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Using mathematical modelling and AI to improve delivery and efficacy of therapies in cancer
Rakesh Jain | Via Nature | February 19, 2025Abstract: Mathematical modelling has proven to be a valuable tool in predicting the delivery and efficacy of molecular, antibody-based, nano and cellular therapy in solid tumours. Mathematical models based on our understanding of the biological processes at subcellular, cellular and tissue level are known as mechanistic models that, in turn, are divided into continuous and […]
Kristala Prather elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2025
Kristala Prather | Via MIT | February 19, 2025Eight researchers, along with 13 additional alumni, are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education. Eight MIT researchers are among the 128 new members and 22 international members recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for 2025. Thirteen additional MIT alumni were also elected as new members. One of the […]
Charles Cooney elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2025
Charles Cooney | Via MIT | February 19, 2025Eight researchers, along with 13 additional alumni, are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education. Eight MIT researchers are among the 128 new members and 22 international members recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for 2025. Thirteen additional MIT alumni were also elected as new members. One of the […]
Alumnus Dorin Comaniciu and ECE Industry Advisory Board Member Elected to the NAE Class of 2025
Dorin Comaniciu | Via Rutgers University | February 18, 2025Dorin Comaniciu, Siemens Healthineers senior vice president for artificial intelligence and digital innovation, joined Siemens Corporate Research in 1999 after earning his doctoral degree in electrical and computer engineering from the School of Engineering. He held key scientific and leadership roles at Siemens before assuming his current position in 2018. He has recently been elected […]
Breakthrough technology enables mRNA delivery across the blood-brain barrier
Yizhou Dong | Via News-Medical.Net | February 17, 2025Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a lipid nanoparticle system capable of delivering messenger RNA (mRNA) to the brain via intravenous injection, a challenge that has long been limited by the protective nature of the blood-brain barrier. The findings, in mouse models and isolated human brain tissue, were published […]
Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D., elected to National Academy of Engineering
Samuel Achilefu | Via UT Southwestern | February 14, 2025Inaugural Chair of Biomedical Engineering, an international leader in the molecular imaging of cancer, becomes UTSW’s first NAE member Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D., inaugural Chair of Biomedical Engineering at UT Southwestern Medical Center and an internationally recognized leader in the fields of molecular imaging of cancer and nanotherapeutics, has been elected to the National Academy of […]
Douglas Cameron elected to National Academy of Engineering
Douglas Cameron | Via University of Wisconsin-Madison | February 14, 2025A pair of researchers with ties to the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison were elected to the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest professional honors in the field of engineering. Douglas Cameron is one of 128 NAE inductees for 2025 and Bjerne Clausen is one of 25 international […]
A Prestigious Recognition: Arthur Erdman elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Arthur Erdman | Via University of Minnesota | February 13, 2025The University of Minnesota’s Department of Mechanical Engineering is proud to announce that Professor Arthur Erdman has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)—one of the highest professional honors for engineers. Professor Erdman was recognized for his contributions to kinematics, mechanical design education, and applications for machines and products. As the founding director […]
Rice’s Lydia Kavraki elected to National Academy of Engineering
Lydia Kavraki | Via Rice University | February 12, 2025Researcher recognized for advancements in robotics, AI and computational biomedicine Rice University computer scientist Lydia Kavraki has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional honors accorded to an engineer, for her work on “developing randomized motion-planning algorithms for robotics and robotics-inspired methods in biomedicine.” Kavraki is Rice’s Kenneth […]
David Schaffer named to NAE
David Schaffer | Via University of California, Berkeley | February 12, 2025The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced yesterday that David Schaffer, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, of bioengineering, and of neuroscience, has been elected to its ranks. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering practice, research […]
Reprogramming Compromised Immune Cells to Fight Cancer
Shana Kelley | Via Technology Networks | February 12, 2025Northwestern Medicine investigators have developed a new avenue to reprogram compromised immune cells to act against tumors, according to a study published in Science Advances. Shana Kelley, PhD, the Neena B. Schwartz Professor of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, was senior author of the study. Previous research in the Kelley lab […]
Cedars-Sinai is Using AI to Predict Pancreatic Cancer in Black Patients
Debiao Li | Via Black Doctor | February 12, 2025Cedars-Sinai investigators who previously developed an imaging tool that used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict pancreatic cancer are now working to adapt that tool specifically for Black patients, who have disproportionately high rates of the disease. “The incidence of pancreatic cancer among the Black population is at least 50 percent higher than the incidence of […]
Aydogan Ozcan elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Aydogan Ozcan | Via UCLA | February 11, 2025Two faculty members from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering — Aydogan Ozcan and Lixia Zhang — have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional honors granted to American engineers. Ozcan and Zhang are among 128 members and 22 international members elected today in recognition of their outstanding contributions […]
Lisa Brannon-Peppas elected as members of National Academy of Engineering
Lisa Brannon-Peppas | Via Purdue University | February 11, 2025Six people affiliated with Purdue Engineering have earned one of the highest professional distinctions available to an engineer: membership in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Current faculty members Vladimir M. Shalaev and Yuehwern Yih, of ECE and IE, respectively, have been elected for induction into the NAE’s class of 2025. They represent the largest […]
OU College of Medicine Names Founding Chair of Molecular Genetics and Genome Sciences
Jun Li | Via University of Oklahoma | February 3, 2025The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has named Jun Li, Ph.D., the founding chair of the newly created Department of Molecular Genetics and Genome Sciences, pending approval from the OU Board of Regents. By focusing on genomics, Li will build a department critical to the study of human health and disease. The genome describes […]
How an AI Tool Can Make Precision Medicine More Precise
Ludmil Alexandrov | Via Oncology Times | February 1, 2025The concept of precision oncology has introduced state-of-the-art cancer treatments that offer patients some of the best options for beating cancers. However, making sure the right patients have access to the right anti-cancer therapeutics remains challenging. Take cancers with homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). They have certain characteristics (e.g., cells cannot effectively repair DNA double-strand breaks […]
Department takes digital pathology to new level
Ulysses Balis | Via Cap Today Online | January 31, 2025Pathology informatics leaders at the University of Michigan are moving in steps to a fully digital practice as they put in place an innovative workflow for primary diagnosis. Fresh off their August launch of the new workflow program within their remodeled histology lab, informatics directors in the pathology department say Michigan Medicine is the first […]
New AI tool promises faster vaccine development by predicting T cell epitopes
Regina Barzilay | Via News-Medical.net | January 29, 2025An exciting collaboration between the Ragon Institute and the Jameel Clinic at MIT has achieved a significant milestone in leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to aid the development of T cell vaccine candidates. Ragon faculty member Gaurav Gaiha, MD, DPhil, and MIT Professor Regina Barzilay, PhD, AI lead of the Jameel Clinic for AI and Health, […]
From Fentanyl to DIY Food Safety: Dr. Shalini Prasad’s Groundbreaking Trifecta of Detection Devices
Shalini Prasad | Via Dallas Innovates | January 29, 2025Combining cutting-edge research and real-world applications, the UT Dallas professor transforms public health with innovations in detection technology, including “a check engine light” for the human body. In collaboration with EnLiSense, the company she cofounded, Dr. Prasad combines chemistry with software and hardware to bring the technology to life as market-ready devices. Being a scientific […]
Nanoparticle Efficacy in Leukemia Model Improved Using Designer Peptides
Daniel Heller | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | January 27, 2025Researchers headed by teams at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have developed what they describe as a groundbreaking approach to using specially designed peptides as excipients to improve nanoparticle drug formulations. Preclinical tests showed that their method could significantly enhance the antitumor […]