Researchers from Georgia Tech and Emory University have discovered a new way to detect organ transplant rejection – and it might gross you out. The team published a study in the science journal Nature Biomedical Engineering that uses injected nanoparticles to detect certain granzymes, a surefire detection method. If a rejection is detected, the patient’s urine will glow. A strange method to be sure, but a possibly life saving one should it replace the invasive core biopsies currently practiced. There’s some serious science in there, but whether you picked up on all that or not our local researchers making major discoveries has their ship RISING…
State Farm Arena a box office draw
Downtown Atlanta’s State Farm Arena is quite the box office draw. How big? From October to to March, State Farm brought in $76.2 million across 60 events, making it the third-highest grossing venue in the entire nation, behind only New York’s Madison Square Garden and the Sphere in Las Vegas, and fifth globally. Nearly 600,000 visitors took in performances from superstars ranging from Blake Shelton to Usher, plus Hawks games and events like WWE Raw. State Farm’s status as one of the premier performance venues in the world is RISING…
