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Rare historic footage discovered in home movies February 17, 2021 UGA Libraries preserves film of Augusta’s African American community Even in black and white with no audio, a home movie of families gathering and men playing trombones and marching to the beat of bass drums through the streets of Augusta, Georgia, presents a vivid picture of a community often underrepresented in archival and historical materials. Discovered in a decades-old film can, the home movie, which features a convention parade of an African American fraternal order known as the Black Elks, as well as a glimpse of life...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Pictured L-R: Caitlin Brandle, research assistant, Dr. Gang Zhou, Timothy Kim, undergraduate student, Nada S. Aboelella, PhD, graduate student, Dr. Zhi-Chun Ding, assistant professor view more  Credit: Kim Ratliff, AU photographer Cancer immunotherapy using "designer" immune cells has revolutionized cancer treatment in recent years. In this type of therapy, T cells, a type of white blood cell, are collected from a patient's blood and subjected to genetic engineering to produce T cells carrying a synthetic molecule termed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that is designe...

Study shows how STAT5 optimizes function of CD4+ T cells to drive antitumor immunity Cancer immunotherapy using "designer" immune cells has revolutionized cancer treatment in recent years. In this type of therapy, T cells, a type of white blood cell, are collected from a patient's blood and subjected to genetic engineering to produce T cells carrying a synthetic molecule termed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that is designed to enable T cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells. Then these genetically modified CAR T cells are expanded to large quantities and infused back to the patient. CA...