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Researchers Uncover New Instruction Manual to Repair Broken DNA

Georgia Tech researcher Havva Keskin observes the frequencies of RNA-templated DNA repair in yeast cells. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)

Jun 08, 2017 - Atlanta, GA

Researchers have discovered how the Rad52 protein is a crucial player in RNA-dependent DNA repair.

Mind Over Muscles: How the Brain Hinders Individual Muscle Control

Participants were tasked with flexing their bicep muscles and maintaining that activation at a designated level while also extending their triceps and keeping them steady at a different level.

Jun 12, 2017 - Atlanta, GA

A new study explores the role of "common drive" when controlling muscles.

Microneedle Patches for Flu Vaccination Successful in First Human Clinical Trial

This close-up image shows the microneedle vaccine patch, which contains tiny needles that dissolve into the skin, carrying vaccine. A majority of study participants said they would prefer to receive the influenza vaccine using patches rather than traditional hypodermic needles.

Jun 27, 2017 - Atlanta, GA

Small skin patches with dissolvable microneedles could allow self-administration of the influenza vaccine.

Unique 3-D Printed Models Could Improve Patient Outcomes in Heart Valve Replacements

New 3-D printing technologies allow researchers to create patient-specific heart valve models that mimic the physiological qualities of the real valves. This image shows the submerged valve during flow testing. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Jul 03, 2017 - Atlanta, GA

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Piedmont Heart Institute are using standard medical imaging and new 3-D printing technologies to create patient-specific heart valve models that mimic the physiological qualities of the real valves.

Climbing Stairs Just Got Easier with Energy-Recycling Steps

When going up, the stairs give people a boost by releasing stored energy, making it 37 percent easier on the knee than using conventional stairs.

Jul 12, 2017 - Atlanta, GA

Energy-recycling stairs developed to store a user’s energy during descent and return energy to the climber during ascent.

NIAID supports transplant imaging research at Georgia Tech and Emory

With kidney and liver transplant patients in mind, Emory and Georgia Tech researchers are exploring non-invasive imaging for the detection of immune rejection. With "immunoPET," they can see particular types of immune cells infiltrating a transplanted organ.

Aug 03, 2017 - Atlanta, GA

Researchers are exploring non-invasive imaging for the detection of immune rejection.

As 'Flesh-Eating' Leishmania Come Closer, a Vaccine Against Them Does, Too

There are some 30 species of Leishmania parasites, which take on two different forms in their life cycle. Illustrated here are promastigotes (top) and amastigotes (bottom) with a typical boil caused by a leishmaniasis infection. Rights: iStock / Getty / purchased / not transferable

Sep 13, 2017 - Atlanta, GA

A potentially deadly parasite that can ulcerate skin, nose, mouth and organs could someday meet its match in an experimental vaccine that has now worked in lab tests on humanized mice.

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