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Bellamkonda publishes in PNAS
November 6, 2009

Atlanta (November 2, 2009) — Researchers have developed an improved version of an enzyme that degrades the dense scar tissue that forms when the central nervous system is damaged. By digesting the tissue that blocks re-growth of damaged nerves, the improved enzyme "and new system for delivering it" could facilitate recovery from serious central nervous system injuries.

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Cell Division
September 10, 2009

It’s a debate fraught with irony. Georgia has some of the nation’s leading researchers in the area of embryonic stem cells, scientists recruited and paid for by the state as eminent scholars; and state leadership has identified the life sciences as a strategic industry of interest. And yet, many of Georgia’s elected officialshave made it clear that they do not want new research in embryonic stem cells happening in Georgia,...

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The Right Recipe
July 28, 2009

Researchers believe that a number of anti-inflammatory drugs, if delivered directly into the heart following heart attack, could prevent permanent damage and prolong heart function.

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Niren Murthy Profiled on NSF's LiveScience
June 18, 2009

Atlanta (June 18, 2009) — Biomedical engineer Niren Murthy of the Georgia Institute of Technology helps design cutting-edge chemicals for the detection and treatment of diseases. In a study published late last year, Murthy and his colleagues revealed a new family of fluorescent chemical dyes called hydrocyanines that can be used as probes to detect and measure the presence of highly reactive metabolites of oxygen that are associated with a variety of inflammatory diseases, including cancer and atherosclerosis.

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New Center Aims to Improve Recovery of Soldiers with Severe Injuries
June 8, 2009

Organizers of the recently established Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Bioengineering for Soldier Survivability seek to improve how quickly new technologies to improve tissue repair and regeneration processes are implemented to help wounded soldiers in military trauma centers.

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Boyan Interviewed on NPR
May 27, 2009

Barbara Boyan was interviewed on NPR regarding her new Center for Advanced Bioengineering for Soldier Survivability.

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Murthy Awarded as SFB Young Investigator
April 22, 2009

Niren Murthy, PhD, was recently awarded the 2009 Young Investigator Award from the Society of Biomaterials. The Young Investigator Award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated outstanding achievements in the field of biomaterials research. As the Young Investigator Award recipient, Dr. Murthy received a Certification of Award, travel support up to $500 to the Society for Biomaterials 2010 Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA, and consideration for publication of paper in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research or Applied Biomaterials.

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Bellamkonda Featured on Live Science
March 25, 2009

Helping people diagnosed with cancer means more than just finding a cure. Even understanding the effects of treatment is critical to helping patients defeat the disease. Recently, biomedical engineer Ravi Bellamkonda of Georgia Tech and his colleagues developed a technique to tag nanocapsules with a dye and watch the markers travel through the organs of rats. The results reveled a new way to determine blood vessel leakiness, a prime indicator for the likelihood that a chemotherapy drug will reach tumor cells – more leakiness equates to more drug reaching the tumor.

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McDevitt Featured on Fox 5 Altanta
March 10, 2009

Todd McDevitt is interviewed on Fox 5 Atlanta discussing the potential of life-saving therapies that can be discovered from stem cell research.

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New Technique Images Tumour Vessel Leakiness to Predict Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Outcome
February 1, 2009

In a study published in the February issue of the journal Radiology, Ravi Bellamkonda's team describe a technique for determining the "leakiness" of tumour blood vessels using a simple digital mammography unit.

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