Pinar Keskinocak, William W. George Chair and Professor; Director of the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems

Create Dedicated Pandemic Clinics Now to Address COVID-19

Atlanta, GA

COVID-19 needs pandemic clinics focused on treating it and keeping it away from non-COVID patients.

To help meet the need for personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers, Georgia Tech has designed and is producing face shields. Shown is a laser cutting machine used to create frames for the shields.

Do-It-Yourself Medical Devices and Protective Gear Fuel Battle Against COVID-19

Atlanta, GA

The Georgia Tech community is working together to help meet the needs for personal protection equipment for health care workers.

An app and a camera attachment are now all that are needed to check for early onset lymphedema in breast cancer survivors. Credit: LymphaTech / Georgia Tech

App Detects Harsh Side Effect of Breast Cancer Treatment

Atlanta, GA

Many breast cancer survivors suffer from lymph collection known as lymphedema, and a new phone app detects it early.

STAR particles are mixed into a therapeutic cream or gel and applied to the skin, painlessly creating micropores in the skin’s surface that dramatically – but temporarily – increase skin permeability to drugs. (Credit: Georgia Tech)

Microscopic STAR Particles Offer New Potential Treatment for Skin Diseases

Atlanta, GA

A new therapy using a skin cream infused with microscopic STAR particles and a therapeutic drug could facilitate better treatment of skin diseases.

Kinsey Herrin, research scientist in Georgia Tech’s Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, observes graduate researcher Dawit Lee as he tests the pediatric knee exoskeleton. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)

Shriners Hospitals for Children and Georgia Tech Announce Research Affiliation

Atlanta, GA

A new collaborative research effort will help children with cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury and other conditions.

The blood-brain barrier on a chip is as small as many organs on chips, but it gives astrocytes lots of room to unfold in 3D. Credit: Georgia Tech / YongTae Kim lab

The Human Brain’s Meticulous Interface with the Bloodstream now on a Precision Chip

Atlanta, GA

This blood-brain barrier on a chip represents important features more accurately than animal models and previous chips

Researcher Annabelle Singer models an experimental visor and earphones that play 40 Hertz light and sound. The current study was performed on mice. The pictured device is in human testing as a possible Alzheimer's treatment. Results from those tests are to be published in later studies separate from the current study in mice. Credit: Georgia Tech / Allison Carter

Flickering Light Mobilizes Brain Chemistry That May Fight Alzheimer’s

Atlanta, GA

The hope of flickering light to treat Alzheimer's takes another step forward in this new study, which reveals stark biochemical mechanisms.

Manu Platt stands outside his lab at Georgia Tech. Platt, an associate professor, researches cathepsins in the context of multiple diseases, including cancer, atherosclerosis, and sickle cell disease. Credit: Georgia Tech / Allison Carter

While Promoting Diseases Like Cancer, These Enzymes Also Cannibalize Each Other

Atlanta, GA

Finding a drug to inhibit cathepsins could treat a litany of diseases. This study is a new beginning to understanding them.

Healthy Minds Survey Assesses Student Wellness

Atlanta, GA

Students are encouraged to complete the survey to help provide an accurate view of health and well-being on campus.

Using advanced metagenomics techniques, researchers have found that conventional culture- based lab tests may often misdiagnose the microbial causes of diarrheal diseases in children. The study, based on samples from Ecuadorian children, also found that a common strain of the E. coli bacterium may be more virulent than previously believed.

Metagenomics Unlocks Unknowns of Diarrheal Disease Cases in Children

Atlanta, GA

Researchers have found that conventional culture-based lab tests may misdiagnose as many as half of the microbial causes of diarrheal diseases in children.