INNOVATIVE 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 institute delivers both academic and research value to the field.
We’ve launched a new bachelor’s degree program. The program prepares students for employment in the biomedical industry or advanced degrees in science, business or law. Learn More
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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Biomedical Sciences Researchers Isolate Gut Bacteria That Can Prevent And Cure Rotavirus Infection
The presence of specific microbiota, or microorganisms that live in the digestive tract, can prevent and cure rotavirus infection, which is the leading cause of severe, life-threatening diarrhea in children worldwide, according to a new study by the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.read more ❯
Researchers Find Building Mutations Into Ebola Virus Protein Disrupts Ability To Cause Disease And Activates Protective Immunity
Creating mutations in a key Ebola virus protein that helps the deadly virus escape from the body’s defenses can make the virus unable to produce sickness and activate protective immunity in the infected host, according to a study by the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.read more ❯
Researchers Identify Key Areas Of Measles Virus Polymerase To Target For Antiviral Drug Development
Targeting specific areas of the measles virus polymerase, a protein complex that copies the viral genome, can effectively fight the measles virus and be used as an approach to developing new antiviral drugs to treat the serious infectious disease, according to a study by the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University published in PLoS Pathogens.read more ❯