A new focus on musculoskeletal research
(University of Delaware) Dawn Elliott, Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has won an $11.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish the Delaware Center for Musculoskeletal Research -- an NIH-designated Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE). From tendonitis to osteoarthritis, the center will focus on uncovering what happens at the cellular level when injuries and inflammation occur and will test potential therapeutic interventions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 18, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Multicellular liver-on-a-chip for modeling fatty liver disease
(Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation) The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Engineering has tested and developed a robust multicellular liver-on-a-chip system for modeling non-alcoholic fatty acid liver disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 10, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New open-source platform accelerates research into the treatment of heart arrhythmia's
(King's College London) An open-source platform, OpenEP co-developed by researchers from the School of Biomedical Engineering& Imaging Sciences at King's College London has been made available to advance research on atrial fibrillation, a condition characterised by an irregular (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 26, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
STINGing tumors with nanoparticles
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) DALLAS - Feb. 8, 2021 - A new nanoparticle-based drug can boost the body's innate immune system and make it more effective at fighting off tumors, researchers at UT Southwestern have shown. Their study, published inNature Biomedical Engineering, is the first to successfully target the immune molecule STING with nanoparticles about one millionth the size of a soccer ball that can switch on/off immune activity in response to their physiological environment. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Biomedical engineer earns AAAS Mentor Award for commitment to students' success
(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Manu Platt, a biomedical engineer and associate professor at the joint department of biomedical engineering between Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, will receive the 2021 AAAS Mentor Award. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 8, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Mathematical method developed to predict cancer and drug-specific immunotherapy efficacy
(Houston Methodist) Houston Methodist researchers have developed a mathematical model to predict how specific cancers will respond to immunotherapy treatments, thus enhancing chances for successful treatments from a wide variety of cancer-immunotherapy drug combinations. The results were recently published in Nature Biomedical Engineering in collaboration with researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 1, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
The quest for carbon capture: WVU engineer explores the ways through four federally-funded projects
(West Virginia University) Debangsu Bhattacharyya, GE Plastics Professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at West Virginia University, recently secured $650,000 in U.S. Department of Energy funding to research four carbon capture-related projects. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - December 21, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Rapid lateral flow immunoassay developed for fluorescence detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA
(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) Scientists from the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology have developed a novel amplification-free rapid SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid detection platform based on hybrid capture fluorescence immunoassay (HC-FIA). (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - December 10, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic innovator helps patients, is inducted as fellow in National Academy of Inventors
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Samuel Asirvatham, M.D., was inducted as a fellow into the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors. Dr. Asirvatham is a Mayo Clinic cardiologist and electrophysiologist, with joint appointments in Pediatric Cardiology, Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, and Anatomy. He is a professor of medicine and pediatrics [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 8, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
U of M biomedical engineering professor lands $1.3M from Dept. of Defense
This year, Amber Jennings ’ research on chitosan-based biomaterials has yielded two U.S. Department of Defense awards related to healing technologies. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - November 30, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Jason Bolton Source Type: news
U of M biomedical engineering professor lands $1.3M from Dept. of Defense
This year, Amber Jennings ’ research on chitosan-based biomaterials has yielded two U.S. Department of Defense awards related to healing technologies. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 30, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Jason Bolton Source Type: news
Proving viability of injection-free microneedle for single-administration of vaccines
(University of Connecticut) A single-use, self-administered microneedle technology developed by UConn faculty to provide immunization against infectious diseases has recently been validated by preclinical research trials.Recently published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the development and preclinical testing of the microneedle patches was reported by UConn researchers in the lab of Thanh Nguyen, assistant professor in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 23, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Frugal science--a low-cost way to decontaminate PPE equipment
(University of Delaware) In the age of COVID-19, being able to MacGyver a solution to reliably decontaminate masks and other PPE equipment could make a real impact. University of Delaware researchers, led by biomedical engineer Jason Gleghorn, have devised a system for decontaminating N95 masks using off-the-shelf materials that can be purchased at a hardware store for about $50, combined with ultraviolet type C (UV-C) lights found in academic research and industrial facilities. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 10, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
University of Sydney research could lead to customised cochlear implants
(University of Sydney) A School of Biomedical Engineering researcher has analysed the accuracy of predictions for cochlear implant outcomes, with a view to further improve their performance in noisy environments. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New method uses noise to make spectrometers more accurate
(University of California - Davis) Optical spectrometers are instruments with a wide variety of uses. By measuring the intensity of light across different wavelengths, they can be used to image tissues or measure the chemical composition of everything from a distant galaxy to a leaf. Now researchers at the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering have come up a with a new, rapid method for characterizing and calibrating spectrometers, based on how they respond to " noise. " (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - October 13, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
