Panel Discussion: Eastern and Western Medicine Interest in the role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use in the U.S. has grown rapidly in recent years. CAM is often used in conjunction with biomedicine, and encompasses a spectrum of therapies, including: meditation, herbal medicine, religiosity, and integrative pain management. In…
Dr. Quave presented a motivational keynote speech at the Etowah High School Academic Letter and Lamp of Knowledge Ceremony in Woodstock, GA. At the request of some members of the audience, the full text of the speech is published below: Aspirations for Greatness Cassandra L. Quave, October 2015 Students, you…
Would you like to support research (http://bit.ly/1MZvBcQ) directed at the discovery and development of new antibiotics to treat life-threatening superbug infections? Your tax-deductible donation to the Quave Lab could make a real difference in advancing our research efforts! Funds are needed to support student research projects and the purchase of…
Dr. Quave will be presenting a talk “Next generation therapies for eczema and “superbug” MRSA infections” on the Innovation Stage at the Georgia Bio Innovation Summit on Nov 2, 2015. More info on the summit can be found here: https://lnkd.in/bNew5DV
Our research on Chestnut is featured in the September 2015 issue of Chemistry & Industry! The article “Chestnut disarms superbug” can be found in the news section.
Excerpt from the piece: Cutting Off Communication Researchers have found a plant extract that halts Staphylococcus aureus infections without promoting resistance. Will this lead to a new way to treat bacterial infections? Read more… http://www.biotechniques.com/news/Cutting-Off-Communication/biotechniques-360385.html#.VfGkmfm2Vsv
We are so excited to have had press coverage on our most recent collaborative paper with the Horswill group! Stay tuned to our Twitter feed (@QuaveEthnobot) for news on the discovery. The full original article is available free via Open Access at PLoS ONE. Here are some links to the…
A new publication is out on a collaborative project between the Quave Lab (Emory University) and Horswill Lab (University of Iowa). Their latest study reports on the anti-virulence activity of compounds from Chestnut leaves. The extract blocks virulence by switching off the pathways necessary for the production of toxins. The…
Press release on new discovery: Chestnut leaves yield extract that disarms deadly staph bacteria http://phys.org/news/2015-08-chestnut-yield-deadly-staph-bacteria.html
