Close-up image shows the Dynamic Mass Spectrometry Probe developed to monitor the health of living cell cultures. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)  

Microfluidic Molecular Exchanger Helps Control Therapeutic Cell Manufacturing

Atlanta, GA

Researchers have demonstrated an integrated technique for monitoring specific biomolecules.

James Dahlman, an assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, holds a microfluidic chip used to fabricate nanoparticles that could be used to deliver therapeutic genes. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)

Red Glow Helps Identify Nanoparticles for Delivering RNA Therapies

Atlanta, GA

A new screening process could dramatically accelerate the identification of nanoparticles suitable for delivering therapeutic RNA into living cells.

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

Atlanta, GA

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

The Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (CDAIT) has released a research report titled “Foundational Research in Integrated Building - Internet of Things (IoT) Data Standards.”

Georgia Tech Internet of Things Center Releases Research Report on IoT Data Standards for the Smart Built Environment

Atlanta, GA

Georgia Tech Internet of Things research center issues new report on integrated building data standards.

An illustration of improved delivery of anti-cancer drugs to malignancies in the brain. On the left half, focused ultrasound agitates microbubbles, which breach the blood-brain barrier, allowing drug molecules to get through. The forces also stir interstitial fluid to circulate the drug, and they also encourage the drug to cross cell membranes more easily into tumor cells. Credit: Massachusetts General Hospital / Georgia Tech / Arvanitis / Askoxylakis

Buzzing Cancer Drugs into Malignancies in the Brain

Atlanta, GA

As a new anti-cancer drug delivery method heads into phase I clinical trials, researchers explore the tissue-level mechanisms that make it work.

Under high magnification, this digitally-colorized scanning electron microscope image depicts endospores from Bacillus anthracis bacteria. These endospores can live for many years, which enables these bacteria to survive in a dormant state. (CDC image)

Genomic Study of 412 Anthrax Strains Provides New Virulence Clues

Atlanta, GA

Georgia Tech and CDC researchers have provided new information about the factors affecting the virulence of anthrax.

Illustration for dehydration fMRI study. Free sources: Getdrawings.com and Remi Yuan on Unsplash

Dehydration Alters Human Brain Shape and Activity, Slackens Task Performance

Atlanta, GA

Visible proof that dehydration messes with the brain and cognitive performance.

To understand their strategies for working effectively without clogging traffic jams, researchers studied how fire ants dug tunnels in glass particles that simulated soil. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)

More Workers Working Might Not Get More Work Done, Ants (and Robots) Show

Atlanta, GA

A new study shows that ants have a lot to teach robots about working in confined spaces.

  Hydrogel delivered stem cells called muscle satellite cells integrate to form new muscle strands, in green, along with existing muscle tissue, in red. Yellow strands may descend from existing muscle cells and from delivered MuSCs.

This Matrix Delivers Healing Stem Cells to Injured Elderly Muscles

Atlanta, GA

Elderly accident victims and Duchene muscular dystrophy sufferers could someday benefit from this stem cell hydrogel successfully tested in mice.

Georgia Tech will begin offering an online master of science degree in cybersecurity beginning in January 2019.

Georgia Tech Creates Cybersecurity Master’s Degree Online for Less Than $10,000

Atlanta, GA

New online master's in cybersecurity will cost less than $10,000.