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Precision One Health Initiative Aims to Improve Health for Man & Man’s Best FriendResearchers at the UGA VetMed aim to improve health for man & man’s best friend, using organoids. The POHI researchers have developed organoids for the study of canine bladder cancer, a cancer that also occurs in humans. This study and others like it embody the mission of UGA’s Precision One Health Initiative.
Parkinson’s Research at UGA VetMedAbout 1 million Americans have Parkinson’s, and more than 50,000 new cases are diagnosed annually. University of Georgia Professor Anumantha Kanthasamy and his team at the Isakson Center for Neurological Disease Research have a plan to take on Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Center for Vaccines and ImmunologyUGA VetMed’s Center for Vaccines and Immunology (CVI) is home to a team of researchers at the forefront of basic and translational research in immunology and vaccine development. Their work addresses a range of issues affecting both people and animals, from COVID-19 to influenza and RSV.
