The promise of therapeutic stem cells as a strategy to introduce new cells into damaged tissue to treat disease and injury has long been balanced with the practical difficulties of doing so. A new study from researchers in cell biology presents a better understanding of how stem cells transform…
Health News from the Chronicles
Very interesting finding out of the department of geography, a discipline that truly has no bounds:
Heat-related deaths among football players across the country tripled to nearly three per year between 1994 and 2009 after averaging about one per year the previous 15 years, according to an analysis…
Sophomore biology and psychology double major Mehreen Sultana has been awarded the very first Dean's Council Scholarship:
The $1,000 scholarship is funded by an endowment created by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Council, an advisory group of alumni and donors committed to…
What's it like to be a walk-on football player and a biology major in the Franklin College? Sophomore Ben Reynolds knows and here's a terrific new video featuring him and his experiences at UGA.
My colleague Sam Fahmy brings us this story today, from UGA researchers harnessing bacterial immune systems to fight infection and disease:
“Scientists study bacteria and other microorganisms to understand essential life processes as well as to improve their use in the safe production of foods,…