The growth of the budding yeast colonies in the four patches at the bottom of the Petri dish indicates that DNA has been repaired by using transcript RNA from within the cells. (Georgia Tech Photo: Rob Felt)

Study shows cellular RNA can template DNA repair in yeast

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Scientists have shown that RNA from within cells of a common yeast can serve as a template for repairing DNA.

Georgia Tech is home to nearly 12,000 trees. 

With a few steps, cities can drastically reduce heat-related deaths

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The four-year study completed by Georgia Tech is the first major national assessment of the health of those who live in major cities, the impact of rising temperatures and what city leaders can do to alleviate the crisis.

Capitol Hill Roundtables Highlight Power of Georgia Tech Research Partnerships

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Georgia Tech hosted a roundtable discussion on driving innovation in pediatric healthcare in Washington D.C. to inform policymakers of challenges and successes in research partnerships.

Georgia Tech Professor Gregory Gibson poses with a chart showing death rate differentials between two groups of coronary artery disease patients identified with a new gene expression profile. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Gene Expression Signature Identifies Patients at Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Death

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A study of 338 patients with coronary artery disease has identified a gene expression profile associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular death.

Georgia Tech Health Research Reveals Online Search Patterns, New Customized Software

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By creating proactive, accessible health and wellness technologies, Georgia Tech has taken significant steps in enabling people to control their own health to greater, more effective degrees.

Image shows the experimental chamber used for T-cell force research, with three glass micropipettes shown under green light illumination. (Georgia Tech Photo: Rob Felt)

Mechanical Forces Affect T-Cell Recognition and Signaling, Researchers Show

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Researchers have developed a new understanding of the T-cell recognition process that accounts for mechanical force.

Craig Forest, an assistant professor of bioengineering in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, holds the microfluidic chip used in the study. The chip has narrow passageways to simulate the coronary arteries. Credit: Rob Felt.

Microfluidic Device With Artificial Arteries Measures Drugs’ Influence on Blood Clotting

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A new microfluidic method for evaluating drugs commonly used for preventing heart attacks has found that while aspirin can prevent dangerous blood clots in some at-risk patients, it may not be effective in all patients with narrowed arteries.

Researchers from Georgia Tech and Emory University have developed a new type of biomolecular tweezers that could help researchers study how mechanical forces affect the biochemical activity of cells and proteins. (Image courtesy of Lizhi Cao)

Biomolecular Tweezers Facilitate Study of Mechanical Force Effects on Cells and Proteins

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A new type of biomolecular tweezers could help researchers study how mechanical forces affect the biochemical activity of cells and proteins.

Garrett Stanley, an associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, whose lab performed the research. Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology.

Brain Circuits Multitask to Detect, Discriminate the Outside World

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A new study found that neural circuits in the brain rapidly multitask between detecting and discriminating sensory input, such as headlights in the distance.

Ten microneedle patches are shown with a ten-dose vial of influenza vaccine and ten hypodermic needles with syringes. (Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek)

Self-Administration of Flu Vaccine with a Patch May be Feasible, Study Suggests

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Microneedle patches may allow self-administration of influenza vaccine, a new study shows.