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Monoclonal Antibody HCP Challenges
Abraham Lenhoff | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | December 27, 2023One longstanding and ongoing challenge for bioprocessors is the removal of host-cell proteins (HCPs). “The entire HCP field has taken off in the last several years and numerous groups have contributed to it,” says Abraham Lenhoff, PhD, Allan P. Colburn Professor of Chemical Engineering in the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University […]
Dog Age Deconstructed: UCSD Researchers Offer a Precision Formula
Trey Ideker | Via Business Northeast | December 26, 2023Curious about your dog’s age in human terms? Many pet owners share that interest. Historically, individuals have employed a formula of multiplying a dog’s age by 7 as a reference point. However, it prompts consideration – given the diverse range of dog breeds, body types, and genetics, using a uniform method for calculating dog age […]
March of Dimes Global Crowdsourcing Effort Yields Pair of Predictive Models for Preterm Birth
Marina Sirota | Via March of Dimes | December 21, 2023Machine Learning (ML) experts from around the world have come together to build two successful predictive models for preterm birth risk as part of the first March of Dimes DREAM Challenge. The effort’s findings were recently published in Cell Reports Medicine. Led by Dr. Marina Sirota at the University of California, San Francisco Prematurity Research […]
Using AI, MIT researchers identify a new class of antibiotic candidates
James Collins | Via MIT | December 20, 2023These compounds can kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a bacterium that causes deadly infections. Using a type of artificial intelligence known as deep learning, MIT researchers have discovered a class of compounds that can kill a drug-resistant bacterium that causes more than 10,000 deaths in the United States every year. In a study appearing today […]
Engineered human heart tissue shows Stanford Medicine researchers the mechanics of tachycardia
Joseph Wu | Via Stanford Medicine | December 19, 2023Researchers engineered stem cell-derived heart tissues to study how tachycardia affects the heart and to uncover the inner workings of our body’s engine. Heart rates are easier to monitor today than ever before. Thanks to smartwatches that can sense a pulse, all it takes is a quick flip of the wrist to check your heart. […]
Next-Generation Wearable Technologies
Jill Higginson | Via University of Delaware | December 19, 2023UD engineers are researching and refining innovative nanomaterial-based sensors for human health applications From keeping us warm and dry during a downpour to showcasing our Blue Hen spirit at Homecoming, clothing is essential for our comfort, protection and self-expression. But what if our clothing could do even more — what if, for example, our clothes […]
Marvin J. Slepian appointed to federal patent advisory committee
Marvin Slepian | Via University of Arizona | December 14, 2023Dr. Marvin J. Slepian, Regents Professor of medicine, medical imaging and surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and biomedical engineering at the University of Arizona College of Engineering, has been appointed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Public Advisory Committee. His three-year term started Dec. 1 and lasts […]
Kuhn Develops Patent-Pending Process to Create Comfortable Prosthetics for Breast Cancer Survivors
Liisa Kuhn | Via University of Connecticut | December 14, 2023University of Connecticut Professor of Biomedical Engineering Liisa Kuhn credits Willy Wonka’s Everlasting Gobstopper for inspiring her work on designing bone grafts, growth plate repair gel—and most recently—breast prosthetics. “The Gobstopper candy has all these layers, and each layer lets them experience a different course of a meal,” says Kuhn, who has a dual appointment […]
Ravi Kumar Elected as Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Ravi Kumar | Via University of Alabama | December 13, 2023Dr. Ravi Kumar, Distinguished University Research Professor and founding director of the Center for Convergent Bioscience and Medicine, has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Known for his significant contributions to the field of rationale design of polyesters and their application to nanomedicines, Kumar was the first to propose and […]
Wolfgang Fink elected to the National Academy of Inventors
Wolfgang Fink | Via University of Arizona | December 12, 2023New fellows, both from the College of Engineering, have made substantial contributions to academia, as well as creating inventions that have impacted fields from additive manufacturing to eyesight. The National Academy of Inventors has elected two University of Arizona faculty members to its 2023 class of fellows. Douglas Loy, professor or materials science and engineering, […]
Ana Jaklenec elected to the National Academy of Inventors
Ana Jaklenec | Via MIT | December 12, 2023The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) announced the election of more than 160 people to their 2023 class of fellows, including two members of the MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Daniel Anderson and Ana Jaklenec. The highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors, election to the NAI recognizes individuals who have created […]
3 Questions: Darrell Irvine on making HIV vaccines more powerful
Darrell Irvine | Via MIT | December 12, 2023An MIT research team led by Professor Darrell Irvine has developed a novel kind of vaccine adjuvant: a nanoparticle that can help to stimulate the immune system to generate a stronger response to a vaccine. These nanoparticles contain saponin, a compound derived from the bark of the Chilean soapbark tree, along with a molecule called […]
Professor of computer science Lukasz Kurgan inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology
Lukasz Kurgan | Via Virginia Commonwealth University | December 7, 2023Kurgan is a leader in the bioinformatics community who has developed popular bioinformatics tools and databases. Lukasz Kurgan, Ph.D., the Robert J. Mattauch Endowed Professor and vice chair of the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB). As the leading professional body […]
Guillermo A. Ameer Elected a Biomaterials Science and Engineering Fellow
Guillermo Ameer | Via Northwestern University | December 7, 2023With his election, Ameer joins a group of fewer than 500 biomaterials scientists worldwide Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo A. Ameer has been elected a Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE) by the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE), the highest honor the global biomaterials community can bestow on outstanding scientists. With […]
MIT’s Tiny Technologies Go to Washington
Ana Jaklenec | Via MIT | December 4, 2023Cancer nanomedicine showcased at the White House Demo Day On November 7, a team from the Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine showed a Washington D.C. audience several examples of how nanotechnologies developed at MIT can transform the detection and treatment of cancer and other diseases. The team was one of 40 innovative groups featured at […]
U of T Engineering researchers develop new method for engineering soft connective tissue
Craig Simmons | Via University of Toronto | December 1, 2023A team of researchers at the University of Toronto, led by Professor Craig Simmons (BME, MIE), have described a novel method for engineering soft connective tissues with mechanical properties resembling those of native tissues. This finding, published in Advanced Functional Materials, has promising implications in the generation of more realistic tissues and organs for regenerative medicine. […]
Spatial Biology: How It’s Transforming Single-Cell Genomics
Rong Fan | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | November 28, 2023A GEN-led panel conversation on spatial biology technology highlights the importance of community—not just among cells, but also among scientists When the sober-minded describe spatial biology, they use words such as fledgling, growing, and maybe even exciting. But perhaps more enthusiasm—and words such as revolutionary and transformative—are in order. Yes, the basic idea behind spatial […]
A new way to see the activity inside a living cell
Edward Boyden | Via MIT News | November 28, 2023Using fluorescent labels that switch on and off, MIT engineers can study how molecules in a cell interact to control the cell’s behavior. Living cells are bombarded with many kinds of incoming molecular signal that influence their behavior. Being able to measure those signals and how cells respond to them through downstream molecular signaling networks […]
Paul Ducheyne Honored with 2023 ISCM Hironobu Oonishi Memorial Award
Paul Ducheyne | Via Penn Bioengineering | November 15, 2023Paul Ducheyne, Professor Emeritus in Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery Research, has won the 2023 Hironobu Oonishi Memorial Award from the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine (ISCM). This award, the ISCM’s top honor, will only be awarded ten times in total, with previous honorees hailing from Japan and France and focusing on clinical research and […]
New ‘Patch’ Uses Natural Body Motion to Fix Disc Herniation
Robert Mauck | Via Penn Medicine | November 15, 2023The tension-activated repair patch used in animal trials plugs holes in discs in the spine like car tire patches and could prevent further disease progression A new biologic “patch” that is activated by a person’s natural motion could be the key to fixing herniated discs in people’s backs, according to researchers at the Perelman School […]