When Dr. Locke J. Bryan, an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia and a physician with the Georgia Cancer Center, explains immunotherapy to his patients, he usually brings...
Ask the Experts: Cannabidiol, where are we now?
Now, more than four years later, a lot has changed. Epidiolex, the drug used in the study, has received approval from the FDA for the treatment of seizures in two of the most severe forms of epilepsy — Lennox-Gastaut...
Looking Down the Road
It’s early on a weekday, and while his classmates are starting their school day, 15-year-old Damon Jenks is checking in at the Georgia Prevention Institute at Augusta University. Though most kids would never dream of...
Out of the Lab: Better Together
On race days, Lara Way has her shoes on before the sun comes up. Hundreds of five o’clock starts at the Augusta Canal have led her to this moment. Hundreds more will follow.
Mine the Past: On the Shoulders of Giants
In 1974, Dr. Joseph Hobbs graduated from the Medical College of Georgia. He has since spent his entire career at Augusta University and is now the chair of the Department of Family Medicine and the senior associate dean...
Body, Cure Yourself
Immunotherapy and epigenetics are reshaping the future of health care from inside your body. The market for curing childhood cancer is tiny. The reasons why are many. For one thing, childhood cancer is extremely rare...
