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.

John McDonald, a professor in the School of Biology at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Credit: Georgia Tech.

Personalized Medicine Best Way to Treat Cancer, Study Argues

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A new study found evidence that assessing the route to cancer on a case-by-case basis might make more sense than basing a patient’s cancer treatment on commonly disrupted genes and pathways.

A single-chip catheter-based device that would provide forward-looking, real-time, three-dimensional imaging from inside the heart, coronary arteries and peripheral blood vessels is shown on the tip of a finger. (Georgia Tech Photo: Rob Felt)

Single Chip Device to Provide Real-Time 3-D Images from Inside the Heart and Blood Vessels

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Technology has been developed for a catheter-based device that would provide forward-looking, real-time, three-dimensional imaging from inside the heart and blood vessels.

Georgia Tech's Campus Recreation Center indoor running track

Good as Gold

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Built for the 1996 Olympics, the Campus Recreation Center helps land Georgia Tech on the Fittest Colleges in America List

YongTae (Tony) Kim, an assistant professor in bioengineering in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, who led the research. 

In Vitro Innovation: Testing Nanomedicine With Blood Cells On A Microchip

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Scientists have engineered a microchip coated with blood vessel cells to learn more about the conditions under which nanoparticles accumulate in the plaque-filled arteries of patients with atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of myocardial infarctio

Raquel Lieberman, an associate professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, whose lab led the research.

Researchers Discover Potential Drug Targets for Early Onset Glaucoma

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Scientists have for the first time identified molecules with the potential to block the accumulation of a toxic eye protein that can lead to early onset of glaucoma.

This microscope image shows a cell infected with RSV. The RNA tagged by the probe is shown in red, while the nucleoprotein is green. (Image courtesy of Eric Alonas and Philip Santangelo)

Imaging Technology Could Unlock Mysteries of a Childhood Disease

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Scientists have developed a new technique for studying RSV, a common childhood illness.

Johnna Temenoff, an associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, has been awarded a $1 million grant to develop an injectable therapy for rotator cuff injuries. Credit: Rob Felt.

Scientists Work to Engineer an Injectable Therapy for Rotator Cuff Injuries

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Researchers are attempting to engineer an injectable therapy for the shoulder’s supraspinatus tendon, a rotator cuff tendon that is commonly torn in sports.

Brad Fain, a Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) principal research scientist, has assisted Pfizer in developing an easy to open bottle for people with arthritis. (Georgia Tech Photo: Rob Felt)

Researchers Help Design Easy-to-Open, Child-Resistant Medicine Bottle

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Georgia Tech researchers have helped design an easy-to-open medicine bottle for a Pfizer medication.

Charlie Kemp, director of the Healthcare Robotics Lab, is working with Henry Evans, who lives with quadriplegia. As part of the Robots for Humanity project Evans briefly used a robot to shave. Evans is at his home using the robot.

Georgia Tech researchers study aging with disabilities

Atlanta, GA

Georgia Tech has received a five-year $4.6 million grant to increase understanding of the aging process for people with disabilities and use data gleaned from the study to develop technologies that will benefit them and others.