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Stethoscope closeup (Photo Courtesy: wenzday via Flickr)
Seed Grants Fund Foundational Work on Diseases Disproportionately Affecting Black Americans

The expression pattern of the photoreceptor protein OPN5 in a mouse retina. The protein is sensitive to violet light and, as reported in a new study from a group of international researchers, plays an important role in the ability of violet light to stop the progression of myopia. This violet light effect has been previously reported, but now researchers are beginning to understand how it works. The prevalence of myopia has been growing worldwide, and it is especially common in Asian countries.
Understanding How Violet Light Can Stop Myopia Progression

Annabelle Singer reports her findings after the first human feasibility study of her flicker treatment.
Early Feasibility Study Shows Flickering Lights and Sound Could Be New Weapon Against Alzheimer’s

Melissa Kemp and Josh Lewis (Photo: Joshua Stewart)
Targeting Radiation Resistance: Why Some Tumors Are So Stubborn

Kemp lab uses genome-scale modeling to understand tumor metabolism and predict tumors’ responses to radiation therapy

Graduate research assistants Eetu Kohtanen and Pradosh Dash and postdoctoral researchers Christopher Sugino and Bowen Jing test a human skull to measure and characterize its vibration response. (Photo: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)
The Science of Sound, Vibration to Better Diagnose, Treat Brain Diseases

Multidisciplinary researchers uncover new ways to use ultrasound energy to image and treat hard-to-reach areas of brain

May Wang with a laptop showing some of her data.
Georgia Tech and Shriners Collaborate on Research Data Resources

BME's May Wang leading three of the seven projects in new initiative to improve lives of pediatric patients

Illustration of a coronavirus against the backdrop of computer code. The code is clear in the center of the virus and spreads outward out of focus. (Illustration: Joshua Stewart; Computer Code Image via Negative Space via Pexels.)
Covid Seed Grant Yields Data Mining Discoveries

Undergraduate researchers help Cassie Mitchell turn millions of studies into actionable insight

A bioprinted embryonic human heart model at 84 times the actual size. This is one of two different kinds of models Vahid Serpooshan is developing that are 3D printed using soft, flexible hydrogel materials infused with cells from specific patients. (Photo Courtesy: Vahid Serpooshan)
Serpooshan Awarded NSF CAREER Award to Bioprint a 3D Model of the Developing Human Heart

Kinsey Herrin, research scientist in Georgia Tech’s Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, observes graduate researcher Dawit Lee as he tests the pediatric knee exoskeleton. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Shriners Hospitals for Children and Georgia Tech Announce Research Affiliation

A new collaborative research effort will help children with cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury and other conditions.
A simple, low-cost ventilator based on the resuscitation bags carried in ambulances – and widely available in hospitals – has been designed by an international team of university researchers.  (Credit: Steven Norris, Georgia Tech)
Simple, Low-Cost Ventilator Builds on Available Resuscitation Bags

A simple, low-cost ventilator based on the resuscitation bags carried in ambulances has been designed and tested.
The barrier protection devices can be folded for easy portability and storage at healthcare facilities. (Credit: Georgia Tech)
Emory and Georgia Tech Create Barrier Protection Devices for Use During COVID-19

Two Atlanta universities have created barrier protection devices designed to contain the droplet spray and aerosol produced during certain medical procedures.
Susan Margulies, chair of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech
Susan Margulies Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Marilyn Brown, Thomas Kurfess, Susan Margulies, and Alexander Shapiro join 83 other new National Academy of Engineering members for 2020.
Stock photo illustrating the administering of chemotherapy. Credit: National Cancer Institute
Chemotherapy and Cancer Gang up to Cause a Neurological Side Effect, Study Says

Chemotherapy has gotten the blame for this neurological side effect, but it's cancer's fault, too.
To help meet the need for personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers, Georgia Tech has designed and is producing face shields. Shown is a laser cutting machine used to create frames for the shields.
Do-It-Yourself Medical Devices and Protective Gear Fuel Battle Against COVID-19

The Georgia Tech community is working together to help meet the needs for personal protection equipment for health care workers.
Wilbur Lam is the principal investigator of ACME POCT and also serves as associate professor of the Emory University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University.
Atlanta Institutions Take Lead Role in Fast-Tracking COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests

A trio of Atlanta health care and research institutions will play a leading role in helping to evaluate potential COVID-19 tests.
Researcher Annabelle Singer models an experimental visor and earphones that play 40 Hertz light and sound. The current study was performed on mice. The pictured device is in human testing as a possible Alzheimer's treatment. Results from those tests are to be published in later studies separate from the current study in mice. Credit: Georgia Tech / Allison Carter
Flickering Light Mobilizes Brain Chemistry That May Fight Alzheimer’s

The hope of flickering light to treat Alzheimer's takes another step forward in this new study, which reveals stark biochemical mechanisms.
Researchers have received funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to screen and evaluate certain molecules known as adjuvants that may improve the ability of coronavirus vaccines to stimulate the immune system and generate appropriate responses necessary to protect the general population against the virus. (Credit: Getty Images, not for republication)
Researchers Receive NIH Funds for Adjuvant Research to Boost Coronavirus Vaccines

Researchers have received funding to screen and evaluate adjuvants that may improve the ability of coronavirus vaccines to simulate the immune system.