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A new stroke therapeutic based on collaborative research between the TNRR Laboratory and Aruna Bio will soon enter clinical trials. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the new drug, known as AB126, to enter a Phase 1b/2a clinical trial, which is expected to begin in the first half of 2024 . This first stage…
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University of Georgia researchers, including TNRR member Dr. Franklin West, have received a $3.7 million award to study the therapeutic efficacy of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for the treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Click this link to read the full story!
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The University of Georgia Alumni Association recently honored Dr. Franklin West as one of this year’s 40 Under 40 which recognizes the personal, professional, and philanthropic achievements of successful University of Georgia graduates under the age of 40. Read more at alumni.uga.edu.
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It’s been almost a quarter century since the first drug was approved for stroke. But what’s even more striking is that only a single drug remains approved today. In a publication appearing this month in the journal Translational Stroke Research, the TNRR Laboratory and Aruna Bio, funded by the National Institutes of Health, present brain-imaging data for…
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Dr. Franklin West received the Young Alumni Achiever award at the 65th annual University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association Awards for his outstanding achievements.
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Dr. Franklin West and Dr. Qun Zhao discuss on Athens News Matters how pigs may play a critical role Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Disease, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) research.
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For the first time, researchers in the University of Georgia’s Regenerative Bioscience Center have used an imaging method normally reserved for humans to analyze brain activity in live agricultural swine models. They have discovered that pig brains are even better platforms than previously thought for the study of human neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.…
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