{"id":86827,"date":"2022-09-22T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?p=86827"},"modified":"2022-09-16T11:54:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T19:54:55","slug":"biology-alumnus-returns-to-campus-monday-to-speak-on-his-breakthrough-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2022\/09\/22\/biology-alumnus-returns-to-campus-monday-to-speak-on-his-breakthrough-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology alumnus returns to campus Monday to speak on his breakthrough research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our graduates is on the brink of changing how doctors treat chronic cardiac disease. Joel Rurik, a 2016 graduate of George Fox\u2019s biology program, will explain the details of his research in a lecture all are welcome to attend this <strong>Monday, Sept. 26<\/strong>, at\u00a0<strong>3 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0in Hoover 105.<\/p>\n<p>Rurik is now a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, where he does cutting-edge gene therapy research. Most recently, his team\u2019s work was featured on the front cover of\u00a0<em>Science<\/em>, the top research journal in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Cardiac fibrosis, a scarring of the heart, underlies most cardiovascular diseases and remains challenging to target therapeutically. Chronic cardiac disease often results in fibrosis, which negatively affects heart health and function. Therapies targeting this cardiac fibrosis remain limited, but Rurik\u2019s research offers a promising and tractable immunotherapy approach for tackling fibrosis.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Carly Reumann at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:creumann@georgefox.edu\">creumann@georgefox.edu<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our graduates is on the brink of changing how doctors treat chronic cardiac disease. Joel Rurik, a 2016 graduate of George Fox\u2019s biology program, will explain the details of his research in a lecture all are welcome to attend this Monday, Sept. 26, at\u00a03 p.m.\u00a0in Hoover 105. 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