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The Institute for Biomedical Sciences is training future generations of leading biomedical scientists and professionals through a unique approach to education that highlights the connection among science, business and law and teaches sought-after, technical skills in our advanced labs. Our world-class researchers are tackling some of the most urgent human diseases such as COVID-19, developing new vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics in research centers focused on microbial pathogenesis, translational immunology and inflammation, immunity and infection.
Breakthroughs in Georgia: Enterprising Biomedicine
In a very short time, Georgia State University has built an impressive research enterprise. It’s the Institute for Biomedical Sciences, and its scientists are unlocking new insights and answers to an array of diseases and ailments. Tens of millions of dollars in research grants flow into the institute each year, and the university is planning even more expansion.
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STOPPING A GLOBAL KILLER
FIGHTING DISEASE THREATS
While humans have encountered some deadly viruses over the centuries such as influenza, Ebola, smallpox, SARS, MERS and HIV, there are inevitably new, life-threatening diseases out there waiting to emerge. Experts have agreed that it wasn’t a question of if – but when – another lethal infectious agent would occur and speculated if the world would be ready to fight it. Sadly, the answer is no.
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Oral Drug Blocks SARS-CoV-2 Transmission, Georgia State Biomedical Sciences Researchers Find
Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection with a new antiviral drug, MK-4482/EIDD-2801 or Molnupiravir, completely suppresses virus transmission within 24 hours, researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University have discovered.read more ❯
Preventing the Next Pandemic
Using an innovative strategy he developed against influenza, professor Baozhong Wang is developing a universal vaccine to protect against all coronaviruses.read more ❯
Global Study Identifies Common Vulnerabilities Across SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1 and MERS Coronaviruses
There are common vulnerabilities among three lethal coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV, such as frequently hijacked cellular pathways, that could lead to promising targets for broad coronavirus inhibition, according to a study by an international research team that includes scientists from the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.read more ❯