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Xin Zhang Presents DeLisi Distinguished Lecture
Xin Zhang | Via Boston University | May 29, 2018Professor Xin Zhang, recipient of the 2018 Charles DeLisi Award and Distinguished Lecture, presented “Tailoring Electromagnetic and Acoustic Waves with MEMS and Metamaterials” on April 12, 2018. The Charles DeLisi Award and Lecture recognizes faculty members with extraordinary records of well-cited scholarship, senior leaders in industry and extraordinary entrepreneurs who have invented and mentored transformative […]
Tiny particles could help fight brain cancer
Paula Hammond | Via MIT | May 24, 2018Glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain tumor, is one of the most difficult-to-treat cancers. Only a handful of drugs are approved to treat glioblastoma, and the median life expectancy for patients diagnosed with the disease is less than 15 months. MIT researchers have now devised a new drug-delivering nanoparticle that could offer a better way […]
Dr. Michael Boninger Awarded NYU Langone’s Rusk Leadership and Innovation Award
Michael L. Boninger | Via McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine | May 24, 2018New York University (NYU) Langone Health’s Rusk Rehabilitation hosted its fourth annual research symposium recently featuring several renowned speakers, including McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty member Michael Boninger, MD, Professor and UPMC Endowed Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Boninger, […]
HeartFlow Analysis Demonstrates Highest Diagnostic Performance for Detecting Heart Disease Compared to Other Non-Invasive Tests
Campbell Rogers | Via Globe News Wire | May 22, 2018HeartFlow, Inc. today announced new data from the PACIFIC trial showed that the HeartFlow Analysis had the highest diagnostic performance for detecting coronary artery disease (CAD), the most common form of heart disease, when compared to other commonly used non-invasive cardiac tests. Additionally, data from the SYNTAX III Revolution trial demonstrated the utility of the […]
Bionic pancreas device approved for home-use clinical study in US
Edward R. Damiano | Via Diabetes Digital Media | May 22, 2018The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given permission for a dual-hormone artificial pancreas, dubbed the bionic pancreas, to be used in the homes of people with type 1 diabetes. It is thought the pioneering iLet device could revolutionise diabetes treatment as it mimics the way a pancreas works, delivering insulin, glucagon or a […]
Medical device group recognizes Martine LaBerge of Clemson University with award
Martine LaBerge | Via Clemson University | May 16, 2018Martine LaBerge, chair of the Department of Bioengineering, received the SEMDA Spotlight Award recognizing her contributions to the development of the Southeastern medical device community. The award came from the Southeastern Medical Device Association, a non-profit trade association that aims to make the Southeast a world-class region for medical technology, device and diagnostic companies. Sam […]
“Living drug factories” may one day replace injections
Daniel Anderson | Via MIT | May 16, 2018Patients with diabetes generally rely on constant injections of insulin to control their disease. But MIT spinout Sigilon Therapeutics is developing an implantable, insulin-producing device that may one day make injections obsolete. Sigilon recently partnered with pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company to develop “living drug factories,” made of encapsulated, engineered cells that can be […]
“Living drug factories” may one day replace injections
Robert Langer | Via MIT | May 16, 2018Patients with diabetes generally rely on constant injections of insulin to control their disease. But MIT spinout Sigilon Therapeutics is developing an implantable, insulin-producing device that may one day make injections obsolete. Sigilon recently partnered with pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company to develop “living drug factories,” made of encapsulated, engineered cells that can be […]
An ‘unprecedented look’ into the protein behind hypertension, epilepsy and other conditions
Jianmin Cui | Via Washington University in St. Louis | May 14, 2018The seemingly unrelated conditions of hypertension, epilepsy and overactive bladder may be linked by electrical activity in a protein long studied by a biomedical engineer at Washington University in St. Louis. After new technology recently revealed the structure of the protein, the lab of Jianmin Cui, professor of biomedical engineering in the School of Engineering […]
Tom Chau receives Governor General’s Innovation Award
Tom Chau | Via University of Toronto | May 14, 2018Professor Tom Chau (IBBME) has been announced as a recipient of the 2018 Governor General’s Innovation Award. The honour celebrates outstanding Canadians who contribute to the country’s success, its future and inspire the next generation. Chau, a professor in the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME), has been distinctly recognized for […]
PET scan tracer predicts success of cancer ‘vaccine’
Sam Gambhir | Via Stanford University | May 14, 2018By engineering a special molecule to track certain immune cells in the body, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have invented a litmus test for the effectiveness of a newly devised cancer therapy. The molecule is a radioactive tracer that latches onto immune cells when they’re activated — the status that immune cells, […]
UCLA engineer develops 3D printer that can create complex biological tissues
Ali Khademhosseini | Via UCLA | May 14, 2018A UCLA bioengineer has developed a technique that uses a specially adapted 3D printer to build therapeutic biomaterials from multiple materials. The advance could be a step toward on-demand printing of complex artificial tissues for use in transplants and other surgeries. “Tissues are wonderfully complex structures, so to engineer artificial versions of them that function […]
UTA bioengineering professor successfully patents new cancer trap
Liping Tang | Via News-Medical.net | May 14, 2018The University of Texas at Arlington has successfully patented in Europe an implantable medical device that attracts and kills circulating cancer cells that was invented by a faculty member. This cancer trap can be used for early diagnosis and treatment of metastasized cancer. “Our cancer trap works just like a roach motel, where you put […]
Preliminary research shows noninvasive therapy may reverse atherosclerosis
Melina R. Kibbe | Via EurekAlert | May 11, 2018An injection may one day be able to reverse atherosclerosis, according to emerging research presented at the American Heart Association’s Vascular Discovery: From Genes to Medicine Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in vascular biology for researchers and clinicians. Atherosclerosis is characterized by a narrowing of arteries and blood vessels […]
Dr. King Li recognized with 2018 RRA Innovation and Leadership Award
King Li | Via Carle Illinois College of Medicine | May 11, 2018Dr. King Li, inaugural dean of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, has been recognized by the Association of University Radiologists with the 2018 Radiology Research Alliance (RRA) Innovation and Leadership Award. This award recognizes a visionary who has made significant contributions to advancing radiology research, innovation, leadership, mentorship and growth of RRA. Dean Li […]
Parkinson’s implant uses brain’s signals to adapt treatment
Howard Chizeck | Via Medical Xpress | May 10, 2018Scientists in the USA have developed a new deep brain stimulation method to treat the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. While present deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s is constant, the new method is ‘adaptive’. This means the stimulation changes in real time, based on the patient’s neural signals. The study, published today in the Journal of […]
Protecting confidentiality in genomic studies
Bonnie Berger | Via MIT | May 7, 2018Genome-wide association studies, which look for links between particular genetic variants and incidence of disease, are the basis of much modern biomedical research. But databases of genomic information pose privacy risks. From people’s raw genomic data, it may be possible to infer their surnames and perhaps even the shapes of their faces. Many people are […]
Decellularized muscle grafts support skeletal muscle regeneration to treat tissue loss
Barbara D. Boyan | Via EurekAlert | May 4, 2018A new comparative study showed the advantages of using donor decellularized muscle to promote functional tissue regeneration at the site of bulk skeletal muscle loss due to trauma or surgery. Compared to an autologous muscle graft, a decellularized muscle matrix used to repair medium- and large-sized defects in rats resulted in enhanced muscle function recovery, […]
Model predicts new H3N2 flu vaccine component will be just as ineffective
Michael Deem | Via Healio | May 3, 2018For a variety of reasons, including antiquated egg-based production methods, the seasonal influenza vaccine is rarely more than 50% effective, leaving even vaccinated patients potentially vulnerable to one of the world’s biggest infectious disease threats. According to early estimates, this season’s vaccine was just 36% effective overall, and only 25% effective against the predominant strain, […]
Biomedical Tattoo Detects Cancer-Associated Hypercalcemia
Martin Fussenegger | Via Hospimedica | May 1, 2018A new study describes how a mole-like synthetic implant recognizes the elevated levels of calcium in the blood associated with incipient prostate, lung, colon, and breast cancer tumors. Developed by researchers at ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and the University of Basel (Switzerland), the so-called early warning system is comprised of an encapsulated gene network integrated into […]