AUGUSTA, Ga., March 17 -- Augusta University issued the following news release:
Catherine "Lynn" Hedrick, PhD, co-director of the Immunology Center of Georgia at Augusta University and a Georgia Research Alliance Bradley Turner Eminent Scholar in Vascular and Cancer Immunology, was recently named to both the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Immunology Symposium and the Board of Trustees for the Georgia Research Alliance.
Hedrick's researchis focusedon two types of immune cells: monocytes and neutrophils. These cells are the first responders to all kinds of infections,woundsand even early cancer. They can clean up dead cells, attack viruses andtumorsand alert the rest of the immune system to activate every defense in the body as nee...