The activity sensor illustrated in reddish-pink with small, green attachments is shown here in its application to detect organ transplant rejection. T cells secrete the enzyme granzyme, here in gray, which kills cells but also severs the fluorescent green signal molecules from the activity sensing nanoparticle. The green signal molecules make their way into the urine, where they give off a fluorescent cue. Credit: Georgia Tech / EllaMaru Studios work for hire / press handout

Urine Test to Evaluate Immunotherapy Success Gets $1.8 Million NIH Research Grant

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Immunotherapy can eradicate cancer or fall down trying, and this sensor monitors that success or failure.

Flavio Fenton, a professor in the School of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, examines cardiac and fluid flow simulations created on a system that uses graphics processing chips designed for gaming applications and software that runs on ordinary web browsers. (Photo: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)

Using Smartphones and Laptops to Simulate Deadly Heart Arrhythmias

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Researchers are using smartphones and laptop computers to model heart arrhythmias.

The Prevent Cancer Foundation has made a significant grant award to Georgia Tech to advance research on detecting ovarian cancer. The work is led by John McDonald, a professor in the School of Biological Sciences. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)

New Grant Award Supports Research on Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer

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Research on the early detection of ovarian cancer will get a boost from a new award from the Prevent Cancer Foundation.

A T cell, here in purple, makes contact with a transplant organ cell, here in reddish brown. The T cell secretes the enzyme granzyme B, here in gray, which attacks the organ cell. But granzyme B also severs fluorescent signal molecules, in green, from the rejection detecting nanoparticle, in light pink. The signal molecules make their way into the urine, where they give off a fluorescent cue. Georgia Tech / EllaMaru Studio (work for hire, all rights GT, free for distribution).

Urine Test Detects Organ Transplant Rejection, Could Replace Needle Biopsies

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New nanoparticle makes urine glow as soon as T cells initiate an attack on transplanted organs

Andreas Bommarius, a professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Martha Grover, a professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Ron Rousseau, a professor and Cecil J. "Pete" Silas Chair Emeritus in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Credit: Rob Felt)

FDA Taps Georgia Tech to Help Reduce Cost of Making Antibiotics

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A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology has kicked off a three-year federally-funded project to harness new manufacturing technologies and methods in a bid to bring down the cost of making certain antibiotics.

Regents Professor Mark Prausnitz and postdoctoral research scholar Wei Li examine an experimental microneedle contraceptive skin patch. Designed to be self-administered by women for long-acting contraception, the patch could provide a new family planning option. (Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech)

Long-Acting Contraceptive Designed to be Self-Administered Via Microneedle Patch

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A new long-acting contraceptive designed to be self-administered by women may provide a new family planning option.

An ambulance in St. Louis, Missouri, picks up a patient believed to be infected with influenza in the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic, which killed 50 million people or more worldwide. Credit: National Archives

Flu Vaccine Supply Gaps Can Intensify Flu Seasons, Make Pandemics Deadlier

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A tweak to our flu vaccine resupply logistics could save thousands of lives

A healthy human T cell. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease / National Institutes of Health

'Demolition Handshakes' Kill Precursor T Cells that Pose Autoimmune Dangers

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A mechanism tries to stop our T cells from causing autoimmune disorders, and it's like a tight handshake that kills overly aggressive T cells.

3D super-resolution microscopy cross-sectional image showing how the engineered antibody aPali works: aPali (green) is expressed on the cell surface and stops RSV particles (pink) from entering the cell.

Delivering Antibodies via mRNA Could Prevent RSV Infection

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Getting antibodies directly to the lungs protected mice from the virus.

3D printed tracheal splints are shown around a model of a patient’s trachea. The splints are designed to be absorbed into the body, allowing for expansion of the trachea and bronchus. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)

3D-Printed Tracheal Splints Used in Groundbreaking Pediatric Surgery

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With support from Georgia Tech, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta placed 3D-printed tracheal splints in a pediatric patient.