graduate. The large number of attendees is a testament to the close, enduring ties that bind the department.
Tue Jun 02 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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The National Science Foundation has awarded another $20 million to Emory's Center for Selective C-H Functionalization, to fund the next phase of a global effort to revolutionize the field of organic synthesis.
Wed Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory researchers are exploring the use of echocardiography to help identify patients at risk for right ventricular heart failure after implantation of a left ventricular assist device.
Thu Sep 26 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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According to a new study by researchers at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Georgia Institute of Technology and the J. Craig Venter Institute, bacterial communities accompanying airline passengers at 30,000 feet have much in common with the bacterial communities surrounding people in their homes and offices.
Wed Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The Emergency Neurosciences Division of Emory's Department of Emergency Medicine will soon begin an emergency seizure study to compare three commonly used medications in patients who are actively seizing, despite initial treatment.
Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Mentored by Emory's Sharron Close, a team of Georgia Tech biomedical engineering students developed a mechanized stuffed animal to comfort sick children 12 months and younger. The Emory assistant professor had held an idea for such a tool to since her days in nursing school.
Wed Sep 23 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine will study individuals with genetic mutations associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) as one of 32 clinical sites in a large-scale biomarker study.
Tue Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2014
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After a hotly contested presidential election, it's already been a busy academic year for social sciences librarian Chris Palazzolo. But then, even a non-presidential election year is busy in his specialty areas.
Wed Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2017
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The drug risperidone has been successful in reducing serious behavioral problems in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but researchers have discovered that increased appetite, followed by weight gain, can be a undesirable adverse effect.
Wed Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Researchers at Emory University received $572.4 million from external funding agencies in fiscal year 2015, a 9.69 percent increase over last fiscal year. This marks the largest amount of research funding in Emory's history and is the sixth consecutive year that research funding has exceeded $500 million.
Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The grand opening of a facility as innovative as the new Chemistry Center addition calls for more than a mere ribbon-cutting. See the thermite reaction that severed the ceremonial ribbon in a display of sparks, smoke and globules of molten iron.
Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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New findings suggest the oxytocin receptor, a gene known to influence mother-infant bonding and pair bonding in monogamous species, also plays a special role in the ability to remember faces.
Mon Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 2013
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Anyone who has ever loved a grandmother or grandfather knows the nurturing role that grandparents can play. A study of indigenous people in Amazonia, who survive on food they hunt, forage or cultivate, quantifies the evolutionary benefit of that role.
Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Trisha Kesar, director of Emory's Motion Analysis Lab, has long been frustrated watching stroke survivors struggle to recover walking function -- and physical therapists struggle to effectively help. But now Kesar and colleagues have come up with a possible solution utilizing biofeedback software.
Wed Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Leonard Howell, PhD, has been appointed Associate Director for Scientific Programs for the Yerkes National Primate Research Center.
Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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When the process of epigenetic reprogramming is defective in mouse development, the consequences in adulthood can include abnormal repetitive behaviors, Emory scientists have shown.
Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2016
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After conducting award-winning research in high school, Alexa Dantzler founded Students Obtaining Atlanta Research (SOAR) her first year at Emory to encourage female students of color from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods to become STEM researchers.
Tue Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Physician/researchers at Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta will begin testing a vaccine designed to protect against H7N9 influenza, the bird flu strain that caused severe illness and death in China last spring.
Wed Sep 18 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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On Friday, scientists from psychology, neuroscience and anthropology -- along with a leading journalist, a theater director and a professional magician -- will discuss their insights into lying and deception at the "The Lying Conference."
Tue Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory's Health and Exposome Research Center is inviting applications for pilot project grants (link to pdf, in folder) of up to $35,000. The application deadline is Feb. 1.
Mon Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2013
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Results of the first comprehensive survey of Emory's 72 start-up companies finds they are successful in attracting funding, getting products to market, and creating jobs.
Tue Sep 09 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Huw Davies, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Chemistry, received the Humboldt Research Award for his work on organic synthesis, particularly C-H functionalization, which could lead to a paradigm shift in how pharmaceuticals and other chemicals are made.
Wed May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory University's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center will receive a transformational donation to support advanced research into early detection of Alzheimer's disease. The Goizueta Foundation is committing $25 million toward research aimed at fundamentally changing the way Alzheimer's disease is detected and treated.
Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Emory's new water recycling center, the first and only WaterHub in the country, will recycle up to 400,000 gallons per day. A ribbon-cutting ceremony and public tours are set for April 17.
Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Medical ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave sheds light on traditional uses of medicinal plants in southern Italy.
Tue Jul 02 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory scientists discovered how the PD-1 molecule handicaps the immune system. Now drugs based on PD-1 are starting to transform cancer treatment.
Thu Oct 17 00:05:00 EDT 2013
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Researchers at the Emory Heart & Vascular Center have received a $3.8 million grant to study the growth of new blood vessels to help improve symptoms of peripheral arterial disease or PAD.
Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Researchers from Emory's Rollins School of Public Health have determined that despite decades of progress in reducing cardiovascular deaths, preventable risk factors continue to account for half of heart disease deaths.
Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory's Integrated Core Facilities have announced a commercial agreement with HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc., to facilitate Emory researchers' use of HTG's EdgeSeq gene expression assays.
Wed May 17 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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In their latest study about empathy, Yerkes researchers Matthew Campbell and Frans de Waal have shown chimpanzees exhibit flexibility in their empathy, just as humans do.
Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Two students in Emory University's Sports Marketing Analytics program in Atlanta completed a study to find the most "loyal and supportive" NFL fanbases.
Sun Aug 18 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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High rates of non-medical exemptions (NMEs) from immunizations for kindergarten-aged children in some California geographic areas were among contributing factors to the state's pertussis outbreak in 2010, according to researchers at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.
Mon Sep 30 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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At six years old, Dorothy Nixon Williams watched as two white men shot her father, Isaiah Nixon. Last week, she visited his grave for the first time since it was found by students in Emory's Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project.
Tue Jan 26 00:00:00 EST 2016
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The Robert Koch Foundation is jointly awarding the 2017 Robert Koch Award to Emory Vaccine Center Director Rafi Ahmed and to Antonio Lanzavecchia, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, and ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Thu Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Faced with two children with neurodevelopmental disorders of unknown origin, Pam and Tony Stinchcomb came to Emory for whole exome sequencing, which can pinpoint the origins of rare genetic diseases. Both children had the same one.
Thu Aug 11 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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In fiscal year 2015-2016, Emory Healthcare provided $72.3 million in charity care. "Charity care" includes indigent care for patients with no health insurance, not even Medicaid or Medicare, and no resources of their own, plus catastrophic care for patients with bills that would shatter their lives, even with insurance.
Tue Jan 31 03:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory College student Ashley Diaz has earned a 2018 Goldwater Scholarship, the nation's premier undergraduate award in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering, for her research related to bacterial resistance.
Mon Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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New research reports that professional ballet dancers' years of physical training have enabled their nervous systems to coordinate their muscles when they move more precisely than individuals who have no dance training.
Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 EST 2015
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New research shows how synthetic compounds that activate the protein LRH-1 fit inside. These compounds could have potential to treat diabetes and NAFLD.
Mon Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Zika virus infection remains a risk to travelers who are pregnant or who may conceive in the near future, according to infectious disease specialists from Emory University School of Medicine.
Wed Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The Emory University Office of Technology Transfer holds its Seventh Annual Celebration of Technology and Innovation on Thursday, March 7, 2013.
Wed Feb 20 01:00:00 EST 2013
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A program designed to prevent unintended pregnancies and reduce birth defects during the height of the 2016-17 Zika virus outbreak in Puerto Rico successfully served more than 21,000 women during a 16-month period.
Thu Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2018
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According to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Americans with diabetes increasingly took better care of themselves, but tobacco-use and high blood pressure still remain a concern.
Wed Apr 24 17:00:00 EDT 2013
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A study conducted by researchers at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University predicts an average of over 2,000 heat wave related deaths per year in 2057 - 2059.
Wed Nov 06 01:00:00 EST 2013
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The Office of International Affairs is offering two free workshops on Monday, March 3 for faculty and staff interested in applying for Fulbright grants.
Thu Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2014
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In contrast to evidence that the amygdala stimulates stress responses in adults, researchers have found that the amygdala has an inhibitory effect on stress hormones during the early development of nonhuman primates. The finding adds to evidence for a developmental switch in amygdala function with respect to stress responses.
Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation has pledged $400 million to find new cures for disease, develop innovative patient care models and improve lives while enhancing the health of individuals in need. The transformational gift is the largest ever received by Emory University.
Mon Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Goizueta marketing Professor Michael Lewis offers insight into loyalty programs and consumer behavior.
Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory researchers have obtained precise pictures showing how a toxin protein, called HigB, recognizes and rips up RNA as part of its growth-inhibition function. Their findings could lead to a better understanding of the formation of persister cells and how they maintain themselves.
Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Prominent researchers from around the globe will visit Emory on April 12 to discuss how the handiwork needed by our stone-age ancestors to develop tools may have paved the way for language.
Mon Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Christian Larsen, the new dean of Emory University School of Medicine, has big plans to integrate care, research and education in the health sciences.
Wed Apr 17 21:00:00 EDT 2013
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Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD, ABPP, professor and associate vice chair of clinical research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine, was recently awarded the Paul A. Janssen Chair of Neuropsychopharmacology.
Thu Dec 18 01:00:00 EST 2014
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More than 200 bicycle riders are expected to participate in the 15th annual two-day, 200-mile AIDS Vaccine 200 (AV200) to benefit AIDS vaccine research at the Emory Vaccine Center. The event on May 20-21 is produced by Action Cycling Atlanta - an all-volunteer organization.
Tue May 16 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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The Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, as part of an international team of researchers and policy specialists, is the joint recipient of a $100 million award from the NASA to develop the world's first public health satellite mission.
Mon Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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A recent study published in The Gerontologist says understanding the emotional reactions of individuals diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) will provide health care professionals with important information needed to develop suitable treatments.
Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Researchers found molecular differences between how African and Asian strains of Zika virus infect neural progenitor cells. The results could provide insights into Zika's emergence as a global health threat and point to potential leads for drugs to protect brain cells.
Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory researchers have found that patients who do not know they have diabetes when hospitalized in an intensive care unit (ICU) have greater complications during their stay and poorer outcomes than patients without diabetes.
Thu Dec 10 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Disturbed patterns of blood flow induce lasting epigenetic changes in DNA methylation in the cells that line blood vessels, and those changes contribute to atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis can be interrupted in a mouse model by inhibiting DNA methylation.
Wed May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Researchers at Emory and Northwestern Universities recently developed artificial intelligence (AI) software that can predict the survival of patients diagnosed with glioma.
Tue Mar 13 02:00:00 EDT 2018
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A new consensus study report on "The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States," from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, included two Emory faculty members in its 13-member report committee. Released March 16, the report was the first on the topic of abortion since 1975.
Wed Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Genetically altered mice can be generated in Emory's specific pathogen free/viral antibody free facility and delivered to the investigator.
Mon Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Microbiologists have identified a component of a genetic switch, which they call a potential "Achilles' heel", for a type of bacteria often associated with wounded warriors.
Mon Apr 23 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an emerging treatment for patients with intractable depression and will be the focus of a segment airing this weekend on CNN. The report, called "Battery-Powered Brains," features Helen Mayberg, professor of psychiatry, neurology and radiology, and the Dorothy C. Fuqua Chair in Psychiatric Imaging and Therapeutics at Emory University School of Medicine.
Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A research study of patients with thalassemia found that low bioavailability of the amino acid arginine may contribute to pulmonary hypertension.
Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Developed by Emory graduate student Aaron Blanchard and recent PhD Kevin Yehl, Rolosense -- the first rolling DNA motor -- took the bronze medal in the graduate division of the 2016 Collegiate Inventors Competition.
Wed Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Bassel F. El-Rayes, MD, associate director of clinical research at Winship Cancer Institute, was selected to hold the John Kauffman Family Professorship for Pancreatic Cancer Research.
Thu Sep 08 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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David S. Stephens, vice president for research at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, writes about the cost and return on investment of research for Emory and our society.
Wed Jun 19 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Georgia Bio has announced the Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA) as a recipient of its 2018 Deal of the Year Award.
Fri Feb 02 02:00:00 EST 2018
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Atlanta Science Festival fans came to campus March 24 for "Physics Live!" and the Chemistry Carnival, featuring Emory faculty and students leading demonstrations and games designed to dazzle kids from kindergarten through high school.
Tue Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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"Stories shape our lives and in some cases help define a person," Emory neuroscientist and study lead author Gregory Berns said. "We want to understand how stories get into your brain and what they do to it." Berns' research showing changes in the brain after reading a novel was picked up by numerous outlets.
Fri Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Biomedical engineers have established a model system of small blood vessels, enabling the study of damage and recovery in malaria and sickle cell disease.
Fri Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Yerkes scientists have identified an additional part of the HIV reservoir, immune cells that survive and harbor the virus despite long-term treatment with antiviral drugs.
Tue Oct 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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A few of many Emory research presentations from the 2016 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions meeting in New Orleans.
Tue Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Jagdish Sheth on CNN Fortune
Wed Aug 17 01:00:00 EDT 2011
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Two clinical studies have shown that the monoclonal antibody eculizumab is effective in treating patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), a life-threatening, chronic, and progressive inflammatory disease.
Wed Jun 05 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Sir Philip Cohen, who pioneered the scientific field of "protein phosphorylation," will deliver the Sixth Annual Donald B. McCormick Lecture at Emory University on Monday, April 8, 2013.
Wed Feb 20 01:00:00 EST 2013
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The NIH has awarded the Laney Graduate School at Emory University an NIH Director's Grant of more than $1.8 million over five years to enhance training opportunities for STEM graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
Thu Oct 03 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year grant of more than $9 million to investigators at Emory University to study fragile X syndrome-associated disorders and work toward developing effective treatments.
Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The "clot-busting" drug tPA can help restore blood flow to the brain after a stroke, but its use also poses risks and time window for using it is limited. An Emory neurologist may have found a way to overcome some of these challenges.
Mon May 06 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Cloaking immune cells with antibodies that block T cell trafficking to the gut can substantially reduce the risk of viral transmission in a non-human primate model of HIV infection. The findings suggest that drugs that are already in clinical trials for inflammatory bowel diseases might be effective in the treatment or prevention of HIV infection.
Mon Nov 24 11:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory influenza researcher Richard Compans, PhD, recently delivered the annual Dean's Distinguished Faculty Lecture in Emory University School of Medicine.
Mon Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Andrew Francis of Emory University and Maria Tannuri-Pianto of the University of Brasília (UnB) found that some light-skinned mixed-race applicants to UnB, which started using racial preferences in 2004, thought of themselves as white but described themselves as mixed-race to increase their chances of getting in.
Fri Apr 26 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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R. Donald Harvey, PharmD, director of the Winship Phase I Clinical Trials Section, presented an education session on the emergence of cancer biosimilar drugs at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago.
Tue Jun 05 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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Watch for an astronaut, zombies, a hovercraft and liquid nitrogen ice cream to pop up on the Emory campus during the Atlanta Science Festival, March 14-25.
Wed Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Biomedical engineers are developing methods for decoding communications between the brain and the body's biological networks by analyzing electrical patterns in the motor control areas of the brain.
Mon Sep 17 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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A study by scientists at the Emory Vaccine Center, in collaboration with the biotechnology company Atreca, Inc., has found that antibodies generated from the blood of survivors of Ebola virus disease can strongly neutralize the Ebola virus in the laboratory and protect mice from a lethal viral challenge.
Wed Oct 26 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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Researchers at Emory University will soon begin a clinical trial to determine if one class of drugs used to lower blood pressure may also reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease in African-Americans.
Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The sense of fairness did not evolve for the sake of fairness per se but in order to reap the benefits of continued cooperation, say the authors of a review article about inequity aversion (IA), defined as a negative reaction to unequal outcomes.
Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A UAB/Emory/Microsoft-led study of how HIV adapts to the individual host's immune system, published in Nature Medicine, has implications for vaccine design.
Mon May 16 12:00:00 EDT 2016
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Researchers at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that high proportions of patients with prediabetes are at substantial risk for cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease.
Wed Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Six Emory students recently traveled to rural South Florida to look for plants used in indigenous medicine and collect specimens for the Emory Herbarium, under the guidance of medical ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave.
Fri Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Ebola. Chikungunya. Zika. Emory disease ecologist Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec explains why the complex properties driving today's disease transmission -- and the speed at which an epidemic can travel -- require new methods of surveillance.
Wed Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2016
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President Barack Obama recently announced his intent to appoint Emory University Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Nursing Deborah Watkins Bruner as one of five new members of the National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB).
Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Few scientists have earned the fame of Robert C. Gallo, MD, co-discoverer of HIV as the cause of AIDS, pioneer of the HIV screening test, and the first to identify that HIV/AIDS infections are slowed by immune system compounds called chemokines.
Tue Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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After decades of studies showing that the chances of a person having a chronic disease in later life can be determined when they are in the womb, it is time to take stronger action, say researchers Emory and the University of Southampton.
Tue Dec 17 01:00:00 EST 2013
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The new study is "groundbreaking," says Emory University's George Armelagos, who has studied changing rates of tooth decay. "I've been looking at paleopathology (ancient diseases) for 50 years, and I've not seen anything like this before. It's really a remarkable finding."
Mon Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2014
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A recent study conducted by Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and Georgia Tech assessed rates and routes of possible influenza or infectious disease transmission during flights.
Mon Mar 19 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Chemotherapy can leave a long-lasting epigenetic imprint in the DNA of breast cancer patients' blood cells. That imprint is associated with biological signs of inflammation up to six months after the completion of treatment.
Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory researchers are working to uncover the biological underpinnings of anxiety, phobias, and post-traumatic stress disorder. By understanding the anatomy of fear, they hope to be able to better prevent and treat these disorders.
Fri Jun 27 01:00:00 EDT 2014
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One day a month, the recently opened "eXtraordinarY" clinic sees two to three young patients in Emory Clinic B. While its patient base is small, its reputation is growing as a resource for families affected by sex chromosome variations.
Wed Nov 15 02:00:00 EST 2017
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The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory College, the Rollins School of Public Health and the Emory School of Medicine are collaborative recipients of NIH seven-year initiatives that support research that investigates the effects of early environmental exposures on child health and development.
Tue Sep 27 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing ranks first among nursing schools for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding.
Mon Jan 30 09:00:00 EST 2017
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Jessica Belser is one of 102 researchers honored for pursuit of innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology and commitment to community service.
Thu Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Alzheimer's disease often runs in families, but the risk that runs through the Chastain family, which has been working with Emory, is higher than researchers have encountered before.
Tue Feb 16 01:00:00 EST 2016
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Mathematicians at Emory University have discovered that Indian genius Srinivasa Ramanujan did not just identify the first taxi-cab number, he showed how the number relates to elliptic curves and K3 surfaces -- objects important today in string theory and quantum physics.
Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Results from one of the largest studies of bone marrow cell therapy for heart attack in the United States, presented at the American Heart Association meeting.
Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Sparked by recent concerns about Ebola, an exhibit at Emory's Robert W. Woodruff Library examines the U.S. government's response to epidemics throughout American history.
Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory Vaccine Center researchers have identified gene expression signatures that predict whether volunteers in a malaria vaccine study were protected when exposed to parasite-carrying mosquitoes.
Mon Feb 13 15:00:00 EST 2017
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Research in mice strengthens the case for a PI3 kinase-targeting drug strategy in fragile X syndrome.
Thu Apr 23 12:01:00 EDT 2015
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A new study reveals that at age 6, IQ was 7-10 points lower in children exposed in utero to the anti-epileptic drug valproate (Depakote) than those exposed to other epilepsy medications.
Tue Mar 19 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Dr. Oguchi Nwosu practices Family Medicine at Emory and delivers babies, but he also teaches medical student and residents. In doing so, he emphasizes the importance of seeing beyond the diseases and the medicine and instead seeing the patients.
Mon Aug 07 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory anthropologist Jessica Thompson's work in Malawi is part of a major new paper in the journal Cell, filling in thousands of years of human prehistory of hunter-gatherers in Africa.
Thu Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta are serving as a leading recruitment site for a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) study on asthma in African-Americans.
Fri Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory psychologist Daniel Dilks finds the first neural evidence that basic mechanisms for face and place recognition are in place in infancy.
Mon Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Ophelia DeVore Mitchell, a model, businesswoman and pioneer in the "black is beautiful" movement, has placed her papers at Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL).
Mon May 06 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded $380,000 to three Emory University faculty to develop and refine a promising technique to detect and respond to threats from drug-resistant pathogens.
Wed Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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A project to sequence the whale shark genome is a collaboration between Tim Read, a professor of infectious diseases at Emory University School of Medicine, and Alistair Dove, director of research and conservation at the Georgia Aquarium.
Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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More than 40 years of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's rich correspondence is now open to the public at Emory's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
Mon Feb 29 01:00:00 EST 2016
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Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing professors Elizabeth Corwin, PhD, RN, and Bonnie Jennings, PhD, RN, will be honored during the Southern Nursing Research Society's 29th Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida.
Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Children under two years old can learn certain communication skills from a video, such as how to use signs in sign language, and perform similarly in tests when compared to babies taught by their parents, according to a new Emory study.
Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Thanks to a collaborative agreement between Emory and Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, faculty members from both schools are working together on projects ranging from cancer treatment to biomedical engineering.
Fri Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Brain Health Center have received a five-year, $12.7 million National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) grant to continue innovative research on oxytocin, a brain chemical known for establishing mother-infant bonds.
Mon Apr 16 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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Advances in both light and electron microscopy are improving scientists¿ ability to visualize viruses such as HIV, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), measles, influenza, and Zika in their native states.
Wed Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory joins with a consensus of scientists around the world in calling for immediate action and necessary policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avoid the most damaging impacts to our planet.
Tue Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory has been awarded a $300,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will allow researchers at Emory, across the U.S. and abroad to update and expand the renowned website Voyages: The Transatlantic Save Trade Database.
Mon Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2018
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A preclinical, large animal model of Huntington's disease for assessing new therapeutics, developed by Yerkes researchers.
Tue May 12 14:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory's Office of Technology Transfer celebrated faculty entrepreneurs and their innovative discoveries at the 10th Annual Celebration of Technology and Innovation, held March 3 at the Emory Conference Center.
Thu Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Researchers at Emory have begun recruiting participants for a clinical trial they hope will show that some incapacitating fears can be treated in a way that does not require medication and will be resistant to relapse.
Mon May 06 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Renhao Li, PhD, is a member of a research team that discovered how tiny, clot-producing blood cells called platelets respond to shear stress, the force exerted by blood on blood cells when it moves rapidly through a vessel or artery.
Tue Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Two leading neurology researchers have proposed a theory that could unify scientists¿ thinking about several neurodegenerative diseases and suggest therapeutic strategies to combat them.
Thu Sep 05 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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A research partnership between Emory University and the University of Queensland (UQ) aims to accelerate the discovery and development of new drugs to treat cancer, diabetes, inflammatory disorders and infectious diseases.
Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A new five-story, 200,000-square-foot Health Sciences Research Building will be dedicated Thursday, Oct. 24 at Emory University.
Tue Oct 22 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Gregory Berns is a professor of neuroeconomics at Emory University and the author of "How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain."
Sun Oct 06 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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A study of wild California sea lions provides the first neurobiological evidence for how a naturally occurring algal toxin affects both the brains and behavior of the animals, leading to significant deficits in spatial memory.
Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Inspired by a biology assignment, two Emory freshmen turned their idea for a faster, less expensive Ebola test into a crowdfunding campaign that is gathering steam.
Fri Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The Center for Ethics will host in May 2015 a major international summit on ethical and policy issues surrounding biotechnology.
Tue Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Physical chemists have devised a rolling DNA-based motor that¿s 1,000 times faster than any other synthetic DNA motor, giving it potential for real-world applications, such as disease diagnostics.
Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A cellular traffic jam appears to affect neurons in most forms of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), researchers at Emory University School of Medicine and Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville have shown.
Tue Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Emory physicist Justin Burton and a team of researchers show that the laws for how granular materials flow apply even at the giant, geophysical scale of icebergs piling up in the ocean at the outlet of a glacier.
Mon Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A national consortium of researchers has developed an individual risk calculator for schizophrenia and other psychosis, comparable to those for cardiovascular disease and other illnesses.
Tue Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Local poets and members of the Emory community will participate in poetry readings and a group recitation of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Emory University's Woodruff Library.
Mon Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Babies with inherited intolerance of fructose face a risk of acute liver failure if they are fed certain widely available formulas containing fructose, pediatricians and geneticists are warning.
Tue May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Jeff M. Sands, MD, Juha P. Kokko professor of medicine and physiology, and director of the Division of Renal Medicine in the Department of Medicine, has been named president of the American Physiological Society (APS).
Wed May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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In a Viewpoint article in JAMA, pediatric leaders call for a renewed commitment to child health research.
Tue Apr 30 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory scientists derived cardiac muscle cells from a teenaged boy with an inherited heart arrhythmia, and used them to study how his cells respond to drugs.
Wed Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory University, together with the Partnership for an Advanced Computing Environment (PACE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is launching a new high performance computing cluster for use by Emory researchers.
Thu Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2013
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Thu Jul 14 01:00:00 EDT 2011
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Marking the 27th year of its transformative research grants for young scientists, the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly known as NARSAD or the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression) announced six new two-year grants to Emory University researchers for approximately $350,000.
Mon Sep 23 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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With a new focus on outreach to the LGBT community, MARBL is expanding its efforts to capture the the history and the humanity of transformative social movements in the South.
Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Researchers at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health have received a five-year, $1.7 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences to help guide norovirus vaccine decision-making.
Tue Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The Sixth Annual Academic & Industry Intersection Conference: Innovative Investment Models will profile successful public-private partnerships as well as examine how to navigate the commercialization process.
Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University recently acquired three photograph collections that will enhance its archives of the arts and art history, Atlanta and Southern history, and the LGBT community.
Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Baowei Fei, an associate professor in radiology, has developed a software quantification system that combines MR/PET applications which is an emerging hybrid imaging technology.
Mon Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Three Emory University School of Medicine faculty members will be honored later this month with election into the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The past and present of the American civil rights movement came together Feb. 22 at Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL), where more than 200 people celebrated the opening of the first-ever exhibition showcasing the archive of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Sat Feb 23 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Standard scores measuring 'adaptive behavior' in boys with fragile X syndrome tend to decline during childhood and adolescence, the largest longitudinal study of the inherited disorder to date has found.
Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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For the second year in a row, nine-time NBA All-Star and Hall of Fame inductee Dominique Wilkins will serve as the grand marshal of the Winship Cancer Institute Win the Fight 5K.
Mon Jun 18 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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Students in African American Studies 100 traveled to Baltimore this month to understand the context of the protests that followed Freddie Gray's death in police custody and present their research to community organizations.
Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A new study suggests the existing drug D-cycloserine may enhance recovery for children during treatment for pediatric feeding disorders, by changing their brain's reaction to food.
Tue Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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According to a study published in the August edition of Circulation, coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates have fallen dramatically over the past four decades among older Americans but not among the younger populations -- specifically, women.
Mon Aug 24 13:00:00 EDT 2015
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The Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, has received a four-year, $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study HIV infection at the level of the genome.
Fri Nov 15 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Many countries around the world are scaling up interventions against malaria, with the goal of eliminating it. But the parasite that causes malaria is stealthy.
Wed Jun 19 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Human and animal parenting share the same biological mechanisms in the nervous system. A review in Science from Young and Rilling, part of a special section on parenting.
Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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¿The neural changes that we found associated with physical sensation and movement systems suggest that reading a novel can transport you into the body of the protagonist,¿ says neuroscientist Gregory Berns, the study's lead author. ¿We already knew that good stories can put you in someone else¿s shoes in a figurative sense. Now we¿re seeing that something may also be happening biologically.¿
Thu Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2014
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On February 4th, World Cancer Day, Winship Cancer Institute joins the efforts of international health organizations to promote ways to ease the global burden of cancer.
Mon Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Literature, ethics, medicine and religion were among the areas of study on display for the second annual Disability Scholars Showcase.
Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2014
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A first-of-its-kind Ebola study yields clues to how some people are able to survive the deadly virus and suggests possible avenues for treatments that could save more lives.
Wed Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot. Most of its wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth, but its natural habitats are being decimated by slash-and-burn agriculture.
Thu Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Addressing an Emory town hall meeting, U.S. Rep. Tom Price expressed support for strong federal funding of scientific and biomedical research. Price also met with Jonathan Lewin, executive vice president for health affairs, and Emory President James Wagner during his visit.
Thu May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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R. Paul Johnson, Yerkes director, receives Gates funding to examine gene expression in SIV-infected T cells. Project aims to find signatures of latently infected cells.
Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Biology undergraduates at Emory are the first to take a crack at researching the raw data from the sequence of the genome of the whale shark, the world's largest fish.
Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Even before toddlers can form a complete sentence, they are attuned to how others may be judging them, finds a new study published in Developmental Psychology by Emory psychologists.
Tue Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Manish Tripathi, marketing professor in Emory¿s Goizueta Business School, analyzed all the mentions of Super Bowl ads on Twitter to understand how the commercials are being received.
Wed Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Recently forged partnerships with the São Paulo Research Foundation and Fulbright Brazil strengthen Emory's commitment to Brazil, one of five countries the university has identified as strategic gateways to international engagement.
Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The first rolling DNA motor -- the biological equivalent of the invention of the wheel for the field of DNA machines -- is headed from its origins in an Emory chemistry lab to the finals of the 2016 Collegiate Inventors Competition in Washington, D.C.
Fri Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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More than 3,000 runners and walkers are expected to participate in the 6th annual Winship Win the Fight 5K, which steps off Saturday from McDonough Field to raise funds for cancer research at Emory.
Mon Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Scientists have identified an additional group of cells in the brain responsible for keeping us awake. In mice, activating this region using targeted chemical genetic techniques resulted in prolonged wakefulness.
Fri Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Observed at a bonobo sanctuary, juvenile bonobos comfort friends or relatives after conflicts even more than adults. Consolation may be a more hard-wired behavior than previously thought.
Thu Jan 31 01:00:00 EST 2013
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A $1.7 million grant from the national BRAIN Initiative will fund Emory research into how the brain controls movement.
Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A research team from Emory University and Metaclipse Therapeutics Corp. is developing a new cancer vaccine immunotherapy targeting triple-negative breast cancer.
Tue Jul 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The Pat Summitt Foundation has announced the formation of a medical advisory council of prominent Alzheimer's disease experts from around the country to advise the foundation on medical and research issues.
Tue Apr 01 14:00:00 EDT 2014
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A team of Emory kidney transplant and urology researchers has determined that PSA (prostate-specific antigen) screening for prostate cancer may be more harmful than helpful in male kidney transplant candidates.
Fri Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Emory professor Michael Rich and co-author Richard P. Stoker take a closer look at federal efforts to help alleviate the cycle of poverty in their new book, "Collaborative Governance for Urban Revitalization: Lessons from Empowerment Zones."
Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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In the war against antibiotic resistance, scientists fear the bacteria are winning -- but not for long.
Thu Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Climate experts and scientists from across the state gathered at Emory last week to identify top research questions that could help Georgia understand and address climate change.
Tue May 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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In a new video, Emory physicians explain how FMT (fecal microbial transplant) restores microbial balance when someone's internal garden has been disrupted.
Tue Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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The Robert W. Woodruff Library at Emory University will exhibit rare items, including counterculture materials, from the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library as part of the ¿B-Side Modernism¿ research fellowship and upcoming conference this month.
Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2015
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In lung cancer patients who were taking immunotherapy drugs targeting the PD-1 pathway, testing for CD8 T cell activation in their blood partially predicted whether their tumors would shrink.
Mon Apr 24 15:00:00 EDT 2017
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A new summer training program at Emory University will introduce undergraduate students to research in the field of pediatric bioengineering.
Thu Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory researchers have demonstrated that as animals age, their brains are more vulnerable to misfolded proteins, partly because of a decline in chaperone activity.
Thu Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2014
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The National Institutes of Health has awarded a four-year, $3 million grant to a research team at Emory and Georgia Tech that will use new technologies to improve the effectiveness of blood transfusions in patients with sickle cell disease.
Fri Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Researchers at Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta have received a $25,000 grant to help improve the long-term outcomes of pediatric heart transplants.
Fri May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Drawn by Emory's collaborative approach, incoming graduate students hope to contribute new knowledge to the sciences and humanities. Get to know some of the PhD students poised to be tomorrow's intellectual leaders.
Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Researchers have been able to capture images of measles viruses as they emerge from infected cells, using state of the art cryo-electron tomography techniques. The new images will help with a greater understanding of measles and related viruses and could give hints on antiviral drug strategies likely to work across multiple viruses of this type.
Tue May 01 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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From campus gardens to research labs, projects funded by the latest round of grants from Emory's Office of Sustainability Initiatives (OSI) hope to support pollinators, improve energy use and reduce waste across the university.
Thu Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Ben Goldfein's honors thesis examines the philosophical impact of AI and why "we need to shift the current ethos of technological progress and start realizing that it is not just the end results which matter, but also the means to get there."
Mon May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The Emory Global Health Institute announces the 2018 Seed Grant awardees, who will receive up to $50,000 to conduct preliminary research on issues impacting health from DeKalb County to Rwanda, Mozambique, Guatemala and Mexico.
Tue Jul 24 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Mindfulness seems to flex the brain circuitry for sustaining attention, an indicator of cognitive control, according to research by Wendy Hasenkamp and Lawrence Barsalou at Emory University.
Mon May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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In the first study of its kind, Emory University's Department of Human Genetics is collaborating with the National PKU Alliance to test four home monitoring devices for phenylketonuria (PKU) patients.
Tue May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Georgia Bio will honor Emory bioscience administrators and entrepreneurs, a physician/researcher and a graduate student at its annual Industry Growth Awards ceremony Jan. 23 at the Fox Theatre.
Thu Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Winship Cancer Institute medical oncologist Taofeek Owonikoko, MD, PhD is one of 13 recipients of the 2016 National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award (CCITLA).
Wed Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Surveys indicate that many people who make New Year's resolutions to eat more healthily or exercise more frequently do not sustain the enthusiasm of January throughout the year.
Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and Emory University School of Medicine have joined forces to establish the MSM/Emory Cardiovascular (MECA) Center for Health Equity, with funding from the American Heart Association (AHA).
Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Biomedical engineer Yonggang Ke, PhD, and colleagues at UC Davis and University of Washington were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to create DNA-based electrically readable memories.
Mon Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A team of researchers has found that patients with Alzheimer's disease have significantly higher levels of DDE, the long-lasting metabolite of the pesticide DDT, in their blood than healthy people.
Fri Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory's Dr. Paul García is a neuroanethesiologist who not only provides anesthesia care to patients undergoing neurosurgery but researches the way anesthetic drugs interact with the brain. In a new video, he talks about his science background and work in hypersomnia research.
Wed Sep 21 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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The Emory Center for Ethics is bringing together an interdisciplinary array of experts to engage the topic of drug pricing.
Fri Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Craig R. Prentiss, author of "Staging Faith: Religion and African American Theater from the Harlem Renaissance to World War II," will visit Emory University for a book reading and signing Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the Jones Room at Emory's Robert W. Woodruff Library.
Fri Feb 14 01:00:00 EST 2014
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Long before Emory's innovative new water reclamation facility began harnessing the power of nature to clean and recycle wastewater for non-potable uses on campus, the system was already serving as a living laboratory.
Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Emory University School of Medicine student Matthew Stern has been awarded a fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).
Tue May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Anti-inflammatory drugs such as dexamethasone can have harmful side effects on the skin, bones and metabolism. Structural biology research from Emory University School of Medicine has implications for the long-standing quest to separate these drugs' benefits from their side effects.
Tue Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A study published in Molecular Psychiatry finds that using an advanced imaging technique called Diffusion Tractography Imaging helps researchers find the exact target in patients undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for treatment-resistant depression (TRD).
Tue Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology are investigating the benefits of a microneedle patch that will enable minimally trained personnel to deliver influenza and tetanus toxoid vaccines to the skin of pregnant women in developing countries.
Mon Dec 02 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Miriam Udel, associate professor of Yiddish language, literature and culture, has won the National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought and Experience for her work, "Never Better! The Modern Jewish Picaresque."
Thu Jan 26 00:00:00 EST 2017
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A NEJM study shows that the world's smallest, minimally invasive pacemaker was successfully implanted in nearly all of the patients participating in the clinical trial.
Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2015
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President James Wagner delivers his 2013 State of the University overview with a different twist: a walk around campus.
Mon Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Compounds derived from fire ant venom can reduce skin thickening and inflammation in a mouse model of psoriasis, Emory and Case Western scientists have shown.
Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Hypertension? Take seven steps back. A healthy diet? Move 12 steps forward. The predictive health approach turns the focus from treating disease to nurturing health.
Thu May 02 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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"Indoor air pollution is a huge human health problem throughout the developing world," says Eri Saikawa, author of a new study that finds yak dung, which is used to heat many Tibetan homes in winter, fills the air with dangerous levels of fine particulate matter.
Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Researchers from Emory's Rollins School of Public Health discovered that an increase in the protein that helps store dopamine, a critical brain chemical, led to enhanced dopamine neurotransmission and protection from a Parkinson's disease-related neurotoxin in mouse models.
Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A method for producing pure cardiac muscle cells from stem cells, using fluorescent molecular beacons. The technique could have broad utility in regenerative medicine.
Wed Sep 04 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The hormone progesterone could become part of therapy against the most aggressive form of brain cancer. High concentrations of progesterone kill glioblastoma cells and inhibit tumor growth when the tumors are implanted in mice, researchers have found.
Wed Jun 18 01:00:00 EDT 2014
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Research led by biology professor Steven L'Hernault establishes a connection between fertilization in nematodes and mammals. The conclusion provides new insights into the basic underpinnings of fertility that could eventually lead to oral contraceptives for men.
Mon Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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A new study conducted by researchers at Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine indicates that children with autism spectrum disorder are more than four times as likely to experience gastrointestinal complaints compared with peers.
Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Our bodies produce a family of proteins that recognize and kill bacteria whose carbohydrate coatings resemble those of our own cells too closely. Called galectins, these proteins recognize carbohydrates from a broad range of disease-causing bacteria, and could potentially be deployed as antibiotics to treat certain infections.
Mon May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A group of Emory graduate students have created a website that uses digital tools to analyze and compare the text of sermons delivered after Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
Fri Feb 22 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Emory computer scientist Fusheng Wang has been awarded a five-year, $446,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support software development in the field of spatial big data.
Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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From new treatment methods for life-threatening diseases to new techniques for health education, Emory women help shape the world in which we live. In honor of Women's History Month, the Office of Technology Transfer highlights the university's female inventors.
Mon Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Zika virus infection is caused by one virus serotype, according to a study by the NIH, Emory, and Washington University. The finding means vaccination against a single strain of Zika virus should protect against diverse strains of the virus.
Fri Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The records of the SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. are now available at the Rose Library. Founded in Atlanta in 1979, the group focused on the needs of women and families, including early work to address HIV.
Thu May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory mathematician Ken Ono did not plan for his career to veer into the movie business. Unexpected paths can open, however, when your work involves unraveling the trail of mysteries left by Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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As newly minted alumni, members of Emory's Class of 2016 should sign up for their Emory alumni ID card to enjoy physical and virtual access to Emory Libraries.
Wed May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The 21st Century Cures Act, passed by both houses of Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support, reflects an effort to expedite the discovery, development and delivery of new treatments and cures.
Thu Dec 08 01:00:00 EST 2016
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Researchers at Emory University are part of a national study of people infected with Zika virus to better understand the virus and its host immune response.
Thu Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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"It is tempting to conclude that (this) response represents something akin to a positive emotional response to the scent of a familiar human," writes the research team led by Gregory Berns of Emory University
Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A new pair of studies published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases suggests that statins, drugs widely used to reduce cholesterol, may have a detrimental effect on the immune response to influenza vaccine and the vaccine's effectiveness at preventing serious illness in older adults.
Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A study conducted at Emory's Center for Rehabilitation Medicine shows short periods of breathing low oxygen levels can help some patients with spinal cord injuries walk better.
Wed Nov 27 16:00:00 EST 2013
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Fadlo R. Khuri, MD, will be honored by the American Association for Cancer Research in recognition of outstanding contributions and accomplishments as an investigator in lung and aerodigestive medical oncology.
Thu Apr 04 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital nurses were awarded outstanding honors at the 8th Annual Evidence-Based Practice ToolKit for Bedside Nurses Conference.
Wed Nov 05 01:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory University Hospital's treatment of Ebola patients was by far the biggest story in the Emory News Center in 2014. Stories about students, rankings and research round out the year's top headlines.
Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2014
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The Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has awarded Raymond Schinazi, PhD, Hon DSc, with the 2016 IHV Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service.
Thu Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The National Science Foundation awarded two Emory physicists a $2 million Emergent Frontiers grant, for development of miniaturized optical transistors to take computers and telecommunications into a new era.
Tue Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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"A Feast of Words," the annual literary celebration recognizing Emory faculty authors and editors of books published in the last year, takes place Feb. 6 to honor the diverse scholarship of 113 faculty members.
Tue Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2017
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A new YouTube video highlights Emory's ORDER program which bridges the gap between graduate and undergraduate education by having graduate students and postdoctoral fellows teach about their research to undergraduate freshmen and seniors.
Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research has awarded a $50,000 Rally for Research Grant to Emory School of Medicine to support Dr. Renee Read and her research on brain cancer therapies.
Tue May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Winship Cancer Institute marked its 80th anniversary in 2017 with a huge accomplishment: designation as a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Fri Dec 15 02:00:00 EST 2017
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An Emory team of geneticists and genetics counselors is participating in the Clarity Undiagnosed competition, hosted by Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Thu Sep 10 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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Researchers have found that high levels of a blood protein combined with a common genetic mutation in African Americans accelerate the progression of chronic kidney disease.
Mon Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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A research consortium Emory University is leading has been awarded a five-year, $35.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop new strategies for preventing and curing HIV/AIDS.
Tue Jun 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Jamie King's PhD research for Laney Graduate School's Cancer Biology Program has uncovered potential research avenues for new therapeutic interventions, including for triple-negative breast cancer, which disproportionately affects African American women.
Tue May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory (DRIVE) and the Emory Institute for Drug Development (EIDD) have launched an effort to identify and develop antivirals to treat the infection caused by Zika virus.
Wed Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2016
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President Carter talks about his cancer diagnosis and treatment and recognizes the role research has played in making advanced treatments possible for patients like him.
Mon Jul 11 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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Human volunteers immunized against the avian flu virus H5N1 readily developed antibodies against the stem region of the viral hemagglutinin protein.
Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The emotional appeal of facilitated communication is "very powerful and understandable," says psychologist Scott Lilienfeld. "The problem is, it doesn't work."
Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Researchers from the Emory Rollins School of Public Health and Emory School of Medicine have published a paper in AIDS Reviews that examines HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening in U.S. correctional facilities and the prevalence of HCV in prisons.
Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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The ability to make a Lower Paleolithic hand axe depends on complex cognitive control by the prefrontal cortex, including the "central executive" function of working memory, a new study finds.
Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Ten Emory undergraduates and two faculty will be
official U.N. observers at the upcoming 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A single dose of the drug zoledronic acid was found to inhibit the bone loss that is common in HIV-infected patients and that is increased during the first two years of treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Tue Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2016
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The seven National Primate Research Centers (NPRCs) in the U.S. have launched two educational resources, a website and Twitter account, to raise awareness of their biomedical and behavioral research with animals to improve human and animal health.
Fri Jun 15 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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Manish Tripathi, marketing professor at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, uncovers the reasons why so many companies are releasing their Super Bowl commercials before the game.
Fri Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory University's Center for Digital Scholarship is hosting a new website, AtlantaStudies.org, to bring together research projects, resources and information about the Atlanta metro region and inspire new scholarship.
Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2015
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New research on HIV transmission in Zambia shows that viral fitness is an important basis of a 'genetic bottleneck' imposed every time a new person is infected. The findings define a window of opportunity for drugs or vaccines to prevent or limit infection.
Thu Jul 10 14:00:00 EDT 2014
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New parents-to-be see and hear a host of messages geared toward them. What parents aren't hearing enough, says Emory researcher Saad Omer, is that pregnant women and their babies need vaccines so that both stay healthy.
Wed Jan 07 01:00:00 EST 2015
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Two new grants to researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology will support studies that will increase our understanding of how balance and movement are affected in people with disorders such as Parkinson's disease, stroke and dystonia.
Tue Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The first biennial Academy of Medicine Distinguished Lecture from the
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering of Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology will be Thursday, May 1, at 4 p.m.
Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The Rollins School of Public Health's Hubert Department of Global Health a will receive $850K from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The award to the Center for Humanitarian Emergencies was granted in support of cross-collaborative Zika response and training efforts.
Mon Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Liquid-based nutritional supplements, originally formulated for malnourished or undernourished children, need more regulatory oversight as they are increasingly marketed to promote growth in children generally, warn researchers at Emory University.
Wed Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Researchers at Emory University received $521.8 million from external funding agencies in fiscal year 2014, a 2.56 percent increase over last fiscal year. This marks the fifth consecutive year that research funding has exceeded $500 million.
Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory University School of Medicine, in close collaboration with the Marcus Stroke & Neuroscience Center, will be part of a network of 25 regional coordinating centers from across the nation supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to revolutionize stroke clinical research by addressing new discoveries in prevention, treatment and recovery.
Fri Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2013
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Emory disease ecologist Thomas Gillespie was a guest editor of the newly published special edition of the American Journal of Primatology, bringing together experts who have contributed to the understanding of chimpanzee health at Gombe National Park in Tanzania and beyond.
Mon Jan 29 00:00:00 EST 2018
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A new study found that among hospitalized patients with HIV infection and substance use, patient navigation and financial incentives did not have a beneficial effect on suppressing HIV after 12 months, compared to treatment as usual.
Tue Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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A new study conducted by researchers at Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University School of Medicine helps put to rest a longstanding controversy and question about children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Fri Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Documented human cases of toxoplasmosis go back as far as ancient Egypt. Evolutionary biologist Jaap de Roode worked with TED-ED to create a video about the disease, which is caused by a parasite that can only reproduce in the intestines of cats.
Wed Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Legendary Atlanta Hawks basketball star Dominique Wilkins will serve as the grand marshal of the 7th annual Winship Cancer Institute "Win the Fight" 5K on Saturday, October 14 on the Emory University campus.
Wed May 24 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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Researchers at Emory Vaccine Center examine the precursors of memory B cells, called activated B cells, after influenza vaccination and infection and during Ebola virus infection.
Mon Aug 15 15:00:00 EDT 2016
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The overall decline of public substance use disorder treatment facilities has disproportionately impacted counties with high shares of black residents, where private facilities are less likely to be located, according to a study being released in the June issue of the journal, Health Affairs.
Mon Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Researchers have found a new way to lure brain tumor cells into a location where they may be more accessible to treatment.
Mon Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2014
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A study published in Genome Medicine has identified a gene expression profile associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular death.
Mon Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health has received a five-year, $2.3 million research grant from the National Science Foundation to develop new computational approaches for better understanding and responding to infectious disease risks that result from a changing and variable climate.
Tue May 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The National Science Foundation has awarded coveted Graduate Research Fellowships to Tristan Yates and Liz O'Gorman, who just graduated from Emory College with honors with degrees in neuroscience and behavioral biology.
Mon May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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From elephants to mice, through responsible study and careful observation, animals have something to teach us about pretty much everything.
Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Researchers at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have discovered a more effective drug delivery system using nanotechnology that could one day significantly affect cancer prevention.
Wed Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2014
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English professor Laura Otis works at the intersection of scientific and literary studies. Her new book, "Rethinking Thought," explores how people learn, including interviews with creative thinkers ranging from writers and scientists to a dancer and a cartoonist.
Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Anthony Martin's new book, "The Evolution Underground," offers a tour of the underworld, from tiny tunnels drilled by modern-day earthworms to massive paleo-burrows excavated by the Pleistocene's giant sloths.
Thu Feb 16 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Contact tracing, combined with targeted, indoor residual spraying of insecticide, can greatly reduce the spread of the mosquito-borne dengue virus, an Emory-led study finds.
Wed Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2017
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A pair of chemistry graduate students, from Emory and Nagoya University in Japan, combined forces to demonstrate how a newer, more efficient strategy can be applied to synthesize natural compounds that hold potential medicinal benefits.
Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry finds acute Swedish massage therapy provides significant improvement in symptoms of individuals with generalized anxiety disorder.
Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The most common genetic cause of ALS/FTD may produce neurodegeneration by soaking up a RNA-binding protein in neurons, Emory scientists have found.
Tue Apr 02 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Primatologist Frans de Waal will discuss "The Bonobo and the Atheist," followed by a book signing and reception, on Wednesday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m. in 208 White Hall.
Tue Apr 02 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded a grant for approximately $2.5 million to Emory's Rollins School of Public Health to examine the relationship between physical activity and academic achievement among elementary students in Georgia.
Thu Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2017
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In a new six-episode podcast, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Hank Klibanoff explores the case of Isaiah Nixon, an African American man killed for voting in Georgia in 1948.
Mon Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Neisseria meningitidis, a bacterium usually associated with meningitis and sepsis, is the cause of a recent cluster of sexually transmitted infections. The bacterium appears to be adapting to a urogenital environment, DNA analysis shows.
Mon Apr 03 15:00:00 EDT 2017
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During the first phase of a major national study, scientists have uncovered a new cluster of preclinical symptoms linked to a significant increase in the risk that a young person will go on to develop a psychotic illness.
Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Called the "founding mother" of the Rollins School of Public Health, professor Nancy Thompson is honored for almost four decades of service to Emory.
Fri May 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis along with targeted implementation strategies have the potential to significantly reduce HIV incidence among high risk, adolescent sexual minority males (ASMM), according to a recent study developed by the University of Washington and Emory University.
Fri Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2018
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The Chinese famine of 1959-1961 killed an estimated 16 million to 40 million adults and children. Professor Reynaldo Martorell has studied adults who experienced it as babies and young children during the late 1950s and the early 1960s.
Sun Dec 14 01:00:00 EST 2014
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Tom Smith on AJC
Mon Jun 13 01:00:00 EDT 2011
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Climate@Emory is an initiative made up of more than 50 faculty and staff from 20 departments across the university, harnessing Emory's strengths to help in the global response to climate change.
Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory University ethnobotanist and assistant professor of Dermatology Cassandra Quave discusses some little-known facts about historical poisoning deaths as well as how a plant poisons could be reason behind the myth of Cyclops.
Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2015
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New AJHG paper provides detailed analysis of NMDA receptor mutations and effects on function, with implications for treatment of genetic epilepsy.
Fri Nov 11 01:00:00 EST 2016
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The theme of World Health Day this year is diabetes. To mark the occasion, a new study, published in the journal The Lancet, compared diabetes levels among adult men and women from 1980 to 2014.
Thu Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Cancer surviror Cody Mahan and his family didn't think they would have to deal with cancer again so soon, but then he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Five-year survival rates for his type of cancer, glioblastoma, are around 10 percent.
Thu Jul 31 01:00:00 EDT 2014
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Influential cancer researcher Deborah Watkins Bruner, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the top-ranked nurse researcher in terms of total grant support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Genetic variation and exposure to pesticides both appear to affect risk for Parkinson's disease. A new study has found a connection between these two risk factors, in a way that highlights a role for immune responses in progression of the disease.
Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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eScienceCommons sits down with Emory ichnologist Anthony Martin to discuss his new book, "Dinosaurs Without Bones: Dinosaur Lives Revealed by Their Trace Fossils," out March 6.
Tue Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Madagascar is a marvel of biodiversity and beauty. It's also an island on the brink of ecological disaster. A team of Emory researchers is exploring the interactions between people and animals to find out why.
Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Research led by Emory Eye Center scientist Eldon E. Geisert, PhD, shows that a protein that affects corneal thickness might also be connected to glaucoma risk.
Mon Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Researchers at Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine have identified signs of autism present in the first months of life.
Wed Nov 06 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Investigators with the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and Atlanta Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center are launching a study to determine if two novel tests developed at Emory can help find kidney cancer at earlier, more treatable, stages.
Fri Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Nine Emory and Georgia Tech biomedical research projects have been chosen to receive funding from the Coulter Translational Research Partnership Program.
Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Chemistry professor Huw Davies, who holds 23 patents and has published 280 scientific articles, is focused on the design of new catalysts to enable synthetic technologies for drug discovery.
Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory microbiologists have detected "heteroresistance" to colistin, a last-resort antibiotic, in already highly resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, a bacterium that causes blood, soft tissue and urinary tract infections.
Tue Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 2018
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While Eli the vizsla did not take the prize at the recent Westminster Kennel Club's best sporting dog competition, he did get a nod for being the only Westminster show dog that assists with neuroscience research in his spare time.
Tue Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2016
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The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has inducted Lena Ting, PhD, professor of biomedical engineering in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech, into its College of Fellows.
Wed Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Tao Zha, Emory's Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Economics, has been named a 2017 Fellow of the Econometric Society, a small group of economic luminaries elected by their peers.
Thu Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2018
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The University of Georgia and Emory University are strengthening their collaborations to elevate the position of the Atlanta-Athens corridor as a national hub for infectious disease research.
Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Probiotic supplements protected female mice from the loss of bone density that occurs after having their ovaries removed. The finding suggests that probiotics may have potential as an inexpensive treatment for post-menopausal osteoporosis.
Wed Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Syrian refugee Heval Mohamed Kelli was a Clarkston teenager with dreams of becoming a doctor. Now his patient care helps immigrants in his old neighborhood and his research connects them to better heart health.
Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The Global Virus Network (GVN) and Emory University announced today the induction of Emory as GVN's newest Center of Excellence.
Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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As part of the university's global strategy, Emory has increased support for direct faculty exchanges. Meet scholars who are expanding their insight through international research.
Thu Jan 26 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Isaac Murphy was an African American jockey during the 19th century and is one of the greatest jockeys of all time. The three-time Kentucky Derby winner had a 44% winning rate in races, but his life is still one that's little known.
Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Eri Saikawa, Emory assistant professor of Environmental Sciences, led a delegation of Emory students to the recent United Nations climate talks in Paris. An expert on greenhouse gas emissions, Saikawa wrote an opinion piece at the conclusion of the talks.
Fri Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A study led by Emory researchers finds that one of the most common insecticides has no measurable impact when applied in communities where the mosquito has built up resistance to it.
Thu Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Type 2 diabetes was once considered a disease of adults in affluent countries. Today diabetes has spread to low- to middle-income countries. Can interventions that have been proven effective in places like the U.S. be successfully translated in poorer countries?
Thu Jun 22 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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A find by Emory mathematician Ken Ono and collaborators is down to the final two in voting for Discover Magazine's "People¿s Choice" for top science story of 2014. The final round will continue through December 24.
Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory University researcher Li Xiong has won a $1.06 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A new avatar-based depression self-management program was shown to significantly reduce depressive symptoms in a small group of young adults who reported those symptoms for more than two consecutive weeks.
Fri Sep 13 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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At Emory's Winship Cancer Institute, urologists and cancer biologists are part of a nationwide effort to develop new blood and urine tests that could substantially improve detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Tue Jun 23 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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Scientists and students from Atlanta's three major research universities will gather at Emory May 18-19 to discuss the latest in computational neuroscience, focusing on new directions in motor control.
Tue May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Scientists at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have mapped a vast spider web of interactions between proteins in lung cancer cells, as part of an effort to reach what was considered "undruggable."
Thu Feb 16 01:00:00 EST 2017
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The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has awarded Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Georgia Tech - the key components of a comprehensive Cystic Fibrosis (CF) research program in Atlanta - a grant to establish the Atlanta CF Research and Development Program (CF@LANTA RDP Program).
Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory palentologist Anthony Martin writes about the new movie "Jurassic World" from a scientific perspective in an essay for the "New Republic."
Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A single dose revaccination strategy for infants of mothers infected with hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) reduces costs compared to the typical three-dose strategy, according to a study from researchers at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. The single dose strategy is recommended for those not responding to the initial vaccine series.
Thu Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Scholars from around the world gather on campus this week for the International Society for Justice Research conference, featuring a public keynote by Emory's Kimberly Jacob Arriola on the role of racism in health.
Sun Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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To help chronic kidney disease patients understand the best treatment option for their individual cases, a team at Emory has developed the iCHOOSE Kidney iPad application, a shared-decision making tool for providers or clinicians to use with their patients.
Tue Mar 18 01:00:00 EDT 2014
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The Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory University, along with Grady Memorial Hospital and collaborators at the University of Michigan, have been awarded a five-year project for almost $4 million to study motor vehicle crashes in the metro-Atlanta area that result in injuries treated at Grady.
Thu Nov 09 02:00:00 EST 2017
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Fri Jul 22 01:00:00 EDT 2011
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Emory University School of Medicine has been awarded a three-year, $2.2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), making Emory a new member of its Prevention Epicenters Program.
Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Through an unexpected discovery, Emory scientists working in David Katz's lab gain a new understanding of the pathology behind Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
Wed Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A unique malaria systems biology website launched this week will inform the public, scientists, teachers, students and journalists about malaria research and will create new collaborative opportunities for researchers worldwide.
Mon Jan 28 01:00:00 EST 2013
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OpenEmory, the open access repository for faculty-authored published research articles, celebrated its one-year anniversary in September.
Mon Oct 21 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Researchers at Emory University have found that depressed patients who have not responded to multiple antidepressants exhibit evidence of increased inflammation. Findings were recently published online in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology.
Thu Jun 07 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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A new website by undergraduates participating in the Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project at Emory is shedding new light on the history and violence of the Jim Crow South.
Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Emory anthropologist Melvin Konner's new book explores how women's biological strengths are leading to societal advantages for women.
Mon Apr 06 13:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory's Robert W. Woodruff Library has created a do-it-yourself webpage to help students new to college-level research find answers to their specific questions and conduct successful research.
Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The iCHOOSE Kidney app is a shared-decision making tool for providers or clinicians to use with their patients to inform them about potential risks and benefits of each treatment.
Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Thu Jul 28 01:00:00 EDT 2011
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Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has selected two health sciences research teams for its latest round of grants focused on groundbreaking research in global health and development.
Mon Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Researchers at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health have received one of IBM's Climate Change and Environmental grants, which provide technology resources to assist research on climate change and environmental issues.
Thu Apr 26 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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When elephants are feeling blue, they lend each other a trunk to cry on -- and then some. New research shows that Asian elephants comfort each other by making sympathetic noises and touching their trunks to the others' mouths or nether regions.
Tue Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Poets of the past and present connected in Emory's Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library as young people on campus for the Brave New Voices festival explored materials ranging from Langston Hughes to Tupac Shakur.
Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Andrew H. Miller, MD, William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, is the 2018 recipient of the Albert E. Levy Scientific Research Award in the Senior Faculty Division.
Fri Feb 23 01:00:00 EST 2018
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Emory University today announced an innovative new public-private drug development enterprise that will transition scientific discoveries more rapidly and efficiently from university laboratories into the marketplace. The new venture is expected to provide global solutions to address worldwide drug development and commercialization needs.
Tue Jun 11 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory cardiology research fellow Muhammad Hammadah, MD, is among the top finalists in the 2016 ACC's Young Investigator Award Competition.
Fri Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory PhD candidate Chris Brown will spend more than a year in Brazil researching the impact of soccer on politics, urban planning and cultural identity.
Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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"Underground," a new television series about the Underground Railroad, debuts Wednesday. Emory professor Leslie Harris was invited to a White House screening of the show to offer her perspective on the history it explores.
Tue Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2016
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A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine provides evidence that the Zika virus particles remain longer in blood than in urine and some other body fluids. This information suggests that blood serum may be the superior diagnostic specimen.
Fri Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Meet Petey, a pit bull mix whose life has been extended thanks to a partnership between Emory neurosurgeon Costas Hadjipanayis and the University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine.
Mon Jun 10 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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On May 20th, Action Cycling Atlanta hosted its 15th annual AIDS Vaccine 200 (AV200) to benefit AIDS vaccine research at the Emory Vaccine Center. More than 200 cyclists gathered at the Emory School of Medicine to begin the 200-mile ride to the Rock Eagle 4-H center in Eatonton and back to Emory.
Fri May 26 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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Winship Cancer Institute investigators have identified a target in their efforts to undercut cancer cells'ability to repair DNA damage.
Wed Aug 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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To predict how a seasonal influenza epidemic will spread across the United States, one should focus more on the mobility of people than on their geographic proximity, a new study suggests.
Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Helen Mayberg, MD, was the recipient of a Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award at a special event on May 10 for her contributions to the field of neuropsychiatry. Mayberg is professor of psychiatry, neurology and radiology, and the Dorothy C. Fuqua Chair in Psychiatric Imaging and Therapeutics at Emory University School of Medicine. The Pasarow awards were created in 1987 to honor extraordinary achievement, creativity and distinction in the areas of cancer, cardiovascular disease and neuropsychiatry.Summary for RSS feed and homepages
Tue May 21 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The advocacy organization Autism Speaks has selected a scientific publication by Emory School of Medicine and Marcus Autism Center researchers as one of the top 10 autism research papers of 2015.
Tue Feb 02 00:00:00 EST 2016
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In an effort to engage more of the Emory community in our legislative advocacy, the Office of Government and Community Affairs has created the Emory Research Advocacy Network (ERAN). This network of students, alumni, and faculty strives to advocate for a facet of the University that cuts across all schools and disciplines: research. Research is at the core of Emory¿s work and is vital to maintaining a vibrant university community.
Thu Dec 01 12:00:00 EST 2016
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Winship researchers see arecoline, the stimulant component of areca nuts, as a lead for drug discovery. Analogous to nicotine, arecoline was identified as an inhibitor of the enzyme ACAT1, which contributes to the metabolism-distorting Warburg effect in cancer cells.
Thu Nov 17 13:00:00 EST 2016
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Art history professor Bonna Wescoat describes 2015 as a "bumper year" for grants to Emory for projects in archeology and architecture. Three awards will help expand research on the Greek island of Samothrace.
Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A recent study conducted by Emory University researchers finds that amygdala reactivity may help predict who will have PTSD in the year following a trauma. The amygdala is the area in the brain that processes emotion, aggression and fear.
Fri Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory University will serve as lead coordinating center of the National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) in collaboration with the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (Bellevue Hospital).
Wed Jul 01 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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An area of the canine brain associated with reward responds more strongly to the scents of familiar humans than it does to the scents of other humans, or even to those of familiar dogs.
Thu Mar 27 02:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory University's Office of Technology Transfer will celebrate its faculty entrepreneurs and their innovative discoveries at the 12th Annual Celebration of Technology and Innovation on March 15. Learn about this year's winning projects.
Mon Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Michelle Lampl, director of Emory's Center for the Study of Human Health, draws praise for her dedication as an educator, her concern for students and colleagues, and her outstanding scholarly contributions.
Thu May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The Atlanta Business Chronicle has selected Emory health sciences physicians and researchers as winners or finalists in its annual Health Care Heroes Awards competition.
Mon May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Standard guidelines for stroke treatment currently recommend clot removal only within six hours of stroke onset. But a milestone study with results published today in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that clot removal up to 24 hours after stroke led to significantly reduced disability for properly selected patients.
Sat Nov 11 08:00:00 EST 2017
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More than 130 academic and biotech industry scientists and leaders gathered at Emory University June 22-24 for the Southeastern Association of Shared Resources (SEASR) annual meeting.
Tue Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory has launched an initiative to increase endowment funding to grow scholarships for students.
Mon Oct 28 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory will send 13 students and recent graduates across the globe in the coming year as part of the 2016 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Recipients are selected based on leadership potential and academic or professional achievement.
Wed Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Researchers at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently published an MMWR Surveillance Summary that found black-white disparities in heart disease mortality-have increased for populations age 35 and older in the U.S. over a 47-year period.
Wed Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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An analysis of married men in Bangladesh found that men who were exposed to violence in childhood were more likely to commit intimate partner violence (IPV) in adulthood -- regardless of how well their communities regarded women.
Fri Feb 02 00:00:00 EST 2018
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An Emory study suggests that high doses of vitamin D could decrease hospital stays in critically ill patients with respiratory failure.
Tue May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A vaccine and better long-term treatment for HIV seem closer than ever before -- but rates among gay men in the South remain troubling.
Wed Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Emory has renamed its Alzheimer's Disease Research Center the Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center in recognition of The Goizueta Foundation's ongoing support toward developing treatment for the disease.
Fri Aug 24 02:00:00 EDT 2018
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Francesco Evangelista, assistant professor of chemistry, has won the 2017 Dirac Medal, one of the world's most prestigious awards for theoretical and computational chemists under 40.
Wed Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Avani Wildani, is an Emory assistant professor of Mathematics and Computer Science. Her interest in the brain led her to computer science.
Mon Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2016
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For undergraduate student Andrew Hoover, a seminar class led to an in-depth research project that traces the fascinating post-World War I path of an Emory professor turned adventurer.
Thu Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The Japan Prize Foundation has announced Max D. Cooper, MD, as a laureate of the 2018 Japan Prize.
Tue Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2018
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With the observance of World AIDS Day 2016, the Emory Center for AIDS Research remains committed to decreasing HIV incidence, improving the well-being of infected individuals, training the next generation of researchers and clinical leaders, and ultimately finding a vaccine and a cure for HIV.
Wed Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2016
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In a study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, researchers found that the omega-3 fatty acid EPA (eicosapentataenoic acid) appears to boost mood in a subgroup of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) who have high inflammation levels.
Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A brain imaging study shows that patients with chronic fatigue syndrome may have reduced responses, compared with healthy controls, in a region of the brain connected with fatigue.
Tue May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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India is one of five priority countries for engagement in Emory's global strategic plan. Four faculty members in diverse fields share their experiences conducting research in India.
Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Since 2007, a whopping 75 percent of all new FDA-approved cancer drugs have been tested through a clinical trial at Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University. And that's thanks to thousands of patients stepping up to enroll in clinical trials and receive experimental treatment, advancing medicine for others.
Wed Nov 05 01:00:00 EST 2014
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Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory, LLC (DRIVE) has appointed David Perryman as Chief Operations Officer.
Mon Aug 05 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory University will receive more than $1 million each year for the next five years from the NIH, renewing the NIH's support for Emory's Udall Center of Excellence in Parkinson's Disease Research.
Mon Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2016
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The Curtis family of Decatur, Ga. has made a generous donation to Emory University for Parkinson's disease research.
Thu Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Goizueta professor Shiva Rajgopal investigates the trading strategies of employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Fri Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Takuya Maeda's research documents the impact of a $5 million trust fund set aside for the Japanese-American community to develop educational efforts and awareness about internment during World War II.
Wed Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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An international research partnership between the Emory Vaccine Center in Atlanta and the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in New Delhi, India has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study dengue virus infection in India.
Mon May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Stem cell researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have made an advance toward having a long-lasting "repair caulk" for blood vessels. The research could form the basis of a treatment for peripheral artery disease, derived from a patient's own cells.
Mon Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Patients who feel scared, distressed or hostile before undergoing an interventional radiology procedure may experience a poor outcome, according to research presented at the Radiological Society of North American Annual Meeting in Chicago on Dec. 3, 2015.
Thu Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Small differences in as many as a thousand genes contribute to risk for autism, a landmark study from a large consortium including Emory researchers has found.
Thu Oct 30 01:00:00 EDT 2014
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"Slices of Time: A Dynamic Performance Showcase" on Dec. 7 is based on original ethnographic research by students in an Emory anthropology class.
Thu Dec 05 01:00:00 EST 2013
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On Monday, a total solar eclipse will sweep the United States. Although Atlanta lies just beyond the path of totality, Emory's Class of 2021 will get to experience a nearly total eclipse while attending orientation.
Tue Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Chemists devised a new method to uncover, measure and map cellular forces.
Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Winship scientists have observed that an apparent back channel for genetic information called retromutagenesis can encourage adaptive mutation to take place in bacteria.
Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Peer pressure on decision-making begins when individuals directly connected to each other first reach agreement, then - under the influence of peers not directly connected to them - the entire social group eventually tips into a social consensus.
Wed Nov 13 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Emory cell biologists have a detailed picture for what they think the SMN protein is doing in motor neurons, and how its deficiency causes problems in SMA (spinal muscular atrophy) patients' cells.
Tue Feb 14 12:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory is now using fecal transplants as an antibiotic-free tool to cure infections by bringing the gut's ecosystem back into balance.
Thu Dec 11 01:00:00 EST 2014
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Emory investigators have discovered a novel link between a protein called SV2C and Parkinson's disease. Prior work had suggested that the SV2C gene was associated with the curious ability of cigarette smoking to reduce PD risk.
Thu Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2017
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From examining "gut flora" to performing fecal transplants, Emory researchers and doctors are exploring how the microorganisms that live inside us are important as symbiotic partners in health.
Wed Oct 26 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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Researchers from Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have found that balance responses in people with Parkinson's disease are altered after a three-week Adapted Tango dance rehabilitation program.
Tue Oct 04 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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Zika virus can infect and replicate in immune cells from the placenta without killing them, scientists have discovered. The finding may explain how the virus can pass through the placenta of a pregnant woman, on its way to infect developing brain cells in her fetus.
Fri May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Trypophobia, commonly known as "fear of holes," is linked to a physiological response more associated with disgust than fear, finds a new study led by Emory psychologist Stella Lourenco.
Fri Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Phase II clinical trial data presented at the 2013 ASCO meeting suggests the hsp90 inhibitor ganetespib in combination with docetaxel can be an effective second-line therapy for advanced lung cancer.
Mon Jun 03 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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New research from Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, sheds light on the question of which cells support SIV replication and persistence, and the answers have implications for future efforts to eliminate HIV from the body in human patients.
Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory and South Korea's Yonsei University now have a formal strategic partnership to pursue academic and research collaborations, with grant funding available for joint projects between faculty.
Tue Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Josiah Takang, an ION@Yerkes scholar working at Emory this summer, got to test his knowledge for a $75,000 top prize in the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament, which began airing July 21.
Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory University has appointed Vikas P. Sukhatme, MD, ScD, a distinguished physician-scientist, as the new Dean of Emory University School of Medicine. He also will serve as Chief Academic Officer of Emory Healthcare and as Woodruff Professor.
Tue Sep 12 09:00:00 EDT 2017
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Doctors are using a "divide and conquer" strategy against lung cancer, and in some corners of the battlefield, it's working. A few mutations ¿ genetic alterations in the tumor that don't come from the patient's normal cells ¿ have been found for which drugs are effective in pushing back against the cancer.
Tue Apr 23 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Researchers from Emory's Rollins School of Public Health found an increase in adult marijuana use and binge drinking after the implementation of medical marijuana laws (MML) in ten states that permit marijuana use for medical purposes.
Wed May 06 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Live Ebola virus can persist within the eyes for months after a patient recovers from acute Ebola viral disease, according to a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Thu May 07 15:55:00 EDT 2015
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Researchers have discovered that the prairie vole shows an empathy-based consoling response when other voles are distressed, contrary to the belief that this kind of behavior is uniquely human.
Thu Jan 21 01:00:00 EST 2016
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Investigators at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have received supplemental funding from the National Cancer Institute Cancer Center's Branch in multiple myeloma.
Mon Sep 10 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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Cardiothoracic surgeon-researcher Manu Sancheti, MD, received the Best Scientific Poster Presentation Award at the American College of Surgeons for a study of cancer mortality risk factors for lung cancer patients after surgical resection.
Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory University has received reaffirmation of its accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, which includes approval of the university's inaugural Quality Enhancement Plan, "The Nature of Evidence."
Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Emory researchers recently released a study comparing blood cytokine levels in patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.
Mon Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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In a theory published in Nature Communications, Emory mathematicians Ken Ono and John Duncan along with former Emory post-doctoral fellow Michael Mertens have opened a new chapter in the theory of moonshine that previously had no known application.
Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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The ALS Association has announced an initial commitment of $21.7 million from this summer¿s ice bucket challenge to support six programs to expedite the search for treatments and a cure for ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Jonathan Glass, MD, director of the Emory ALS Center and professor of neurology and pathology at Emory University School of Medicine, is one of the U.S. investigators for Project MinE, one of the initiatives that will receive funding.
Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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In a survey of US emergency departments (EDs), visits that included treatment by both an attending physician and a resident in training (defined as a supervised visit) were associated with a greater chance of hospital admission, use of advanced imaging and a longer ED stay, when compared to attending-only visits in the ED.
Thu Dec 11 01:00:00 EST 2014
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Atlanta patent attorney Laura Fahey Fritts MPH/MBA, JD, an alumna of Emory Law School, will become director of license and patent strategy for Emory University's Office of Technology Transfer on Sept. 1.
Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Across Emory University, 96 undergraduates traded flip-flops for lab coats to spend the summer taking a deep dive into the world of research through a renewed initiative known as SURE.
Tue Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship will use a $260,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to publish digital and print editions of widely popular but currently inaccessible American Protestant songbooks.
Tue Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A rare collection of materials related to Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac has been acquired by Emory's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Emory's nationally regarded haven for humanities scholarship, welcomed renowned art historian Walter Melion as its new director this past fall.
Tue Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Emory mathematician Skip Garibaldi helped do the math for a Palm Beach Post investigation of suspicious wins in the Florida Lottery.
Wed Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Researchers at the Winship Cancer Institute have discovered a more effective drug delivery system using nanotechnology that could one day significantly affect cancer prevention.
Wed Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2014
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The American Liver Foundation has awarded Raymond F. Schinazi, PhD, DSc, with the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award. Schinazi was recognized for his extraordinary contributions to science and to human health, particularly for developing treatments for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV).
Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2014
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The CRISPR/Cas gene editing system has a lot of buzz behind it and is gaining popularity with scientists at Emory.
Fri Apr 25 01:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory College math majors Noam Kantor and Ethan Alwaise are recipients of the Goldwater Scholarship, the nation's premier scholarship for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering.
Tue Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The Templeton World Charity Foundation awarded $550,000 to Emory mathematician Ken Ono, for a global program to identify and nurture gifted students in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math.
Fri Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A global study of water and sanitation coverage has found that community access to sanitation facilities exceeding 80 percent reduces rates of trachoma, a blinding eye disease caused by repeated infection with Chlamydia trachomatis.
Mon Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2018
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DNA bricks keep getting larger. In 2012, researchers got them up to about the size of viruses. Now they're scaling up, making bricks that are 1000 times larger and getting close to a size that could be barely visible to the naked eye.
Tue Nov 04 01:00:00 EST 2014
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Faculty can apply for funding for scholarly research and writing projects from the Scholarly Writing and Publishing Fund.
Wed Nov 20 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Emory's MARBL has acquired the research collection of Bobby Jones biographer Sidney L. Matthew, providing never-before-seen insights on the nation's most revered golfer.
Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The Emory-Children's Center for Cystic Fibrosis Research focuses research efforts on developing new therapies, drugs and devices that will improve the quality and longevity of the lives of CF patients.
Sun May 19 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Two new service centers in research administration, one in the Rollins School of Public Health and one combining cancer and imaging in Winship and School of Medicine, began operation this spring.
Mon Jul 01 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory University's School of Medicine and its Emory Genetics Laboratory (EGL) and Eurofins Scientific (Eurofins), a global leader in bio-analytical testing and genomic services, announced that they have entered into a joint venture that calls for Eurofins to acquire a controlling interest in EGL.
Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A randomized controlled clinical trial of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) found that shorter doses of virtual reality exposure therapy (VRE) reduces PTSD diagnoses and symptoms.
Mon Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory neuroscientists Gregory Berns has,for the first time, mapped the sensory and motor systems in the brains of dolphins.
Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A blood cell growth factor can boost the effects of exercise in improving mobility for patients with peripheral artery disease, according to results scheduled for presentation at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
Mon Nov 18 01:00:00 EST 2013
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The Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University have selected Ravi V. Bellamkonda, PhD, a prominent biomedical scientist and engineer, to chair their joint department of biomedical engineering. He will begin as chair of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University in July.
Mon Jun 10 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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An initiative by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, which fights childhood obesity, found benefits in expanding health care coverage to obesity services.
Wed May 01 10:00:00 EDT 2013
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Researchers from the Emory Rollins School of Public Health and Emory School of Medicine have published a paper in AIDS Reviews that examines HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening in U.S. correctional facilities and the prevalence of HCV in prisons.
Mon Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease affect different regions of the brain and have distinct genetic and environmental risk factors. But at the biochemical level, these two diseases start to look similar. That's how Emory scientists landed on a potential drug target for Parkinson's.
Mon Jul 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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When fruit flies sense parasitic wasps in their environment, they lay their eggs in an alcohol-soaked environment, essentially forcing their larvae to consume booze as a drug to combat the deadly wasps.
Fri Feb 22 01:00:00 EST 2013
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has given an NIH New Innovator Award to Tracey Lamb, PhD, assistant professor of pediatric infectious diseases at Emory University School of Medicine and a researcher in the Center for Immunology and Vaccines at Emory and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
Mon Sep 30 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Researchers from Emory's Rollins School of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the first ever report of state-level rates of primary and secondary (P&S) syphilis by race/ethnicity among men who have sex with men (MSM).
Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Researchers at Emory University received $628 million from external funding agencies in fiscal year 2016-2017, which is the largest amount of research funding in Emory's history.
Tue Sep 26 03:00:00 EDT 2017
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Dong Moon Shin, Frances Kelly Blomeyer Distinguished Endowed Chair in Cancer Research at Winship Cancer Institute, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society.
Thu Nov 17 01:00:00 EST 2016
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Ragini R. Kudchadkar, MD, has joined the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University as an assistant professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology.
Fri Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2014
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In the current issue of Science magazine, Larry Young, PhD, and Catherine E. Barrett, a Yerkes postdoctoral researcher at Yerkes, say oxytocin is an exciting target for improving social function.
Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The National Institutes of Health recently awarded Emory $1.3 million as part of the larger grant. Its portion will be used to study how people who are infected with a dengue virus, but not showing symptoms, may contribute to the spread of dengue.
Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory University researchers found that an experience linked with a smell can modify the architecture of the nervous systems in later generations.
Thu Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2014
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A major study that sequenced the genomes of monarch butterflies from around the world identified a gene related to muscle function that appears central to the monarch's spectacular annual mass migration across North America.
Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The NIH has awarded cardiology research Rebecca Levit a $2.2 million grant to discover innovative treatments for heart attack.
Wed Aug 08 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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When Bob Harris was a child, doctors predicted he would die as a teenager. Now 66, Harris is alive due to the advances in research in knowledge around hemophilia -- and the care he's received at Emory.
Thu Jan 05 01:00:00 EST 2017
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The story of the evolution of color vision in the African clawed frog "is full of mysterious twists and turns," says evolutionary biologist Shozo Yokoyama.
Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Undergraduate Research Week offers multiple opportunities to see students present projects across a range of disciplines, underscoring the importance of research as an integral part of the Emory experience.
Tue Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A study led by Emory disease ecologist Thomas Gillespie examines the effects of social grooming on the health of critically endangered brown spider monkeys.
Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Melanie Jacobson, a PhD student in epidemiology, won this year's Three Minute Thesis Competition with her concise explanation of her research into the effects of brominated flame retardants on thyroid function in vulnerable populations.
Tue Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows with an interest in STEM education are invited to explore post-graduate career options in the upcoming panel discussion, "What can I do with my PhD?"
Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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More hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment in correctional facilities, a possibility if medication costs were to drop, is essential to controlling the hepatitis C epidemic in the US, according to researchers from the Rollins School of Public Health and Harvard University.
Fri May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Research into the abnormal folding of proteins related to neurodegenerative conditions is providing insights into how life may emerge from a chemical system.
Tue Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2017
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In a 23-year study, Emory's Michael Windle followed more than 1,200 people from adolescence through young adulthood to examine stability and changes in drinking behaviors and mental health. How did teens who drank fare as adults?
Wed May 28 01:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory/CHOA researchers will examine whether microgravity can enhance the ability of induced pluripotent stem cells to turn into cardiac muscle cells, with help from the International Space Station.
Tue Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Two genes involved in inherited intellectual disability, one way more famous than the other, are "friends," Emory researchers have learned.
Tue Aug 08 12:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory sociologist Tracy Scott learned the power of evidence from her astronaut father, Commander David Scott.
Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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As 2014 draws to a close, the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University is able to look back at a banner year, with record numbers of clinical trials, national recognitions for excellence and successful fundraising.
Fri Dec 19 01:30:00 EST 2014
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In a new video, Emory ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave explores famous examples of poisonings from history and myth.
Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2015
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The Friends of the National Library of Medicine will honor Raymond Schinazi, PhD, DSc and Sanjay Gupta, MD, with prestigious awards recognizing their contributions to improving America's health.
Wed Sep 04 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year grant renewal to researchers in Emory's Winship Cancer Institute who are developing nanoparticles to treat pancreatic cancer, one of the most deadly cancers.
Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Researchers have identified a compound that can reduce PTSD-like symptoms in mice after they are exposed to stress. The discovery could lead to a treatment given to people shortly after a traumatic event, aimed at preventing possible PTSD.
Wed Jun 05 14:00:00 EDT 2013
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The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has awarded Emory University a $9.7M contract to develop drugs to treat infections caused by emerging and man-made viral threats.
Tue Jan 26 00:00:00 EST 2016
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The Georgia Cancer Registry collects information on each new diagnosis of cancer within the state in order to follow the disease's trends over time and identify patterns.
Mon May 18 01:00:00 EDT 2015
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Chemists have identified a cascade of reactions for how mysterious molecules known as Criegee intermediates generate hydroxyl radicals -- an oxidant that helps remove pollutants from the lower atmosphere.
Mon May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory University raised more than $250 million in gifts and commitments in fiscal year 2015, marking the third year in a row that annual philanthropic support for the university exceeded $200 million.
Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Electrocardiography (ECG or EKG) may be helpful in measuring the risk of cardiovascular disease in asymptomatic individuals according to a study led by researchers at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The first multicenter study of hybrid revascularization shows that the emerging procedure for treating coronary artery disease has a similar rate of major adverse events in the first year, compared with percutaneous intervention (stenting). John Puskas, MD from Emory presented results at the ACC meeting.
Mon Mar 11 14:00:00 EDT 2013
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Children with autism spectrum disorder are more likely to experience GI complaints and symptoms than peers, according to a new study.
Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A team led by a researcher who customarily studies nonhuman primate behavior has found that humans working in operating rooms (ORs) follow the same general primate patterns of hierarchy and gender.
Mon Jul 02 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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"I am still surprised by our findings," said Sabino Kornrich, a sociologist at Emory and an author of "Investing in Children: Changes in Parental Spending on Children 1972-2007," a recent study of government data on more than 33,000 families.
Fri Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Kale's discovery by affluent consumers in the United States is an example of how much high-income societies can learn from the dietary habits of the poor, says Emory anthropologist Peter Little.
Tue Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory University marketing professors Mike Lewis and Manish Tripathi studied baseball fandom and came up with lists of the best baseball fans in terms of loyalty and social media.
Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Provost Claire Sterk writes that Emory is not just an excellent liberal arts core in a research university, but a research university infused throughout with the liberal arts. This, she argues, fundamentally defines Emory and makes us an exceptional university.
Fri Jun 21 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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With new tools, Emory researchers can now see granulins within cells, and propose that granulins have important jobs in lysosomes necessary to maintain brain health. Granulin deficiency plays a role in several neurodegenerative diseases.
Mon Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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As a new research year begins, Emory's Lab Land blog offers a preview of top areas where scientists are likely to advance their work in 2017.
Tue Jan 03 02:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory researchers seeking to better understand aging and age-related diseases have launched the Emory Healthy Aging Study. It is the largest-ever clinical research study in Atlanta with a goal of enrolling 100,000 people over the next four years.
Tue Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Simple physics may play a larger role than previously thought in helping control key bodily processes - such as how the body fights infection.
Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Douglas Mulford, senior lecturer and director of undergraduate studies for the Department of Chemistry, treats his students every spring to a "Peeps" show, a 45-minute experiment of every chemical thing that you can do to Peeps.
Wed Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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For her undergraduate thesis, 2017 Emory College graduate Emily Li investigated how climate change is affecting air quality, pollution and health in Atlanta. Her findings are compiled on the website, Climate Change is in the Air, as a resource for local residents.
Fri May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Warren Gray is the first Atlanta-based graduate of the Global Biomedical Engineering joint Ph.D. program created by Emory and partners Georgia Tech and Peking University.
Mon May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Researchers have learned that the molecule Notch, critical in many processes during embryonic development, is also involved in fear memory formation.
Thu Aug 07 00:30:00 EDT 2014
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Viraj Master, MD, PhD, FACS, Winship Cancer Institute member and director of clinical research in the Emory Department of Urology, took first place for his presentation at the Research Forum at the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Tue May 07 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Beginning Oct. 1, Global Services will provide a single point of contact for questions and issues related to international work.
Wed Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A task force of international experts in the field of critical care medicine has redefined the terms "sepsis" and "septic shock" to facilitate earlier recognition and more timely management of patients with sepsis or at risk of developing sepsis.
Tue Feb 23 02:00:00 EST 2016
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Identifying dengue fever "hot spots" can provide a predictive map for outbreaks of chikungunya and Zika — two other viral diseases that, along with dengue, are spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
Mon Jun 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The future of academic science depends on young researchers, but only about 11 percent of PhD graduates land in tenure-track faculty positions. Laney graduate students share their complex perspectives on scientific research at universities.
Fri Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Building on the strengths of the Seamus Heaney collection, the Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library has acquired the papers of poet Dennis O'Driscoll and historian Roy Foster, adding to one of the strongest Irish literary collections outside of Ireland.
Wed Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Mi-Kyung Song, director of the Center for Nursing Excellence in Palliative Care in Emory School of Nursing, has received a $3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging for an advanced care plan for Alzheimer's disease.
Mon Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 2017
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A multinational team of researchers including Emory/CHOA hepatologists describe a newly identified cause of congenital diarrhea and liver disease in children.
Wed Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) will honor Raymond Schinazi, PhD, DSc, with its 2014 Research & Hope Award for Excellence in Academic Research.
Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Precisely mapping the brain's white matter to fine-tune therapy can significantly improve deep brain stimulation to treat depression.
Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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At Emory, the high caliber of resources of a national research university adds depth and rigor to the undergraduate liberal arts education.
Fri May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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A team of scientists has established a pig model of Huntington's disease (HD), an inherited neurodegenerative disease, anticipateing that the pigs could be a practical way to test treatments for HD.
Thu Mar 29 01:00:00 EDT 2018
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Scientists observe that in monkeys exploring images with their eyes, a saccade resets the rhythms of electrical activity in the hippocampus.
Mon Jul 29 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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The cross-town collaboration between Emory and Georgia Tech has been called a visionary partnership and an improbable success story. For the faculty and students involved, it's a stimulating interdisciplinary network with a focus on real-world solutions.
Mon Oct 28 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory scientists and supporters of science came out in substantial numbers Saturday, April 22, for the March for Science Atlanta in Candler Park.
Thu Apr 27 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory University will be a health care research partner in the South Big Data Regional Innovation Hub (South BD Hub) directed by Georgia Tech and the University of North Carolina's Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI). The South BD Hub will serve 16 Southern states and the District of Columbia.
Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A study of influenza vaccination in aging mice found microneedle patches more effective than standard immunization in overcoming reduced response to flu vaccine caused by statins.
Wed Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2017
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A recent study examining the temperament and behavior of toddlers whose mothers have bipolar disorder shows that toddlers who struggle with frustration, restraint and negative emotions may be at increased risk for behavioral problems over time.
Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University along with the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research at the NYU Meyers College of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Arkansas, will host the Opioid Epidemic: Crafting and Effective Public Health Response, at the Emory Conference Center in Atlanta.
Tue Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2016
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A preventive treatment for brain injury following prolonged seizures (status epilepticus) reduces mortality in an animal model. The treatment, a prostaglandin E2 receptor inhibitor, was developed at Emory.
Mon Feb 11 16:00:00 EST 2013
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Transfusion of donated blood more than three weeks old results in impaired blood vessel function, a new study of hospital patients shows. The finding suggests a mechanism: a deficiency in nitric oxide.
Mon Mar 11 14:00:00 EDT 2013
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A study of civilians with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) has shown that adults with a history of childhood abuse have distinct, profound changes in gene activity patterns, compared to adults with PTSD but without a history of child abuse.
Tue Apr 30 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Five students from the Emory Rollins School of Public Health are involved with projects that received Healthcare Innovation Student Seed Grants through the Emory Georgia Tech Healthcare Innovation Program, offered in partnership with Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance and Georgia State University. These grants are open to students from Emory University, Georgia Tech, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Georgia State University and are assigned faculty advisors from either Emory or Georgia State.
Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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From Olympic swimming to cardiovascular disease, Emory mathematician Alessandro Veneziani discusses the fluid dynamics of shark skin and how we can apply them.
Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A new multi-center, FDA-approved clinical trial will study a new stent graft designed as a minimally invasive option for patients with juxtarenal (JAA) and pararenal (PAA) aortic aneurysms.
Wed Feb 27 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Students aren't the only new faces arriving on campus. The new semester also brings dozens of new faculty members, from outstanding young scholars to established experts with substantial experience in research and teaching.
Thu Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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One size does not fit all when treating breast cancer. From women who are BRCA1 carriers to young women planning families, every woman fighting breast cancer faces choices and complicating factors. Emory's Glenn Family Breast Center offers the best options to every patient.
Wed Dec 14 02:00:00 EST 2016
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Patients co-infected with HIV and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) can achieve similar survival and tuberculosis cure rates to those infected with MDR-TB but not HIV when treated concurrently for both infections, according to a new study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Mon Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Explore the extensive renovations to the Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, offering expanded space befitting the university's internationally acclaimed collections.
Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Emory seniors Emily Li and Jennie Sun were part of an Emory delegation to Marrakech, Morocco, in November for a U.N. Climate Change Conference. Shortly after the event began, Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election.
Wed Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2016
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Biologist Roger Deal, who loved gardening as a child, studies how plants grow and adapt. By digging deep into plant genetics, he hopes to unearth secrets to benefit both agriculture and human health.
Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Urgent action is needed to protect the world's dwindling primate populations, warns a group of 31 leading experts on primate conservation in Science Advances.
Wed Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2017
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The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation -- the largest private charity funding mental health research -- has announced three new two-year NARSAD grants to Emory University researchers.
Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Some traumatic brain injury patients admitted to Grady Memorial Hospital may be eligible to participate in the Hypothermia for Patients requiring Evacuation of Subdural Hematoma (HOPES) Trial.
Wed Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2016
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For the sixth year in a row, the Winship Win the Fight 5K Walk/Run raised a record level of cancer research funding, bringing in more than $880,000.
Mon Oct 03 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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The Alzheimer's Foundation of America is awarding a $50,000 grant to Emory University's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center to support education and community outreach efforts among the Atlanta metro area's African-American community.
Wed Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory investigators have discovered a compelling link between a new heart rate variability biomarker (Dyx) and depression. Depression is a known predictor of adverse events, although the reasons for this relationship are still debated.
Tue Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Adam Marcus, PhD, director of Emory University's Integrated Cellular Imaging Shared Resource, is Winship Cancer Institute's associate director for basic research and shared resources.
Thu Sep 14 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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While we often don't want to think about the next outbreak of a serious infectious disease or pathogen, hospitals across the country are busy preparing and planning for what may be on the horizon.
Wed Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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A clinical trial, which was led by an Emory University expert and created to teach stroke patients to use their stroke-affected arm rather than their "good" arm, has been identified as one of the 15 top international clinical trials ever published in physical therapy and rehabilitation.
Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 EST 2014
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A drug that stimulates neuron pruning can nudge mice away from habit-driven behaviors when combined with retraining, Emory neuroscientists have found.
Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2017
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"Ambition is not new to Emory," President Claire E. Sterk noted in her inauguration address. "It is at the core of our history and it will be part of our future." Read the full transcript.
Thu Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2017
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What factors inhibit strong responses to seasonal flu vaccines in the elderly? Why do anti-flu antibodies last longer after vaccination in some people? Answers are emerging from an Emory University-based systems biology analysis of blood samples from more than 400 volunteers who received seasonal flu vaccines.
Tue Dec 15 13:00:00 EST 2015
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Three members of Winship Cancer Institute's Department of Radiation Oncology have been honored with endowed chair appointments in recognition and support of their outstanding contributions to Winship's cancer research.
Wed Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, delivered by viral vector into the brain, can reverse Huntington's pathology and motor symptoms in a mouse model of the inherited neurological disorder, Emory scientists report.
Tue Jun 20 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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An infectious disease team is at work in Madagascar, where both people and wildlife are struggling for survival.
Mon Aug 12 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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"March Madness" gets a different twist this year with two marketing professors predicting the NCAA basketball tournament games that will have the biggest social media "buzz."
Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Emory's James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference is ushering in a new era of leadership.
Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A new study shows there are sustained, cumulative beneficial effects of repeated massage therapy.
Tue Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2012
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In an effort to drive innovation in tuberculosis (TB) research, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected four sites, including one led by Emory University and collaborating institutions, for a Tuberculosis Research Units (TBRU) network. The NIH will award the Emory-led TBRU approximately $18.7 million over seven years.
Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Emory University is ranked among the nation's top national universities by Washington Monthly in its eighth annual 2013 College Rankings, which "aim to identify institutions that are acting on behalf of the true public interest," according to the publication's editors.
Tue Aug 27 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Patty Olinger, assistant vice president in the Emory University Office of Research Administration and executive director of the Emory Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHSO), is one of 13 members on a new national task force on laboratory safety.
Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Helen Mayberg, MD, an expert in depression and the use of deep brain stimulation for severe depression, has received the 2013 Joan and Stanford Alexander Award in Psychiatry.
Fri Apr 26 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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In 2015 Emory University held its 21st annual summer Metabolic Camp for young women with inherited metabolic disorders. The research-based camp helps adolescent girls and young women learn to take over the lifelong responsibility for managing their own diets and their own health.
Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Inorganic chemist Craig Hill says that an energy source that will be essential to manage the energy crisis in the coming decades is the least developed: Artificial photosynthesis.
Fri Jul 19 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory's Rollins School of Public Health announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Kristin Wall, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled "Improving post-partum intrauterine device services in Rwanda."
Fri Dec 02 01:00:00 EST 2016
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Researchers have identified biological signatures in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease capable of predicting whether a child will develop disease-related complications requiring major surgery within three to five years.
Thu Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2017
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The Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) has announced the 11 proposals selected for funding in the third cycle of Synergy Awards.
Mon Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Researchers at Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and the Winship Cancer Institute conducted a study that highlighted positive outcomes in long-term cognitive function due to the use of the cognitive drug Memantine.
Thu Oct 03 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory commemorated World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, with the university's 13th annual Quilt on the Quad, the nation's largest collegiate display of panels from the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Tue Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory University and Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory, LLC (DRIVE) have appointed Abel De La Rosa, PhD, as Chief Scientific Officer of DRIVE and the Emory Institute for Drug Development (EIDD).
Mon Aug 12 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Standard guidelines for stroke treatment currently suggest clot removal only within six hours of stroke onset. But research presented recently at the European Stroke Organization Conference in Prague shows that clot removal up to 24 hours after stroke led to significantly reduced disability for some patients.
Tue May 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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What factors influence a man when he is choosing treatment for prostate cancer?
Race and evolving treatment recommendations for prostate cancer both play roles, according to a study of men and their wives.
Tue Jun 11 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory College student Jamani "Roe" Montague has been selected as a 2017 Udall Scholar for her research and advocacy on issues including environmental racism and prison ecology.
Mon May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University has earned the prestigious comprehensive cancer center designation from the National Cancer Institute, placing it in the top one percent of all cancer centers in the United States.
Mon May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Wealthy parents spent more on their children's educations during the recession, according to a new study from Sabino Kornrich, assistant professor of sociology.
Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Antibiotic resistance is a rising concern in healthcare, with cases commonly prescribed drugs not working against infections. In a Q & A, Emory's Dr. Monica Farley, of the Georgia Emerging Infections Program, answers a slew of questions on the topic.
Wed Apr 12 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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Rates of kidney transplants vary considerably across geographic areas of the United States, with the highest rates in the Northeast and the lowest in the Southeast, despite the Southeast's high rates of end-stage renal disease and greatest need for organs.
Thu Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in collaboration with Emory University, will host a discussion on "Teaching and the Digital Humanities" on Thursday, April 2, at the Emory University Conference Center Hotel.
Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A new study using cryoablation to decrease pain for patients who have cancer metastases in the bone is now underway throughout Emory Healthcare.
Wed Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2016
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According to researchers from the Rollins School of Public Health, approximately 57,000 birth defects of the brain and spine could be immediately prevented every year in 71 countries by adding folic acid to wheat flour.
Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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While carrying a full course load, serving as a teaching assistant and working on her thesis, Sarah Ashley Jolly has collaborated with Power to Decide to improve sex education for children in the U.S. foster system.
Tue May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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An analysis of data and isolates from the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP), led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), shows declining susceptibility to the drug azithromycin from 2013-2014.
Thu Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory Healthcare cardiologists have begun implanting the nation's first patients with the world's smallest, minimally invasive cardiac pacemaker.
Fri May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Investigators at the Glenn Family Breast Center at Winship Cancer Institute are the recipients of a one-year, $750,000 grant from the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade Board of Managers.
Thu Feb 09 01:00:00 EST 2017
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Using a new contract from DARPA, researchers at Emory, UGA, and Georgia Tech, along with national and international collaborators, will investigate the mechanisms behind resilience following malaria infection.
Tue May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The heritable protein particles known as prions aren't bugs in our cells' operating system, they're poorly documented features.
A yeast protein called Lsb2, which can trigger prion formation by other proteins, actually forms a "metastable" prion itself in response to elevated temperatures, Emory/Georgia Tech scientists report.
Fri Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory historian Carol Anderson received the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism for her book "White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide," lauded as "a searing critique of white America's systematic resistance to African American advancement."
Mon Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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A recent study by researchers at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University suggests that among young survivors of heart attacks, women, more than men, have a higher vulnerability to emotional factors and are more likely to develop abnormal blood flow to the heart (ischemia) during stress.
Tue Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory scientists have identified a function for a mysterious DNA modification (6-methyladenine) in fruit flies¿ brain development, which may provide hints to its role in humans.
Thu Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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A new clinical study by Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University seeks to increase the number of women at hereditary risk for breast and ovarian cancer who are seen for genetic counseling services.
Fri Apr 29 01:00:00 EDT 2016
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In a study published in the journal eLife, lead author and Emory biophysicist Minsu Kim discovered that small populations of pathogenic bacteria may be harder to kill off than larger populations because they respond differently to antibiotics.
Tue Mar 13 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Emory Eye Center is the first center in Georgia to offer a new technology proven to help the vision of some patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration.
Fri Jan 04 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Academic digital publishing is the topic of a Sept. 25 talk by a scholar who has published an e-book, hosts an academic podcast and will "publish" an online philosophy journal.
Thu Sep 19 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Geneticist John Lindo publishes research on the Tsimshian indigenous people, drawing from the first population-level nuclear DNA analysis of a Native American group from ancient to modern times.
Mon Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Cancer cells love glucose, so a high-fat, low-carb diet should starve them, right? Research in mice suggests the opposite, at least for cancers driven by a mutation common in melanomas. The research has implications for the concept of a "precision diet."
Thu Jan 12 13:00:00 EST 2017
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A genomics core provides detailed genetic characterizations and pedigrees for all species housed at Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University.
Tue Jun 18 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Neuroscientists have for the first time mapped the sensory and motor systems in the brains of dolphins.
Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A five-year nationwide study based at Emory Eye Center has suggests that for most infants who have had cataract surgery, the use of contact lenses for several years, and an eventual lens implant, may be the better solution than the standard of care, the intraocular lens implant following surgery.
Thu Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Men are more likely to feel it¿s unfair when they tackle a greater share of household chores in countries where a more egalitarian division of labor is considered the norm, according to a new study from Emory University.
Tue Feb 17 14:30:00 EST 2015
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Targeting antiretroviral therapy (ART) to male-male couples that are serodiscordant (one partner is HIV-infected and one is uninfected), could be an especially productive treatment and prevention strategy, say researchers from Emory University and the CDC.
Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2015
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Researchers at Emory University and University of Michigan have begun the Phase II trial of a landmark study to treat patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) using human neural stem cells.
Mon Sep 30 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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Emory psychologists have found that "childhood amnesia," the fading of your earliest memories, tends to happen by age seven.
Thu Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Lary C. Walker, PhD, research professor of neuropharmacology and neurologic diseases and associate professor of neurology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, is a recipient of the 2014 MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research.
Thu May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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While serving in the U.S. Army in Egypt, Aaron Montgomery worked as a combat medic in a Level II trauma center, helping care for nearly 1,000 patients from 13 countries. The experience inspired him to enter nursing school.
Wed May 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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The FDA recently approved Obizur, a treatment for acquired hemophila A originally developed by a research team led by Emory hematologist Pete Lollar.
Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2014
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Victoria Sparks, president of the Emory Black Law Students Association, says the most important lesson she learned at Emory is "don't run from the excellence others see in you."
Tue May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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That's according to new research published in the journal Psychological Science. Emily Bianchi of Emory University notes that "people who enter adulthood during recessions are less likely to be narcissistic later in life" than people who start working during more financially comfortable times.
Wed May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Leaders of the nation's major research agencies will jointly testify April 29th at the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in Washington on the need for federal research investments to drive innovation and economic growth.
Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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The idea that China has historically been a peaceful nation, little interested in military matters, is not true, according to history professor Tonio Andrade's new book, "The Gunpowder Age."
Thu Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The past and present of the American civil rights movement came together Feb. 22 at Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL), where more than 200 people celebrated the opening of the first-ever exhibition showcasing the archive of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Sat Feb 23 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Jonathan K. Crane, Raymond F. Schinazi Scholar in Bioethics and Jewish Thought at Emory's Center for Ethics, uses philosophy, physiology and theology to explore contemporary eating habits in his latest book, "Eating Ethically: Religion and Science for a Better Diet."
Wed Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory professors Theresa Gillespie and Jessica Wells want to determine why HIV/AIDS patients are not routinely screened for cancer and other diseases.
Mon Sep 04 01:00:00 EDT 2017
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Emory University Department of Medicine physicians, fellows, residents, and faculty will gather in Emory University Hospital auditorium Tuesday, March 13 from noon - 1 p.m. for a grand rounds discussion on this year's severe nationwide flu outbreak. Daniel Jernigan, MD, MPH, director of the influenza division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will lead the discussion on the deadly flu season, as well as the CDC's effort in understanding and detecting the virus.
Thu Mar 07 01:00:00 EST 2013
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To learn how sooty mangabeys avoid developing AIDS-like disease while being infected by SIV, a Yerkes-led team has sequenced the sooty mangabey genome.
Wed Jan 03 13:00:00 EST 2018
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A recent study by Emory researchers and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development links the stress of significant life events to the increase in stillbirths among all women.
Thu Mar 28 01:00:00 EDT 2013
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A new model called HepVu reports estimates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in every US state for persons over 18 years old.
Wed Apr 26 03:00:00 EDT 2017
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While many cancer researchers race to identify new targets for treatment and formulate new therapies, several School of Nursing researchers are studying the patient experience and how patient-reported outcomes can inform cancer care. The everyday reality of cancer treatment remains harsh.
Wed Sep 06 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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A demographics/epidemiology study suggests that children may actually live in the immunological shadow of measles for up to three years -- leaving them susceptible to other deadly diseases.
Thu May 07 14:00:00 EDT 2015
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The bio-research partnership between Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology has produced biomedical discoveries for decades, one of the most dramatic being the recent successful human clinical trial of a microneedle patch for flu vaccines.
Thu Aug 10 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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A study by Emory disease ecologists shows how the mosquitos associated with urban areas are tapping human transportation networks to expand their range.
Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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With the launch of its new Medical EmExome, Emory Genetics Laboratory (EGL) now provides the highest sequencing coverage of medically relevant and known disease-associated genes (approximately 4,600) of any CLIA-/CAP-certified laboratory.
Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Men with smaller testes than others are more likely to be involved in hands-on care of their toddlers, finds a new study by anthropologists at Emory University.
Thu Sep 12 00:01:00 EDT 2013
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To detect cardiac and orthopedic device infections early, Emory researchers have been exploiting the chemical properties of a sugar that is taken up by bacteria, but not mammalian cells.
Thu Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018
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Tue May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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A deal with an industry leader means an imaging software firm founded at Winship Cancer Institute is growing up.
Tue Apr 29 01:00:00 EDT 2014
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Researchers at Emory University received $507.1 million from external funding agencies in fiscal year 2013. Awards were led by federal agencies, with approximately $333.8 in funding, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with $287 in funding.
Thu Dec 19 00:04:00 EST 2013
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Long dismissed as hysteria, or hypochondria by the field of psychiatry a number of "conversion disorders" are now recognized. Blindness, paralysis, seizure and other disorders may results as emotional stress being converted to physical symptoms. They are now known as functional neurological symptom disorders.
Mon Feb 20 01:00:00 EST 2017
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A new, fast method to calculate equilibrium constants using small-scale simulations -- even when the Law of Mass Action does not apply -- has been published in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, by the lab of Emory's James Kindt.
Tue Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2018
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The Seventh Annual Academic & Industry Intersection Conference: Georgia as a Biotechnology Capital? will explore the challenges, successes and future horizons of Georgia's journey to national leadership in biotechnology.
Mon Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Emory President-elect Claire E. Sterk has announced the appointment of Stuart Zola, one of the nation's leading neuroscientists, as interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. With a long history of service at Emory, Zola assumed his new role Aug. 15.
Tue Aug 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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The National Institutes of Health has announced a five-year, $1.9 million Transformative Research Award to Emory virologist Edward Mocarski, PhD. His research, which originated in probing how cells commit suicide when taken over by viruses, could lead to advances in regenerative medicine and organ transplant.
Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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Shakira F. Suglia, ScD, associate professor of epidemiology at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, is lead author on a new scientific statement written on behalf of the American Heart Association (AHA).
Mon Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2017
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On Friday, Emory marks World AIDS Day with Quilt on the Quad, the nation's largest collegiate display of panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Learn more about the event and Emory's 20 years of groundbreaking HIV research.
Tue Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 2017
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Emory neuroscientist Larry Young, PhD, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research.
Wed Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Lauded for teaching excellence, professor Bonna Wescoat sent students on scavenger hunts, helped them conduct an optical experiment about the Parthenon frieze, and directed excavations and created 3D renderings of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods.
Mon Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2017
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The NIH has renewed the designation of Marcus Autism Center as a national Autism Center of Excellence (ACE), including an $11M, five-year research grant to Emory University.
Thu Sep 07 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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In a conversation with students at Emory's Rose Library, former President Jimmy Carter shared candid thoughts on politics, history and the importance of archives to understanding contemporary issues.
Wed Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016
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Researchers at Emory University are embarking on a study of 3q29 deletion syndrome, a genetic mutation associated with a 40-fold increased risk for schizophrenia and a range of other neuropsychiatric conditions.
Wed Mar 22 02:00:00 EDT 2017
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Michael Lewis, associate professor of marketing at Goizueta Business School, brought in representatives from the Atlanta Falcons, Braves and Hawks to speak with his Sports Marketing Analytics class as they create a survey on Atlanta sports.
Wed Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2018
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Investigators at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and University of South Florida's College of Arts and Sciences have received a five-year, $2.5 million research grant from the Fogarty International Center to study the interaction between infectious disease transmission and agricultural practices in the Senegal River Basin.
Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015
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The Center for Biomedical Imaging Statistics at Emory has been awarded a three-year, $900,000 grant by the NIH for biomarker research in Parkinson's disease.
Thu Feb 14 01:00:00 EST 2013
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Researchers from Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say use of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for the treatment of infertile couples has more than doubled in the last two decades, primarily among couples without male factor infertility, and without clear evidence of benefit over conventional in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2015
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A laser-based procedure for people with medication-resistant epilepsy may result in better memory function than standard surgery, while still providing comparable seizure control rates, doctors say.
Tue Dec 10 01:00:00 EST 2013
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