MCG faculty secure $3.2 million grant for neuropathic pain study
鈥淚 had a personal interest because my mother-in-law had a spinal cord injury, and she had really bad neuropathic pain,鈥� says Laura Carbone, MD.
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鈥淚 had a personal interest because my mother-in-law had a spinal cord injury, and she had really bad neuropathic pain,鈥� says Laura Carbone, MD.
鈥淭his research opens new avenues for understanding cancer stem cell behavior,鈥� says Andrew Yeudall, PhD.
"We'll basically define a chronic HIV infection as a risk factor for the development of the most severe ocular disease," says Manuela Bartoli, PhD.
鈥淩esearch shows that kids gain three to five times the amount of weight over the summer than they do in the remainder of the school year,鈥� says Lauren von Klinggraeff, PhD.