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Adding Immunotherapy to Neurofibromatosis Treatment May Mitigate Hearing Loss
Rakesh Jain | Via Specialty Pharmacy Times | March 5, 2018The addition of an immunotherapy may prevent serious hearing damage related to radiotherapy that treats tumors associated with neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2), according to a study published by PNAS Plus. The researchers found that crizotinib inhibited a molecular pathway that improved the radiosensitivity of tumors in mice models of the genetic disease, which lead to a […]
How machine learning can succeed in medical imaging
Maryellen L. Giger | Via Health Imaging | March 1, 2018In an editorial in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology, Maryellen L. Giger, PhD, and professor of radiology at the University of Chicago, discussed what must occur for machine learning to succeed in health imaging and what clinicians and patients should expect in the future from the synergy of […]
Total Knee Replacement Linked to Cognitive Decline in Certain Older Patients, UF Study Finds
Mingzhou Ding | Via University of Florida | February 28, 2018An interdisciplinary team of UF researchers have found in a recent study that following total knee replacement, 23 percent of patients 60 years and older suffered decline of activity in at least one of three brain networks investigated, each related to specific cognitive functions. Of these patients, 15 percent underwent a decline in all networks. […]
3D tool provides insight into enhanced cancer care
Bernhard Palsson | Via Clinical Innovation | February 28, 2018International researchers have developed a computer tool capable of proving a 3D view of genes, proteins and metabolites for improved insight into drug reactions. Findings were published in Nature Biotechnology. Led by Bernhard Palsson, a professor of bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), a team of researchers developed the 3D tool to […]
The Optical Society presents the 2018 Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award
Lihong Wang | Via EurekAlert | February 28, 2018The Optical Society (OSA) is pleased to name Lihong Wang, California Institute of Technology, USA, the 2018 Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award recipient. Wang is recognized for inventing the world’s fastest two-dimensional receive-only camera and enabling real-time imaging of the fastest phenomena such as light propagation and fluorescence decay. “Lihong’s research crosses disciplines and impacts […]
Nanoparticle-Based Cancer Treatment: A Look at its Origins and What’s Next
Piotr Grodzinski | Via R&D Magazine | February 28, 2018It has been just over two decades since the first nanoparticle-based therapy was FDA approved for the treatment of cancer. In that time, the field has grown and matured significantly, attracting the interest of an increasing number of researchers across multiple disciplines, said Piotr Grodzinski, PhD, the Chief of Nanodelivery Systems and Devices Branch at […]
Barbara Shinn-Cunningham To Lead Carnegie Mellon’s New Neuroscience Institute
Barbara Shinn-Cunningham | Via Carnegie Mellon University | February 27, 2018Building on years of momentum in advancing brain science research, Carnegie Mellon University has appointed renowned auditory neuroscientist Barbara Shinn-Cunningham to help establish a new, cross-disciplinary neuroscience institute that will create innovative tools and technologies critical to advancing brain science. Shinn-Cunningham is currently the director of Boston University’s Center for Research in Sensory Communication and […]
Microfluidic device captures, allows analysis of tumor-specific extracellular vesicles
Mehmet Toner | Via EurekAlert | February 27, 2018A new microfluidic device developed by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) may help realize the potential of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) – tiny lipid particles that carry molecules through the bloodstream – as biomarkers that could monitor a tumor’s response to therapy and provide detailed information to guide treatment choice. In their report published […]
Study reveals why polymer stents failed
Elazer Edelman | Via MIT | February 26, 2018Many patients with heart disease have a metal stent implanted to keep their coronary artery open and prevent blood clotting that can lead to heart attacks. One drawback to these stents is that long-term use can eventually damage the artery. Several years ago, in hopes of overcoming that issue, a new type of stent made […]
Serious eye diseases accurately diagnosed through artificial intelligence
Kang Zhang | Via San Diego Union Tribune | February 26, 2018UC San Diego researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system to quickly and accurately screen patients with potentially blinding retinal diseases to see if urgent treatment is needed. The system used machine learning to identify macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema within 30 seconds with more than 95 percent accuracy, said Kang Zhang, MD, a […]
Ali Khademhosseini’s Personal Story of Discovery
Ali Khademhosseini | Via American Chemical Society | February 26, 2018He was born in Iran and lived there during the turbulence of the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War. When he was young, Khademhosseini’s parents decided to move their family to Canada, in part because of the danger from the ongoing war, but also to offer a better future for Khademhosseini and his brother. “In […]
UVA’s Center for Engineering in Medicine Aims to Jumpstart Medical Innovation
Jeffrey Holmes | Via University of Virginia | February 21, 2018Engineering has always been an integral part of medicine. Walk into a hospital or a clinic, and every aspect of care — from the devices physicians use to diagnose and treat disease to the vaccines and pharmaceuticals they prescribe — bears the imprint of engineers. The University of Virginia’s new Engineering in Medicine initiative is […]
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen honored by OSA
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen | Via Vanderbilt University | February 20, 2018…… Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Biomedical Engineering Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, also a professor of neurological surgery, was honored by OSA “for contributions to the clinical translation of optical diagnostics and therapeutics including the development and application of Raman spectroscopy methods and infrared neural stimulation.” She was named a SPIE Fellow in 2010 and just finished […]
Living Human Tracheas
Eben Alsberg | Via Case Western Reserve | February 20, 2018Biomedical engineers at Case Western Reserve University are growing tracheas by coaxing cells to form three distinct tissue types after assembling them into a tube structure—without relying on scaffolding strategies currently being investigated by other groups. Successful trials and further research and development could someday allow surgeons the option of replacing damaged or faulty trachea […]
Dr. Rory Cooper named 2017 AAAS Fellow
Rory Cooper | Via U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | February 18, 2018VA researcher Dr. Rory A. Cooper has been named a 2017 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in the discipline of engineering. Cooper was singled out for his “distinguished contributions to the field of bioengineering and health and rehabilitation sciences, particularly for applications for people with disabilities,” according to the AAAS. […]
Bioengineer Gang Bao uses gene editing to repair up to 40 percent of bone marrow cells from patients
Gang Bao | Via Rice University | February 16, 2018Scientists have successfully used gene editing to repair 20 to 40 percent of stem and progenitor cells taken from the peripheral blood of patients with sickle cell disease, according to Rice University bioengineer Gang Bao. Bao, in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital and Stanford University, is working to find a cure […]
Putting the brain at the center of anesthesiology
Emery Brown | Via MIT | February 16, 2018It’s intuitive that anesthesia operates in the brain, but the standard protocol among anesthesiologists when monitoring and dosing patients during surgery is to rely on indirect signs of arousal such as movement, and changes in heart rate and blood pressure. Through research in brain science and statistical modeling, Emery N. Brown, an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts […]
Novel Pain Management Approach Uses Spearmint to Trigger Pain Relief
Martin Fussenegger | Via MD Magazine | February 15, 2018Researchers have developed a novel strategy that could usher in a new era of pain management and combat the persistent problem of painkiller addiction. A new study highlighted a bioengineering-based method that involves engineering cells that can target pain receptors and then tie those cells to an aroma-based triggering mechanism. “Our proof-of-principle findings indicate that […]
Ain’t That a Pill: Device Could Replace Needles
Mir Imran | Via MD + DI Online | February 13, 2018Rani Therapeutics has a daunting task ahead of it. The privately held company wants to change the way some pharmaceuticals are delivered to patients. Some drugs are delivered through needles — a method that isn’t ideal for many patients. Rani is in the process of developing an ingestible drug-delivery pill. The San Jose, CA-based company’s […]
A Place to Play, on Wheels or Feet
Rory Cooper | Via New York Times | February 12, 2018In 2006, while on a family vacation, Gordon Hartman, a San Antonio home builder, went to a hotel swimming pool with his daughter, Morgan. She was born with physical and cognitive disabilities; at 12, she had the cognitive age of a young child. Other children were swimming as well, two of them throwing a ball. […]