Monthly Archives: December 2014

Stem cell/cardiology researcher Hee Cheol Cho joins Emory

December 23rd, 2014 (No Comments)

His lab is focused on cardiac pacemaker cells

Connections between starvation and immunological memory

December 18th, 2014 (No Comments)

Focus on autophagy’s functions in memory T cells

Effects of cocaine exposure in adolescent rodents

December 17th, 2014 (No Comments)

The effects on neurons are like losing entire branches from a tree, neuroscientists are finding

Frailty: we know it when we can measure it

December 15th, 2014 (No Comments)

Look beyond the cane. Emory researchers are seeking to define and measure frailty, to aid in surgery-related decision-making.

The other “cho-” cardiovascular disease biomarker

December 9th, 2014 (No Comments)

Jo and Jones team up to examine metabolic signs of atherosclerosis and run into choline

Going meta

December 4th, 2014 (No Comments)

A growing body of evidence suggests that linguistic metaphors reflect how we actually use our brains

Strategy to defend vs double hit at beginning of life

December 4th, 2014 (No Comments)

Inflammation and hypoxia can combine to increase of fetal brain damage. Researchers test a strategy to halt immune cells that drive the damage.