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State Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Monday July 28, 2025 ( 2 items )  

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health: Obesity Prevalence Would Shift Significantly Under Proposed New Criteria, Study Finds
ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 (TNSjou) -- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Obesity Prevalence Would Shift Significantly Under Proposed New Criteria, Study Finds In the first multinational study of a proposed change to how obesity is defined--which calls for health factors beyond a person's height and weight to be considered--an international team of researchers found the prevalence of obesity would drop significantly, highlighting concerns   more

Emory University Winship Cancer Institute: Unlikely Duo - T Cells and B Cells Join Forces to Fight Solid Tumors
ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 (TNSjou) -- Emory University Winship Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Unlikely duo: T cells and B cells join forces to fight solid tumors Could our own immune cells be the key to stopping cancer from coming back? * A research team at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University has discovered that two types of immune cells -- T helper 17 (Th17) cells and B cells -- can work in concert to spark long-lasting protection against solid tumors. T  more