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A Comprehensive Metabolic Map for Production of Bio-Based Chemicals
Sang Yup Lee | Via Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | January 15, 2019A KAIST research team completed a metabolic map that charts all available strategies and pathways of chemical reactions that lead to the production of various industrial bio-based chemicals. The team was led by Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee, who has produced high-quality metabolic engineering and systems engineering research for decades, and made the hallmark chemicals […]
3D Printed Implant Promotes Nerve Cell Growth to Treat Spinal Cord Injury
Shaochen Chen | Via UC San Diego | January 14, 2019For the first time, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Institute of Engineering in Medicine have used rapid 3D printing technologies to create a spinal cord, then successfully implanted that scaffolding, loaded with neural stem cells, into sites of severe spinal cord injury in rats. The implants, described in a […]
Time to Chew the Fat on Lipidomics
Shankar Subramaniam | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | January 11, 2019With New Year’s resolutions in full swing and many focused on getting in shape, there is no better time to discuss a three-letter word that is often taboo for many health-conscious individuals: Fat, or scientifically speaking lipids. For almost two decades scientists have been ardently working to specify and classify these fatty acids in order […]
Acid reflux could cause death during epileptic seizures, study finds
Pedro Irazoqui | Via Purdue University | January 9, 2019Pedro Irazoqui had just enjoyed a huge lobster dinner. Then he woke up that night finding he couldn’t breathe. Terrified, Irazoqui sat up and tried to relax. Air suddenly returned to his lungs like nothing had happened. After grabbing his phone and Googling like crazy, Irazoqui, a professor at Purdue University, discovered that what he had experienced […]
Tiny, implantable device uses light to treat bladder problems
John Rogers | Via Washington University in St. Louis | January 2, 2019A team of neuroscientists and engineers has developed a tiny, implantable device that has potential to help people with bladder problems bypass the need for medication or electronic stimulators. The team — from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern […]
Bridging the Valley of Death in Biotech
Stephen Boppart | Via SPIE | January 1, 2019Stephen Boppart, director of the Center for Optical Molecular Imaging and head of the Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), is fully committed to moving biophotonics technology from the bench to the bedside, and beyond. He encourages research faculty to drive the translation of their work into the commercial sphere—something he […]
6th Convocation Speech of Prof. Bikramjit Basu at NIPER-Ahmedabad
Bikramjit Basu | Via Youtube | January 1, 2019Reducing head impacts in youth football
Joel D. Stitzel | Via Science Daily | December 21, 2018Recent research has shown that limiting contact in football practice can reduce the number of head impacts. But what is the correct formula to lessen exposure while still developing the skills necessary to safely play the game? To find out, researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine, a part of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, […]
Rutgers University Researchers Develop Desktop Venipuncture Robot Capable of Drawing Blood Samples and Rendering Analyses Outside of Medical Laboratories
Martin L. Yarmush | Via Dark Daily | December 21, 2018Researchers at Rutgers University have developed a new venipuncture robot that can not only draw blood and perform medical laboratory tests, but also provide immediate analyses of blood samples at point-of-care locations, such as clinics, private doctor’s offices, and rural environments. It’s a development that could give clinical laboratories new opportunities to support physicians. But, […]
Identifying Cancer-Driving Gene Mutations – An Interview by Cancer Network
Rachel Karchin | Via Cancer Network | December 20, 2018Rachel Karchin, PhD, is a professor of biomedical engineering, oncology, and computer science, with joint appointments at the Whiting School of Engineering and School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She is a core member of the Institute for Computational Medicine. A computational biologist, Dr. Karchin develops algorithms and software to analyze genomic […]
Fabrication of Shape-conformable Batteries Based on 3D-printing Technology
Jennifer A. Lewis | Via KAIST | December 20, 2018Flexible, wireless electronic devices are rapidly emerging and have reached the level of commercialization; nevertheless, most of battery shapes are limited to either spherical and/or rectangular structures, which results in inefficient space use. Professor Il-Doo Kim’s team from the Department of Materials Science at KAIST has successfully developed technology to significantly enhance the variability of […]
Novel imaging technique brings diagnostic potential into operating room
Stephen Boppart | Via University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | December 19, 2018A team of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers led by Bioengineering Professor Stephen Boppart has successfully visualized the tumor microenvironment of human breast tissue shortly after it was surgically removed from a patient in the operating room. The researchers achieved this using a new portable optical imaging system developed in Boppart’s lab. This work, […]
New Megalibrary Approach Proves Useful for the Rapid Discovery of New Materials
Chad Mirkin | Via Northwestern University | December 18, 2018Different eras of civilization are defined by the discovery of new materials, as new materials drive new capabilities. And yet, identifying the best material for a given application — catalysts, light-harvesting structures, biodiagnostic labels, pharmaceuticals, and electronic devices—is traditionally a slow and daunting task. The options are nearly infinite, particularly at the nanoscale where material […]
Seer Launches to Develop Liquid Biopsy for Cancer, Brain Disease
Omid Farokhzad | Via Xconomy | December 17, 2018Omid Farokhzad has, as he says, “been around the block a few times” in biotech. The cancer nanomedicine researcher has cofounded a handful of companies that have tried to develop nanotech-based and other drugs for cancer and other diseases. But their results have been mixed. BIND Therapeutics had some clinical disappointments and went bankrupt in […]
FDA approves device based on Vanderbilt invention to ID parathyroid during head and neck surgeries
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen | Via Vanderbilt University | December 17, 2018Ten years after Professor of Biomedical Engineering Anita Mahadevan-Jansen discovered that parathyroid tissues glow under near-infrared light, the FDA has approved a device based on the technology for surgical use. She and her team developed the technology at the Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center. The device called “PTeye” has been tested at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and […]
Ingestible capsule can be controlled wirelessly
Robert Langer | Via MIT | December 13, 2018Researchers at MIT, Draper, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed an ingestible capsule that can be controlled using Bluetooth wireless technology. The capsule, which can be customized to deliver drugs, sense environmental conditions, or both, can reside in the stomach for at least a month, transmitting information and responding to instructions from a user’s […]
Team invents method to shrink objects to the nanoscale
Edward Boyden | Via MIT | December 13, 2018MIT researchers have invented a way to fabricate nanoscale 3-D objects of nearly any shape. They can also pattern the objects with a variety of useful materials, including metals, quantum dots, and DNA. “It’s a way of putting nearly any kind of material into a 3-D pattern with nanoscale precision,” says Edward Boyden, the Y. […]
C.C. Chu named fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
C.C. Chu | Via Cornell University | December 12, 2018C.C. Chu, the Rebecca Q. Morgan ’60 Professor of Fiber Science & Apparel Design, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He is one of 148 academic inventors to receive the honor this year. Chu’s work focuses on biodegradable biomaterials design and development applications, including tissue engineering for human body […]
John Rogers Receives 2019 Benjamin Franklin Medal
John Rogers | Via Northwestern University | December 10, 2018Northwestern Engineering’s John A. Rogers has received the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Materials Engineering from The Franklin Institute, one of the oldest centers for science education and development in the country. Rogers is the Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering in the McCormick School […]
Biomedical Engineering Chair to Be Inducted in National Academy of Inventors
Igor Efimov | Via George Washington University | December 10, 2018School of Engineering and Applied Science Professor Igor Efimov is set to be inducted into the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) next spring, a prestigious distinction for leaders in academic innovation. Dr. Efimov is the Alisann and Terry Collins Professor of Biomedical Engineering and chairman of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the George Washington […]