Researchers develop synthetic scaffolds to heal injured tendons and ligaments
(University of Sydney) Top biomedical engineering researcher develops synthetic scaffolds for tendon and ligament regeneration. Previous synthetic tendon grafts have led to poor outcomes and implant rejection. Australia has one of the highest rates of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in the world -- and up to 25 percent of surgeries require revision. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Mucus and the coronavirus
(University of Utah) University of Utah biomedical engineering assistant professor Jessica R. Kramer has received a National Science Foundation grant to study how mucus, the slimy substance in human tissue, plays a role in spreading coronaviruses like COVID-19. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 31, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Finnish researchers join forces to investigate the airborne transmission of coronavirus
(Aalto University) The project includes fluid dynamics physicists, virologists and biomedical engineering specialists. The researchers are using a supercomputer to carry out 3D modelling and believe that the first results will be obtained in the next few weeks. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 25, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
UD's Jason Gleghorn receives NSF career award
(University of Delaware) The University of Delaware's Jason Gleghorn, an assistant professor in biomedical engineering with a joint appointment in biological sciences, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Award to understand how the body's adaptive immune system activates. He said that he will use the five-year, $550,000 grant to develop a new class of microfluidic devices to culture an entire lymph node outside the body and study the cells' behavior in real time. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 25, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Virginia Boy 3D Prints Mask for Sick Uncle and Others
At a time when people all across the globe are frightened and dismayed, it is uplifting to see kindness and compassion trending. And on Twitter, of all places.
Renee Randolph, a culinary arts and sciences instructor in Arlington, VA, is going viral on Twitter this weekend after she tweeted about her son using a 3D printer to make a face mask for his high-risk uncle who is at home waiting for a heart transplant. Best of all, he is printing more masks to donate. Randolph's tweet had been liked by nearly 25,000 people and about 4,000 people had retweeted it as of Saturday afternoon.
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Source: MDDI - March 22, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: 3-D Printing Source Type: news
12 Open Topic Professorships for Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering
Location:
Erlangen, Nürnberg, Germany
Job Type:
Full-Time
Employer:
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU)
Within the framework of the Hightech Agenda Bavaria, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) invites applications for up to 12 Open Topic Professorships for Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering at the new Department of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - March 19, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Jobs Source Type: news
Muscle stem cells compiled in 'atlas'
(Cornell University) A team of Cornell researchers led by Ben Cosgrove, assistant professor in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, used a new cellular profiling technology to probe and catalog the activity of almost every kind of cell involved in muscle repair. They compiled their findings into a 'cell atlas' of muscle regeneration that is one of the largest datasets of its kind. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 10, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Handheld 3D Printer Could Be Game Changer in Burn and Trauma Care
A new handheld 3D printer that looks sort of like a packing tape dispenser can apply sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds, and its “bio ink†can accelerate the healing process, according to researchers from University of Toronto Engineering and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.
The handheld 3D printer can apply sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds. It could be seen in a clinical setting within the next five years, according to researchers. Image courtesy Daria Perevezentsev/University of Toronto Engineering News.
The device covers wounds with a uniform sheet of bio...
Source: MDDI - March 8, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Tags: Plastics Today Source Type: news
New imaging technique enables the study of 3D printed brain tumors
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) In research published in Science Advances, Xavier Intes, a professor of biomedical engineering at Rensselaer, joined a multidisciplinary team from Northeastern University and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to demonstrate a methodology that combines the bioprinting and imaging of glioblastoma cells in a cost-effective way that more closely models what happens inside the human body. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - March 6, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Robot research honored
(University of Delaware) The National Science Foundation has recognized Fabrizio Sergi, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Delaware, with its CAREER award to support fundamental research in motor control. His work is seeking to help those with movement disorders and identify robot-based interventions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 28, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Lensless on-chip microscopy platform shows slides in full view
(University of Connecticut) Guoan Zheng, a University of Connecticut professor of biomedical engineering, recently published his findings on a successful demonstration of a lensless on-chip microscopy platform that eliminates several of the most common problems with conventional optical microscopy and provides a low-cost option for the diagnosis of disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 19, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Best Bargain Schools for Biomedical Engineering
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Source: MDDI - February 14, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: R & D Source Type: news
Laura E. Niklason elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Niklason, the Nicholas Greene Professor of Anesthesiology and professor of biomedical engineering, is among 87 new members elected to the academy. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 13, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
UConn biomedical engineer creates 'smart' bandages to heal chronic wounds
(University of Connecticut) A new 'smart bandage' developed at UConn could help improve clinical care for people with chronic wounds. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
