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Fellowbook News

AIMBE Fellowbook collects news stories highlighting the members of the AIMBE College of Fellows. Read the latest stories, jump to the College Directory, or search below to find the newest research, awards, announcements and more for the leaders of the medical and biological engineering community.

 

 

A lung-mimicking sealant helps repair surgical leaks

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic | Via Advanced Science News | March 12, 2024

A superior surgical sealant mimics the structural and mechanical properties of lung tissue to repair air leaks after surgery. A new sealant meant to mimic lung tissue has been shown to rapidly cork air leaks following surgery. Moreover, the protein-like molecules within the sealant were found to potentially help with wound repair. “Our lung-mimetic sealant […]

How AI-powered handheld devices are boosting disease diagnostics – from cancer to dermatology

Irving Bigio | Via Nature Medicine | March 12, 2024

In the past, artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare was mostly in the hands of specialists — experts in marrying supercomputers to hefty hospital devices. Now, thanks to a new breed of compact, handheld AI-assisted disease-detection devices, that is changing. Healthcare AI is increasingly in the hands (and the pockets) of non-specialists. Lightweight, battery-powered handheld healthcare […]

The 16th US-Japan Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems

Robert Langer | Via Langer Lab | March 7, 2024

The US-Japan Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems offers presentations by researchers from a number of disciplines, from the life sciences to engineering, who will address a range of topics including peptide and protein delivery, gene delivery, cell delivery, vaccines, transdermals, pulmonary delivery, new materials, and other subjects, from varied disciplines while focusing on the central […]

Researchers develop small, bioabsorbable stickers to detect life-threatening GI complications

John Rogers | Via Fierce Biotech | March 7, 2024

Researchers may have found a way to make the invisible visible when it comes to detecting small yet life-threatening complications after surgery. Leaks of the acidic fluid from the digestive tract into the body’s surrounding tissues following a gastric or colorectal procedure can become a severe problem—especially so because the condition can be hidden from […]

Metal-Organic Nanoparticles Enable Better Vaccine Delivery, Stronger Immune Response

Ana Jaklenec | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | March 6, 2024

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and elsewhere have published a paper in Science Advances that describes a type of nanoparticle for delivering vaccines called a metal organic framework (MOF) that can potentially provoke a strong immune response at lower doses. The paper is titled “Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks Activate Endosomal Toll-like Receptors and […]

Using AI to Predict the Spread of Lung Cancer

Changhuei Yang | Via Caltech | March 6, 2024

For decades, scientists and pathologists have tried, without much success, to come up with a way to determine which individual lung cancer patients are at greatest risk of having their illness spread, or metastasize, to other parts of the body. Now a team of scientists from Caltech and Washington University School of Medicine in St. […]

Win Phillips, longtime UF leader, dies at 83

Winfred Phillips | Via University of Florida | February 26, 2024

Win Phillips, a longtime UF leader known for his depth of knowledge of the university, versatility and thoughtful advice to the many people who sought it, died Saturday. He was 83. The cause was cardiac arrest, said his son, Stephen Phillips. Phillips, who arrived at UF in 1988 as dean of engineering, served in several […]

Human stem cells coaxed to mimic the very early central nervous system

Jianping Fu | Via University of Michigan | February 26, 2024

The first organized stem cell culture model that resembles all three sections of the embryonic brain and spinal cord could shed light on developmental brain diseases The first stem cell culture method that produces a full model of the early stages of the human central nervous system has been developed by a team of engineers […]

AI Predicts Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Seven Years in Advance

Marina Sirota | Via Psychology Today | February 25, 2024

AI enables precision medicine with early detection of Alzheimer’s disease risk. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) recently developed an AI algorithm that can identify patients at risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease up to seven years in advance, according to a study published last week in Nature Aging. The researchers reported that […]

Study: ‘Hexaplex’ vaccine aims to boost flu protection

Jonathan Lovell | Via University at Buffalo | February 23, 2024

Recombinant protein vaccines, like the Novavax vaccine used to fight COVID-19, offer several advantages over conventional vaccines. They’re easy to precisely produce. They’re safe, and potentially more effective. And they could require smaller doses. Because of these traits, there is much interest in developing recombinant influenza vaccines. To date, however, the Food and Drug Administration […]

DNA Melting Curves Could Speed Blood-Borne Pathogen Detection

Stephanie Fraley | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | February 21, 2024

Scientists from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and elsewhere have described a method of detecting blood-borne pathogens faster and more accurately than traditional blood cultures. The method, called digital DNA melting analysis, produces results in under six hours, much shorter than traditional cultures which can require 15 hours to several days depending on […]

UofL researchers develop AI-powered tool to diagnose autism earlier

Ayman El-Baz | Via University of Louisville | February 19, 2024

University of Louisville researchers have developed a new AI-powered tool that could help doctors diagnose autism at a younger age. Autism is a spectrum of developmental disabilities effecting social skills, language processing, cognition and other functions. The UofL tool has been shown to be 98.5% accurate in kids as young as two, which could give […]

Elevated Glucose Levels in Non-Diabetic Patients = Higher PJI Risk?

Jay Lieberman | Via Orthopedics This Week | February 15, 2024

While diabetic total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients are associated with higher levels of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), does that, therefore, imply that non-diabetic patients with elevated glucose levels are also at higher risk of PJI? A research team from the University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine designed a 90,830-patient study to answer […]

Nucleic Acid Manufacturing Needs Digital Innovation

Andrew Zydney | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | February 14, 2024

Nucleic acid technology came of age during COVID-19 with biopharma firms developing, testing, mass producing, and shipping mRNA vaccines in record time. However, as the pandemic ebbs, the industry now needs to find ways of making DNA and RNA products more efficiently. This is the view presented in a new study by scientists at Penn […]

This ultrasound sticker senses changing stiffness of deep internal organs

Qifa Zhou | Via MIT | February 9, 2024

The sticky, wearable sensor could help identify early signs of acute liver failure. MIT engineers have developed a small ultrasound sticker that can monitor the stiffness of organs deep inside the body. The sticker, about the size of a postage stamp, can be worn on the skin and is designed to pick up on signs […]

Christine Schmidt elected to National Academy of Engineering

Christine Schmidt | Via University of Florida | February 8, 2024

The National Academy of Engineering has elected UF Distinguished Professor Christine Schmidt, Ph.D., to the academy for 2024 in recognition of her more than 25 years of work to help advance the fields of neural tissue engineering and wound healing and for her leadership in diversifying bioengineering. Election to the academy is among the highest […]

Rory Cooper was elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Rory Cooper | Via University of Pittsburgh | February 8, 2024

Rory Cooper, a distinguished professor in Pitt’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and founding director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, was among 114 new U.S. members elected to the National Academy of Engineering Class of 2024. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. […]

Desai named to National Academy of Engineering

Tejal Desai | Via Brown University | February 7, 2024

Brown Engineering Dean receives one of the highest professional honors accorded an engineer. The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected Brown University Sorensen Family Dean of Engineering Tejal A. Desai to its newest membership class, honoring her distinguished contributions to engineering, “for nanofabricated materials to control biologics delivery, and leadership in the fields of […]

Renowned UC San Diego Microbiome Pioneer Rob Knight Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Rob Knight | Via University of California San Diego | February 7, 2024

Rob Knight, a University of California San Diego professor and international leader in the study of the roles microbes play in human health and disease and the functioning of ecosystems, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering–the highest professional recognition afforded to engineers and computer scientists. On Feb. 6, 2024, the National Academy […]

National Academy of Engineering Elects Bruce Tromberg

Bruce Tromberg | Via University of California, Irvine | February 7, 2024

UC Irvine biomedical engineering Professor Emeritus Bruce Tromberg has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Tromberg, director of the NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, was recognized for “U.S. diagnostics innovation initiatives, resulting in advanced SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity and performance.” Tromberg […]