Interstitial fluid collection via microneedle patches offers great potential for an efficient, noninvasive tool that could be used to take human samples across large populations with relative ease. HERCULES Year 1 pilot recipient, Mark Prausnitz, received funding to adapt microneedle patches originally developed for vaccine delivery to be used for the extraction of interstitial fluid. As […]
What causes breast cancer? A few genes are implicated but they only account for 5 or 10 percent of cancer cases. Dr. Dean Jones, director of the Clinical Biomarkers Core and the Metabolomics Core of Emory’s HERCULES Center and Dr. Barbara Cohn, director of the Child Health and Development Studies set out to answer that […]
In memory and honor of our colleague, friend and dedicated community advocate, Clarence Oliver “Shaheed” DuBois HERCULES will rename the community mini-grants program to The Clarence “Shaheed” DuBois Community Grant Program Shaheed embodied what it meant to be truly engaged in one’s community. His work throughout the years spanned across boundaries, bringing hope, positivity and action to the […]
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