Oncology & Cancer

GaToroid: Getting closer to affordable cancer hadron therapy

Hadron therapy is a state-of-the-art radiotherapy technique that uses proton or ion beams to target tumoral cells, while sparing surrounding healthy tissues from unwanted radiation. To achieve best results, it requires complex ...

Diabetes

Q&A: Transplant treatment for diabetes shows promising results

A completely new way of treating type 1 diabetes is being tested at Uppsala University Hospital. Patients are being offered transplants of genetically modified insulin-producing cells and the initial results are promising. ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Fluorescent probes illuminate cholesterol and Alzheimer's research

The search for answers to Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders remains one of the most pressing goals in brain research. Maciej J. Stawikowski, Ph.D., an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry ...

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Wearable device uses bioimpedance to track joint swelling and damage

Samer Mabrouk started playing squash as an undergraduate at Georgia Tech. Ankle injuries were to be expected, and resting for a few days was all he needed to get back on the court. Now a research engineer in the School of ...

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