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
UCLA receives $13 million contract to expand COVID-19 testing
A new $13.3 million contract from the National Institutes of Health ’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics initiative, or RADx, will enable theDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA to expand its capacity to process COVID-19 tests.UCLA ’s diagnostic laboratory will be able to process up to 150,000 COVID-19 tests per day usingSwabSeq, a sequencing technology developed at UCLA. The technology pools thousands of saliva samples and returns individual test results in less than 24 hours.“UCLA developed SwabSeq and brought the technology to market in only six months — a process that normally takes years,” saidEleaza...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - September 20, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Golby Wins Fulbright Global Scholar Award
Alexandra Golby, MD, of the Department of Neurosurgery and the Department of Radiology, received a Fulbright Global Scholar Award, which will support her work to increase collaboration between clinical and biomedical engineering leaders in Rwanda and (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - August 11, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Inspired by barnacles, medical glue stops bleeding in seconds
ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a rapid-sealing paste that can stop bleeding organs independent of clotting. The details are published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. The inspiration for this paste? Barnacles. Barnacles are t hose sea animals that adhere to rocks, the bottom of ships and large fish with the aim of staying in place despite wet conditions and variable surfaces. They're successful because they exude… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - August 9, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
How Will Empty Stands Affect Olympic Athletes in Tokyo?
The Opening Ceremony provided the first taste of what an Olympics without fans is like—devoid of the normal buzz of excitement and roar of the appreciative crowd, it was more solemn than celebratory. But it’s one thing to miss the noise for Opening Ceremony, quite another when it’s gone from the competitive events.
Not every sport will be as affected by the loss of spectators at the Tokyo Games. Athletes competing in events like archery, which requires concentration and quiet, for example, might actually appreciate the respite. But team-based sports and events like swimming races might seem, well, a littl...
Source: TIME: Health - July 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized olympics Tokyo Olympics Source Type: news
NSF selects Susan S. Margulies to head the Engineering Directorate
The U.S. National Science Foundation has selected Susan S. Margulies to head the Directorate for Engineering. She is the first biomedical engineer to lead the engineering directorate, which supports fundamental research in emerging and frontier basic research areas.
Since 2017, Margulies has been professor and chair of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, housed jointly at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. Previously, she held positions ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=303000&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click
This is an NSF News item. (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - July 2, 2021 Category: Science Source Type: news
UCLA scientists say COVID-19 test offers solution for population-wide testing
(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) In an article appearing in Nature Biomedical Engineering, a team of scientists from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA School of Engineering report real-world results on SwabSeq, a high-throughput testing platform that uses sequencing to test thousands of samples at a time to detect COVID-19. They were able to perform more than 80,000 tests in less than two months, with the test showing extremely high sensitivity and specificity. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 1, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Sleeper cells: Newly discovered stem cell resting phase could put brain tumors to sleep
(Arizona State University) Arizona State University biomedical engineering researchers developed a new cell classifier tool that takes a higher-resolution look at the life cycle of neuroepithelial stem cells, which led to the discovery and exploration of a new resting phase called Neural G0. This knowledge could help scientists to better understand glioma brain tumors and develop new methods of treatment. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Lighting Hydrogels Via Nanomaterials
(Texas A&M University) Hydrogels are commonly used inside the body to help in tissue regeneration and drug delivery. However, once inside, they can be challenging to control for optimal use. A team of researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University is developing a new way to manipulate the gel -- by using light. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Bringing together scientists, artists, and storytellers - Interview with Lifeology
Lifeology ’s tagline is ‘The place where science and art converge’. They offer a platform that brings together scientists, artists, and storytellers to help people better understand and engage with science and health information and research. One of the main ways they meet their objectives is throughbeautifully illustrated, science-backed, bite-sized ‘flashcard’ courses about science and health-related topics aimed at the general public and students. We spoke to Paige Jarreau, VP of Science Communication at LifeOmic and co-founder of Lifeology more about their work.Can you tell us a bit more about yourself?My n...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - May 18, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Greater effectiveness in the treatment of arrhythmia with radio frequency energy and catheterization
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona) An article published in International Journal of Hyperthermia proposes a more effective protocol for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias when applying radiofrequency energy at the site of the arrhythmia by catheterization. The research results from the final year project on the bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering by Sergi Coderch Navarro, supervised by Ana Gonz á lez Su á rez and Oscar Camara, researchers with the PhySense group of the BCN MedTech Research Unit. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Can cancer cells help cure paralysis and reverse brain damage?
(University of Massachusetts Amherst) Imagine harnessing the proliferating power of cancer cells to treat spinal cord injuries and restore function following brain damage. It's an idea that University of Massachusetts Amherst biomedical engineer Chase Cornelison has been exploring in recent years. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
NYU Abu Dhabi researchers develop Micro-Fluidic Probe to isolate cancer spreading cells
(New York University) A team of researchers led by Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering and Principal Investigator at the NYU Abu Dhabi Mohammad A. Qasaimeh, have developed a new microfluidic system, called the Herringbone Microfluidic Probe (HB-MFP), that effectively isolates both CTCs and clusters of CTCs from blood samples of cancer patients for easier and more insightful analysis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - April 19, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Testing a new way to tackle cancer
(Michigan State University) A potential new weapon against cancer is entering the first phase of clinical trials. Michigan State University's Kurt Zinn, a professor of biomedical engineering, radiology and small animal clinical sciences, is leading the effort to validate an innovative radiotherapy as part of a safe, more effective and potentially less costly treatment for bladder cancer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
