More babies and children survive the wait for a heart transplant than in the past, but improvements are due to better medical care, not changes to wait-list rules, a new study finds.

Cataracts affect 25 million people in the U.S. and over 65 million people globally.

These numbers are expected to rise as populations age, and life expectancy increases.

NIH-supported work offers new insight into the earliest steps of cataract formation at the molecular level.

Georgia Tech has been awarded up to $21.8 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop a first-of-its-kind therapy for lymphatic disease, a condition that has long lacked effective treatment options. Led by Woodruff Professors Susan Napier Thomas and J. Brandon Dixon, the project aims to move beyond symptom management and address the disease itself, offering hope to patients who often experience chronic pain and disfigurement. Funded through ARPA-H’s GLIDE program, the initiative will focus on advancing the therapy toward initial human trials, including for rare pediatric conditions. The award highlights Georgia Tech’s leadership in engineering-driven healthcare innovation and its commitment to improving care for underserved patient populations.

About The Study: Among metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS)-eligible patients in a national sample, semaglutide and tirzepatide prescriptions increased dramatically between 2018 and 2025, whereas MBS use rates declined substantially beginning in 2023. Stratification by procedure type and body mass index (BMI) category suggests that recent shifts in MBS use may be more pronounced in certain patient subgroups (e.g., those seeking sleeve gastrectomy or with lower BMIs).