A Search For Meaning
What does a good life look like for people with dementia? Gerontology professor Candace Kemp is working to find out.
Category: Health & Wellness
What Lies Within
Your body is much more than just flesh and bones. It’s a complex ecosystem teeming with trillions of microorganisms, which — as Georgia State scientists are finding — may be the key to understanding and treating all kinds of disease.
A River Runs Through It
Georgia State researchers worked hand-in-hand with residents of Atlanta’s Westside to map environmental health threats in the Proctor Creek Watershed.
Rewiring the Brains of Stroke Patients
Georgia State neuroscientist and physical therapist Andrew Butler discusses how he is mobilizing the healing power of brain plasticity.
When Cell Division Goes Wrong
The Aneja Lab is studying cell division to identify new biomarkers for cancer.
Body, Heal Thyself
How do cells repair damaged DNA? A Georgia State chemist finds it’s as simple as pinch, push, pull.
Protecting the Littlest Lungs
Respiratory syncytial virus sends thousands to the hospital every year and can be fatal for the very young and old — but there is no treatment. Professor Richard Plemper is working to change that.
Poison Pill
Leaking from a faulty furnace or fireplace, carbon monoxide gas can kill. But scientists are finding that — given in small, targeted doses — it also has the power to treat illnesses ranging from cancer to sickle cell disease to traumatic brain injury. How one Georgia State professor is working to unleash the molecule’s healing benefits.
Tiny, Targeted—and Potent
For three decades, two Georgia State chemistry professors have collaborated to build molecules that can cure disease.Â
The Antioxidant Myth
Dora Il’yasova, associate professor of epidemiology, explains why everything you thought you knew about antioxidants is wrong.