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Two GRA Venture Companies Make 2013 Inc. Fastest-Growing 27 Aug 2013 | 08:34 am
Inc. Magazine has released its annual ranking of the fastest- growing companies in the nation. The Inc. 500|5000 ranks companies by overall revenue growth over a three-year period. This year, two GR...
GRA and GDEcD Honor Saxby Chambliss with Legacy Award at Impact of Discovery event 22 Jul 2013 | 08:40 am
On July 10 in Washington D.C., the Georgia Research Alliance and the Georgia Department of Economic Development honored U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss at the “Impact of Discovery” event highlighting br...
TEDDY study providing vast amounts of valuable information 2 Jul 2013 | 11:42 pm
Since 2003, nearly 425,000 newborns have been screened as part of an international initiative to determine how genetics and environment cause type 1 diabetes. From these, some 9,000 children identifi...
GPB and GRA Win Four Southeast EMMY® Awards for “The Future Files” 27 Jun 2013 | 10:05 pm
The Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) and Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) are pleased to announce that they have received industry recognition for their pilot program, “The Future Files – Inventing To...
GRA’s VentureLab Brings Ten Years of Learning and a New Direction 10 Jun 2013 | 01:52 am
After ten years since its formation, GRA’s VentureLab has shown success and opportunities to enhance its program. Recently discussed at the June 3 board meeting, GRA plans to release some new develop...
First U.S. human exposome center grant awarded 5 Jun 2013 | 01:00 am
Researchers at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health and collaborators at Georgia Tech have been awarded a $4 million grant to establish the Health and Exposome Research Center: Underst...
Controlling gene expression levels reverses schizophrenia symptoms 5 Jun 2013 | 12:45 am
Using genetically engineered mice, GRA Eminent Scholar Lin Mei and colleagues at Georgia Regents University (GRU) found that overexpression of a gene associated with schizophrenia causes classic sympt...
2nd annual clinical research conference to be held December 4 4 Jun 2013 | 11:52 pm
The Georgia Research Alliance, the Metro Atlanta Chamber, the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute, Georgia Bio and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia have joined f...
IL-21 signals key to long-lasting antibody responses 4 Jun 2013 | 11:18 pm
A team of researchers at the Emory Vaccine Center have shown that IL-21, an immune regulatory molecule, is essential for long-lasting antibody response against viral infections. According to the stud...
Study concludes drug side effects inevitable 4 Jun 2013 | 10:29 pm
Studying a set of computer-generated/artificial proteins and comparing them to natural proteins, GRA Eminent Scholar Jeff Skolnik and collaborator Mu Gao at Georgia Tech have found that there may be n...
