{"id":29649,"date":"2026-04-16T10:52:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=29649"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:52:47","slug":"sen-ossoff-upgrading-cancer-research-equipment-at-augusta-university","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-upgrading-cancer-research-equipment-at-augusta-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Upgrading Cancer Research Equipment at\u00a0Augusta University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Augusta, Ga.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is&nbsp;delivering resources to&nbsp;Augusta University&nbsp;to&nbsp;upgrade cancer research equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats together to&nbsp;help&nbsp;Augusta University&nbsp;upgrade&nbsp;equipment&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;Georgia Cancer Center,&nbsp;Augusta University&#8217;s&nbsp;cancer&nbsp;research&nbsp;center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;Augusta University, the new, state-of-the-art equipment&nbsp;will&nbsp;strengthen their research efforts to develop new therapies and cancer treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff is delivering $800,000&nbsp;for the project through bipartisan government funding legislation that became law on February 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBringing Republicans and Democrats together, I\u2019m delivering these resources to upgrade cancer equipment at&nbsp;Augusta University&nbsp;and help Georgians battling cancer get the world-class care they deserve,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply grateful to Senator Ossoff for securing this important federal investment in cancer research,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said&nbsp;Augusta University&nbsp;President Russell T. Keen.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cThis support will allow us to&nbsp;acquire&nbsp;advanced research equipment that will strengthen our scientists\u2019 ability to detect, study, and&nbsp;ultimately combat&nbsp;cancer. For&nbsp;nearly 200&nbsp;years,&nbsp;Augusta University&nbsp;and the Medical&nbsp;College of Georgia have been home to&nbsp;lifesaving discoveries that improve the health and well\u2011being of families across our state and nation, and this investment helps ensure that work continues. We appreciate Senator Ossoff\u2019s commitment to innovation and to the many Georgians who stand to&nbsp;benefit&nbsp;from breakthroughs made here at the state\u2019s designated health sciences university. We are thankful for his leadership and dedication to improving health outcomes for families across Georgia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augusta, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is&nbsp;delivering resources to&nbsp;Augusta University&nbsp;to&nbsp;upgrade cancer research equipment. Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats together to&nbsp;help&nbsp;Augusta University&nbsp;upgrade&nbsp;equipment&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;Georgia Cancer Center,&nbsp;Augusta University&#8217;s&nbsp;cancer&nbsp;research&nbsp;center. According to&nbsp;Augusta University, the new, state-of-the-art equipment&nbsp;will&nbsp;strengthen their research efforts to develop new therapies and cancer treatments. Sen. Ossoff is delivering $800,000&nbsp;for the project through bipartisan government funding legislation that became [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29649","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29650,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29649\/revisions\/29650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}