Flu Vaccine Supply Gaps Can Intensify Flu Seasons, Make Pandemics Deadlier

An ambulance in St. Louis, Missouri, picks up a patient believed to be infected with influenza in the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic, which killed 50 million people or more worldwide. Credit: National Archives
Jan 07, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
A tweak to our flu vaccine resupply logistics could save thousands of lives

Urine Test Detects Organ Transplant Rejection, Could Replace Needle Biopsies

A T cell, here in purple, makes contact with a transplant organ cell, here in reddish brown. The T cell secretes the enzyme granzyme B, here in gray, which attacks the organ cell. But granzyme B also severs fluorescent signal molecules, in green, from the rejection detecting nanoparticle, in light pink. The signal molecules make their way into the urine, where they give off a fluorescent cue. Georgia Tech / EllaMaru Studio (work for hire, all rights GT, free for distribution).
Feb 19, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
New nanoparticle makes urine glow as soon as T cells initiate an attack on transplanted organs

New Grant Award Supports Research on Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer

The Prevent Cancer Foundation has made a significant grant award to Georgia Tech to advance research on detecting ovarian cancer. The work is led by John McDonald, a professor in the School of Biological Sciences. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Feb 26, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
Research on the early detection of ovarian cancer will get a boost from a new award from the Prevent Cancer Foundation.

Seeing through a Robot’s Eyes Helps Those with Profound Motor Impairments

Image shows the view through the PR2’s cameras showing the environment around the robot. Clicking the yellow disc allows users the control the arm. (Credit: Phillip Grice, Georgia Tech)
Mar 15, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
An interface system that uses augmented reality technology could help individuals with profound motor impairments operate a humanoid robot to feed themselves and perform routine personal care tasks.

Using Smartphones and Laptops to Simulate Deadly Heart Arrhythmias

Flavio Fenton, a professor in the School of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, examines cardiac and fluid flow simulations created on a system that uses graphics processing chips designed for gaming applications and software that runs on ordinary web browsers. (Photo: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)
Mar 27, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
Researchers are using smartphones and laptop computers to model heart arrhythmias.

Urine Test to Evaluate Immunotherapy Success Gets $1.8 Million NIH Research Grant

The activity sensor illustrated in reddish-pink with small, green attachments is shown here in its application to detect organ transplant rejection. T cells secrete the enzyme granzyme, here in gray, which kills cells but also severs the fluorescent green signal molecules from the activity sensing nanoparticle. The green signal molecules make their way into the urine, where they give off a fluorescent cue. Credit: Georgia Tech / EllaMaru Studios work for hire / press handout
Apr 02, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
Immunotherapy can eradicate cancer or fall down trying, and this sensor monitors that success or failure.

Georgia Tech Expert Raises Concerns About Medical Crowdfunding for Advanced Cancer Therapies

Aaron Levine, associate professor in the School of Public Policy
Jul 29, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
Aaron Levine's new paper in 'The Lancet Oncology' examines crowdfunding for CAR-T cell therapy

Reinvented Toilets Could Provide Safe Sanitation for 2.5 Billion People

A $13.5 million award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will improve sanitation to 2.5 billion people worldwide by reinventing the toilet, technology that hasn’t changed much in more than a century. (Photo: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Jul 29, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
Georgia Tech researchers are leading a $13.5 million effort, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to reinvent the toilet.

Cassie Mitchell Receives 2019 Award from the American Neurological Association

Cassie Mitchell, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.
Aug 22, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
Awards recognize work in the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease, the microbiome and stroke, clinical trial design, and more

3D-Printed Device Finds ‘Needle in a Haystack’ Cancer Cells by Removing the Hay

A 3D-printed cell trap developed in the laboratory of Georgia Tech Assistant Professor A. Fatih Sarioglu captures blood cells to isolate tumor cells from a blood sample. (Photo: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)
Oct 29, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
A new approach enabled by 3D printing could help isolate tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream.
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