Contrary to popular belief, woodpeckers don ’t protect their brains when headbanging trees
This study was really an advance because they put real data to the question.”
Whether digging for food, constructing housing, or luring mates, woodpeckers bang their heads into trees about 20 times per second. And then they go about their day. When a football player rams into an opponent, their head comes to a stop but their brain continues forward, compressing in the front and stretching in the back, sometimes
damaging the brain
.
But woodpeckers, despite smacking with accelerations three times the human concussion threshold, seem to escape unharmed, says Sam Van Wassenbergh, a biomechanist at the ...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 14, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
UMKC plans $100M addition to Health Sciences District
The University of Missouri-Kansas City envisions a multistory building to house several programs in the Health Sciences District, but first it has to raise $60 million.
The state appropriated $40 million for the estimated $100 million facility, and the school will have to raise the rest privately.
The building would house the schools of dentistry and medicine, the Data Science and Analytics Innovation Center, and the biomedical engineering program, UMKC said in a release. UMKC would use the first… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - July 1, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: news
Scientists devise method to prevent deadly hospital infections without antibiotics
A hospital or medical clinic might be the last place you ’d expect to pick up a nasty infection, but approximately 1.7 million Americans do each year, resulting in nearly 100,000 deaths from infection-related complications and roughly $30 billion in direct medical costs.The biggest culprits, experts say — accounting for two-thirds of these infections — are medical devices like catheters, stents, heart valves and pacemakers, whose surfaces often become covered with harmful bacterial films. But a novel surface treatment developed by a UCLA-led team of scientists could help improve the safety of t hese devices and ease ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - May 19, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
NSF recognizes 3 scientists with the Alan T. Waterman Award
The U.S. National Science Foundation has named its awardees for this year's Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation's highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers: Jessica E. Tierney, a University of Arizona geoscientist; Lara A. Thompson, a University of the District of Columbia biomedical engineer; and Daniel B. Larremore, a computer scientist from the University of Colorado Boulder.
This is the first year NSF has chosen to honor three researchers with the award, which ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304930&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click
This is an NSF News item. (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - April 21, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Engineered Bacteria Could Protect Gut from Antibiotics: Study
Researchers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a type of bacteria that could potentially protect humans from the harmful side effects of antibiotics, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - April 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Human Genome Is Finally Fully Sequenced
The first human genome was mapped in 2001 as part of the Human Genome Project, but researchers knew it was neither complete nor completely accurate. Now, scientists have produced the most completely sequenced human genome to date, filling in gaps and correcting mistakes in the previous version.
The sequence is the most complete reference genome for any mammal so far. The findings from six new papers describing the genome, which were published in Science, should lead to a deeper understanding of human evolution and potentially reveal new targets for addressing a host of diseases.
A more precise human genome
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Source: TIME: Science - March 31, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized Genetics healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Implant may treat nerve pain resistant to drugs, researchers say
A new implantable device appears to reduce nerve pain that does not respond to drug treatment, a study published Thursday by the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering found. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Moderna co-founder Robert Langer: ‘I wanted to use my chemical engineering to help people’
The celebrated US scientist and inventor on not being in it for the money, why diversity improves problem-solving, and his dedication to exercisingThe chemical engineer Robert Langer co-founded Covid-19 vaccine makerModerna, and his innovations have helped create more than 100 products from artificial skin to messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines. The 73-year-old has a mountain of research papers and patents to his name, on top of which he has started more than 40 companies and won more than 200 awards, including the Queen Elizabeth prize, which has been called the “Nobel for engineering”. Langer’s biomedical engineering lab...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 12, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Zo ë Corbyn Tags: Vaccines and immunisation Coronavirus Health Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Science Society World news Source Type: news
20 People to Know in Engineering: Sossena Wood, assistant professor in biomedical engineering, Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering
Sossena Wood started as a researching assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University in January. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 16, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ethan Lott Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic, Carnegie Mellon University to collaborate on transplant innovation
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ― Mayo Clinic and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) announced today a research agreement to transform organ transplantation. The institutions will bioengineer innovative approaches to address barriers in organ transplantation. "This relationship with the esteemed CMU Biomedical Engineering team is a very important step in Mayo Clinic's Transforming Transplant strategic initiative," says Burcin Taner, M.D., chair of the Transplant Center at Mayo Clinic in Florida. "Research and innovation breakthroughs resulting from this initiative will… (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - February 9, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Personalities of Pittsburgh: Dr. Kathryn Whitehead is on the cutting edge of vaccine development
Dr. Kathryn Whitehead is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, specializing in a field that has become incredibly important over the past two years: mRNA therapeutics and vaccines. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - January 30, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Paul J. Gough Source Type: news
Tasso, Maker Of Home Blood-Draw Kits, Raises $100 Million Led By RA Capital
Seattle-based Tasso, founded by two biomedical engineering Ph.D.s, raises $100 million to ramp up production of its home blood-draw kits. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 16, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Amy Feldman, Forbes Staff Tags: Manufacturing /manufacturing Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Science /science Venture Capital /venture-capital Editors' Pick editors-pick Source Type: news
Children in Low and Middle Income Countries: What do we really know?
Learning and Individual Differences, Volume 46, pages 1-70 (Publication: February 2016) Edited by Elena Grigorenko (Source: Elsevier Updates: Engineering)
Source: Elsevier Updates: Engineering - November 10, 2021 Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: news
OHSU spinout gets $4.3M in grants for cancer research
PDX Pharmaceuticals, an Oregon Health& Science startup, was awarded two grants totaling $4.3 million from the National Cancer Institute.
The awards were given to the biotech company to advance two therapeutic candidates, which are immuno-nanotherapeutics for advanced cancers, said Wassana Yantasee, president and CEO of PDX Pharmaceuticals and a professor of biomedical engineering at OHSU.
Yantasee founded the company out of the OH SU Department of Biomedical Engineering. PDX Pharma has received… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - September 21, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news
OHSU spinout gets $4.3M in grants for cancer research
PDX Pharmaceuticals, an Oregon Health& Science startup, was awarded two grants totaling $4.3 million from the National Cancer Institute.
The awards were given to the biotech company to advance two therapeutic candidates, which are immuno-nanotherapeutics for advanced cancers, said Wassana Yantasee, president and CEO of PDX Pharmaceuticals and a professor of biomedical engineering at OHSU.
Yantasee founded the company out of the OH SU Department of Biomedical Engineering. PDX Pharma has received… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 21, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news
