Advancing Innovative Biomedical Research
The institute provides a world-class interdisciplinary training environment for the preparation of technically skilled students who are capable of filling the diverse workforce needs in biomedical sciences. With key assets including centers for the study of inflammation, immunity and infection, microbial pathogenesis, oncology, molecular and cellular medicine and diagnostics and therapeutics the unit delivers both academic and research value to the field.
Breakthroughs in Georgia: Enterprising Biomedicine
In a very short time, Georgia State University has built an impressive research enterprise. It’s the Institute of 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.
Institute News
Protecting the Littlest Lungs
Respiratory syncytial virus sends thousands to the hospital every year and can be fatal for young and old – but there is no treatment. Professor Richard Plemper is working to Change that.
The Hunt for an Ebola Drug
In December 2013, a 2-year-old boy in a small village in Guinea fell ill and died. Days later his 3-year-old sister and their pregnant mother also died. That was the beginning of the largest Ebola outbreak in recorded history, during which the virus spread rapidly across West Africa, killing more than 11,000 people in two years.
The Body On Fire
Without the immune system, humans would fall victim to any virus, bacteria or germ they face, says Jian-Dong Li, director of the Institute for Biomedical Sciences and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in inflammation and immunity. And inflammation is one of the biggest weapons in your immune arsenal.
“It is a natural response that’s required to keep us healthy,” says Li.
Universal Treatment
Georgia State Researchers are working to create a universal flu vaccine that will stop the infectious disease in its tracks.
This year’s flu season will go down as one of the most severe in nearly a decade, resulting in record hospitalization rates and many deaths, including nearly 100 children. One reason so many were stricken: the seasonal flu vaccine failed to protect a significant number of people against the virus.
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