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april 26, 2011
UGA researchers develop non-invasive early diagnostic test for gastric cancer
Early detection of cancer may eventually become as easy as taking a home pregnancy test, according to new University of Georgia research. [Full article]
march 3, 2011
UGA researchers find possible new treatment strategies for pancreatic cancer
New University of Georgia research has identified a protein that can be modified to improve the effectiveness of one of the most common drugs used to treat pancreatic cancer. [Full article]
January 19, 2011
UGA study suggests vitamin therapy may be harmful to breast cancer patients
A recent University of Georgia study indicates that a common vitamin used to treat breast cancer victims might actually be harmful to patients. [Full article]
December 7, 2010
UGA scientists discover mechanism that controls cell movement is linked to tumors becoming more aggressive
Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered a central switch that controls whether cells move or remain stationary. The misregulation of this switch may play a role in the increased movement of tumor cells and in the aggressiveness of tumors themselves. [Full article]
November 18, 2010
UGA researchers identify key enzyme that regulates the early growth of breast cancer cells
New University of Georgia research has found that blocking the action of an enzyme called GnT-V significantly delays the onset and spread of tumors in mice with cancer very similar to many cases of human breast cancer. [Full article]
October 8, 2010
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month: UGA experts can share information
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, turn to one of the University of Georgia’s experts for the latest information about this disease. The following experts cover many aspects of breast cancer, from its effects based on age to decisions on treatment to the importance of early detection. [Full article]
September 2, 2010
UGA study shows that cancer-causing gene is also crucial in the development of stem cells
A research team at the University of Georgia has shown that a gene called Myc (pronounced “mick”) may be far more important in the development and persistence of stem cells than was known before. Myc is traditionally thought of as a cancer-causing gene, or oncogene, but recent studies from the UGA team have established critical roles for it in stem cell biology. [Full article]
June 7, 2010
UGA researcher awarded ACS grant to identify harmful cancer mutations
The American Cancer Society recently awarded a four-year research scholar grant of $720,000 to University of Georgia scientist Natarajan Kannan to distinguish harmful cell mutations that cause cancer from more frequently occurring but harmless mutations. [Full article]
May 24, 2010
Scientists develop method for rapidly synthesizing carbohydrates
A team of scientists from the University of Georgia has created a method for the rapid chemical synthesis of complex carbohydrates that could dramatically change the availability of such molecules for research. [Full article]
December 14, 2009
A new study published by researchers from the University of Georgia and the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., has found that cancer patients with dementia have a dramatically lower survival rate than patients with cancer alone, even after controlling for factors such as age, tumor type and tumor stage. [Full article]
October 12, 2009
Mario Capecchi, co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, will deliver a lecture on the University of Georgia campus on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m. in room 404D of the Biological Sciences Building. His speech is titled “Modeling Human Cancers in the Mouse” and is open and free to the public. [Full article]
October 5, 2009
“Understudied and overlooked” defines the demographic that Stephanie Burwell serves. Both young and minority women aren’t often studied in oncology research, and thus many resources don’t exist to serve these demographics. [Full article]
October 5, 2009
UGA will host “Connecting Point,” the 2009 Georgia Cancer Coalition Research Symposium on Nov. 5 and 6 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. The event showcases recent research findings, honors outstanding investigators and gives researchers from across the state a chance to exchange ideas on the prevention, early detection and treatment of cancer. [Full article]
September 8, 2009
Four cancer researchers at the University of Georgia are among the 18 selected as Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and Scientists by the Georgia Cancer Coalition for 2009-10. [Full article]
January 9, 2009
A Nobel Laureate whose insights have broadened scientists' understanding of how cell division goes awry in diseases such as cancer will deliver the Spring 2009 University of Georgia Cancer Center lecture on Jan. 29. [Full article]
October 8, 2008
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Georgia a five-year, $8.3 million grant to further its research into the role cell-surface sugars known as glycans play in the development of stem cells and cancer cells. [Full article]
September 16, 2008
Three University of Georgia scientists – John Vena, Jason Zastre and Claire Robb – have been named by the Georgia Cancer Coalition as Distinguished Cancer Scholars for 2008-09. Together, they will receive $1.25 million over five years to support their research efforts through the Coalition’s Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and Scientists program. [Full article]
August 4, 2008
A research group led by professor Stephen Dalton, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar, has been awarded $9.2 million as part of a major new research grant. [Full article]
July 10, 2008
For the first time, researchers at the University of Georgia have shown a mechanism that explains how two essential components of the enzyme telomerase are “recruited” from distinct sites in the cell to the telomere, an area at the end of a chromosome that normally protects it from destruction. [Full article]
June 25, 2008
The potential of gene therapy has long been hampered by the risks associated with using viruses as vectors to deliver healthy genes, but a new University of Georgia study helps bring scientists closer to a safe and efficient gene delivery method that doesn’t involve viruses. [Full article]
June 20, 2008
David Lee, University of Georgia vice president for research, today announced the appointment of Carl Bergmann, Ph.D., as assistant vice president for research in charge of facilities. [Full article]
May 21, 2008
The UGA Cancer Center is fighting the disease, and addressing its implications, through a diversity of targets, tactics, and protagonists. [Full article]
Apr 17, 2008
A pioneering embryologist whose work has provided insights into the process by which cancer cells spread within the body will deliver the inaugural University of Georgia Cancer Center lecture on April 23. [Full article]
Mar 20, 2008
J. Michael Pierce, Distinguished Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the first George E. and Sarah F. Peters Mudter Professor in Cancer Research. [Full article]
Nov 19, 2007
Three University of Georgia researchers – Robert Arnold; Yan Geng; and Lianchun Wang – are among the 29 scientists named as Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholars for 2008. The coalition selects scientists engaged in the most promising areas of cancer research who can strengthen the state’s research talent, capacity, infrastructure and funding. [Full article]
Oct 29, 2007
Researchers at the University of Georgia Cancer Center have synthesized a carbohydrate-based vaccine that – in mice – has successfully triggered a strong immune response to cancer cells. The finding, published in the October issue of the journal Nature Chemical Biology, brings the scientists one step closer to a much-sought-after “cancer vaccine.” [Full article]
Oct 4, 2007
A 1998 settlement designed to limit the marketing of smokeless tobacco to youth hasn’t been effective, according to a new University of Georgia study published in the early online edition of the American Journal of Public Health. [Full article]
Aug 22, 2007
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, but work being conducted by a team of University of Georgia researchers aims to help physicians diagnose the disease early, when it’s more easily treated. [Full article]
Aug 6, 2007
The study, published in the August issue of the journal Glycobiology, found that exposing prostate cancer cells to pectin under laboratory conditions reduced the number of cells by up to 40 percent. [Full article]
Jul 19, 2007
Hye-Jin Paek, assistant professor at the UGA Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, found that anti-smoking ads are most effective when they convince youth that their friends are listening to the ads. Otherwise, the ads appear to stimulate the rebellious and curious nature of youth, making them more interested in smoking. [Full article]
May 5, 2007
Even five years after completing treatment, older breast cancer survivors consistently score lower in measures of well being such as life satisfaction when compared to a control group of women matched for age and socioeconomic status. [Full article]
