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In the fight against cancer, doctors dish out combination-blows of surgery, chemotherapy and other drugs to beat back a merciless foe. Now,…
The war on cancer is 45 years old. And while there have been some significant advances since passage of the National Cancer Act in 1971, the conflict…
A new study in the journal Nature analyzes genomic diversity in 125 human populations at an unprecedented level of detail, tackling questions related…
The lab of Greg Gibson at the Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded a grant of $2.3 million to study the subtle genetic…
Remnants of extinct monkeys are hiding inside you, along with those of lizards, jellyfish and other animals. Your DNA is built upon gene fragments…
Benjamin Franklin famously wrote, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”In addition to being a founding father…
Eberhard Voit can be forgiven if he sometimes felt like a recluse among scientists early in his career. As a system biologist, he didn’t have a lot…
The University System of Georgia (USG)'s Board of Regents has appointed three Georgia Tech faculty members as Regents Professors and one as a Regents…
It’s called mental imbalance for a reason. Sanity hangs, in part, in the gentle balance of chemicals strung together within regions of the brain…
Georgia Tech Professor David Bader, chair of the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), participated in the National Strategic…
In tough times, humans aren’t the only species that think twice about having children. Consider roundworm strain LSJ2.Though it can’t think –…
The Georgia Institute of Technology is tackling the challenges of big data by creating the new Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS).…
By increasing the level of a specific microRNA (miRNA) molecule, researchers have for the first time restored chemotherapy sensitivity in vitro to a…
A nanoparticle commonly used in food, cosmetics, sunscreen and other products can have subtle effects on the activity of genes expressing enzymes…
The survival and wellbeing of multicellular organisms depends on good cell-to-cell communication. Helping to carry out this critical information…
On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil rig released a torrent of oil in the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, discharging…
Development of a dynamic model for microbial populations in healthy lakes could help scientists understand what’s wrong with sick lakes, prescribe…
In humans, cholera is among the world’s most deadly diseases, killing as many as 140,000 persons a year, according to World Health Organization…
Georgia Techresearchers are participating in a multicenter genetic study of prostate cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa to try to find new information…
The human microbiome, a diverse collection of microorganisms living inside us and on our skin, has attracted considerable attention for its role in a…
Student News
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Thesis Advisor:
Dr. Mark Borodovsky
(Schools of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science…
Juan Gallo, a visiting doctoral student from Colombia, was selected as one of the 10 winners of MIT Technological Reviews…
5/05/2015
Bioinformatics PhD Student Shiyuyun (Gena) Tang was selected for a $1500 travel award at the Georgia Tech Career, Research,…
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are often dysregulated in ovarian cancer. These short non-coding RNA sequences regulate gene expression…
2/02/2015
Gene-fusions are a prevalent class of genetic variants that are often employed as cancer biomarkers and therapeutic targets…
Bioinformatics doctoral student Shiyuyun"Gena" Tang won Best Poster Award at the 2014 ACM Conference on Bioinformatics,…
In July 2014, Bioinformatics faculty member, Dr. Gregory Gibson, was awarded a National Research Service Awards…
8/08/2014
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) causes 45% of on-duty firefighter fatalities, a high fraction even when compared to the risk of…
U.S. and Chinese researchers have designed a multiple-compartment gel capsule that could simultaneously deliver drugs of different types.