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Auburn has developed a gene therapy treatment for GM1 gangliosidosis that is in clinical trials at the NIH. Sara and Michael Heatherly, whose son Porter died in 2016, have been instrumental in bringing awareness to the disease.

Sara and Michael Heatherly with their son Porter on the Auburn football field

Modernizing Southern Style

Auburn alumna Ashley Gilbreath is an award-winning interior designer specializing in casual, elegant spaces across America.

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Auburn University is transforming in its community and beyond, as seen through our Rural Studio 20K Initiative that creates affordable housing solutions for underserved rural communities. Our Auburn Inspires page highlights this story and others that speak to how Auburn is leading initiatives that inspire, engage and empower.

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Frank Cilluffo testifies before a House Committee

Frank Cilluffo, director of Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, testified before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Thursday, saying foreign-owned enterprises pose a critical threat to our national transportation and critical infrastructure networks. He told the committee of the potential significant consequences to U.S. economic power, military strength, innovation and jobs, noting current vulnerabilities, consequences of those vulnerabilities and solutions. His full testimony can be found below.

Auburn's Frank Cilluffo testifies before House committee on threats from foreign-owned enterprises

For many suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, alterations in the brain can begin 10 or more years before the appearance of symptoms and a diagnosis. Early detection in Alzheimer’s is critical and the search for those early markers drives the research of Harrison School of Pharmacy graduate student Sharay Setti.

Pharmacy graduate students searching for early markers of Alzheimer’s disease

Justin Patton, director of the Auburn University RFID Lab, comments on the potential impact of a Google spinoff’s drone delivery system which is being tested in rural Virginia. The subsidiary, Wing Aviation, is the first drone operator to receive government approval as an airline, allowing it to drop products to customers.

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Auburn has been designated an R1 Carnegie research institution, the highest level.

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