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Chemical Octopus Catches Sneaky Cancer Clues, Trace Glycoproteins

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Tiny cancer signals of the glycoprotein sort evade detection, but they'll have a hard time dodging the new "chemical octopus."

Three T-cells attack a cancer cell in this artist's depiction. Source: Getty Images / rights not transferable / not a press handout

Remote-Control Shoots Laser at Nano-Gold to Turn on Cancer-Killing Immune Cells

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A near-infrared light, similar to that of a TV remote, combines with gold nano-particles to flip a gene switch in T-cells to hyper-activate them inside of tumors.

Preventing Self-Contamination during Disease Outbreaks

Atlanta, GA

Researchers have identified risky behaviors of health care workers that may lead to self-contamination.

InVenture Prize finalist Scal-Pal redesigned surgical blade packages so they’re easier and safer to use. (Photo by Allison Carter)

A Safer Way to Handle Surgical Scalpel Blades

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The InVenture Prize finalist redesigned surgical blade packages so they're easier and safer to use.

Maelstroms in the Heart Confirmed

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Imaging technique enables observation of the vortex-like, rotating contractions that underlie life-threatening ventricular fibrillation.

Group A Streptococci, colored yellow, are the most common culprits in bacterial upper respiratory infections. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the NIH

Want to Beat Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs? Rethink Strep Throat Remedies

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It's time to develop alternate drugs against small infections as a strategy to slow the antibiotic resistance crisis, Georgia Tech evolutionary bacteriologists say.

This diagram shows how brain activity theoretically recorded from a human could be decoded so that neural activity that causes hand movement is aligned with the actual bodily movement. The study was conducted on animal models. Credit: Northwestern University / University of Pennsylvania / Georgia Tech

WWII Code-Breaking Techniques Inspire Interpretation of Brain Data

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Brain signals are as furtive as the wartime encryption system 'Enigma,' but they can be similarly decrypted as new research shows.

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Daydreaming is Good. It Means You’re Smart

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People with efficient brains may have too much brain capacity to stop their minds from wandering.

Atherosclerosis is the foremost cause of coronary artery disease, the number one killer of people in the United States. Credit: National Institutes of Health

Fight Against Top Killer, Clogged Arteries, Garners Acclaimed NIH Award

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The fight to discover HDL cocktails that actually work against atherosclerosis, the #1 killer of our times, receives major funding.

Andrés García, a Regents’ Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Jessica Weaver, a Georgia Tech postdoctoral researcher, discuss pancreatic islet cells being studied in their laboratory. (Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech)

Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance Receives $51 Million NIH Grant

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The Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance has received a $51 million NIH grant