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Innovative Type 1 Diabetes Approach Licensed to Encellin
Tejal Desai | Via UC San Francisco | October 18, 2017Encellin, a San Francisco–based biotechnology company, has obtained exclusive worldwide rights from UC San Francisco for a proprietary cell encapsulation technology aimed at improving physicians’ ability to perform cell transplants without the need for immunosuppressive drugs. Based on ongoing preclinical trials in animal models, the technology – in the form of a pouch approximately the […]
Wikswo group tech licensed by UK company for organ-on-chip products
John Wikswo | Via Vanderbilt University | October 18, 2017A biotechnology company based in the United Kingdom has licensed three patents and applications from Vanderbilt University for its Organs-on-Chips products. CN Bio Innovations Ltd., a spinoff from Oxford University, secured a combination of exclusive and non-exclusive rights to microfluid technologies developed by Professor John Wikswo, Gordon A. Cain University and his group. Wikswo, a […]
Research Conducted by Dean Rabbany and Bioengineering Alum Published in Prestigious Nature Journal
Sina Rabbany | Via Hofstra University | October 17, 2017Research conducted by Dean Sina Rabbany and bioengineering alum Pierre Llanos ’16 on the role that the retina plays in age-related, macular degeneration was recently published the journal Nature Communications. Their study, Concerted Regulation of Retinal Pigment Epithelium Basement Membrane and Barrier Function by Angiocrine Factors, investigated how endothelial cells regulate the retinal pigment epithelium […]
Engineering Program Helps People With Disabilities Advance Professional Development
Rory Cooper | Via PittWire | October 17, 2017Inside the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL) at the University of Pittsburgh, visitors may notice architectural details that are out of the ordinary. Large doorways that allow wheelchairs to pass through easily. Diffused lighting that minimizes the chance of headaches for those with traumatic brain injuries. Flooring that doesn’t hinder wheelchair movement. They’re meant to […]
Dr. Flaura Winston Elected into the National Academy of Medicine for Work on Driving Safety, Injury Prevention
Flaura Koplin Winston | Via PR News Wire | October 16, 2017Flaura Koplin Winston, MD, PhD, scientific director and founder of the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and professor of pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania was elected into the National Academy of Medicine this morning. She is one of 80 physicians […]
BIOLIFE4D Welcomes Computational Medicine and Biomedical Engineering Expert Raimond Winslow, Ph.D. to Scientific Advisory Team
Raimond Winslow | Via PR Newswire | October 13, 2017Complementing the acclaimed talent already assembled on its scientific leadership team, bioprinting startup BIOLIFE4D announced the addition of Raimond Winslow, Ph.D. whose vast expertise will help the company deliver on its mission to 3D bioprint a viable human heart suitable for transplant. Winslow’s new role at BIOLIFE4D comes in addition to the leadership positions he […]
Elazer Edelman honored with Cardiovascular Research Foundation career achievement award
Elazer Edelman | Via MIT | October 13, 2017Elazer Edelman, the Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Professor of Health Sciences at MIT, has been awarded this year’s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Career Achievement Award for his extraordinary contributions to the field of cardiology. A lifelong researcher and innovator, Edelman is core member of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, director of […]
Veracyte Chairman and CEO Bonnie Anderson Receives Prestigious Innovation Award at Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting
Bonnie Anderson | Via Business Wire | October 13, 2017Veracyte, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCYT) announced today that the company’s Chairman and CEO Bonnie Anderson is the recipient of the 2017 Wallace H. Coulter Award for Healthcare Innovation. Dr. Lori Setton, president of the Biomedical Engineering Society BMES, will present the award to Ms. Anderson today at the 2017 BMES Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ. Ms. […]
Stanford develops novel PET tracer to ID most bacterial infections
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir | Via Health Imaging | October 12, 2017Bacteria are experts at mutating to become resistant to any antibiotic treatment. With no promise of stagnation, it is no wonder that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called for medical scientists to develop new novel diagnostics to detect and help regulate the treatment of infections and infectious diseases. A new study […]
Engineering the future of medicine: Johns Hopkins expert details vision for new era of biomedical engineering
Michael Miller | Via Johns Hopkins, The Hub | October 12, 2017Michael I. Miller, director of the Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering, has a plan for a new era of biomedical science discovery to respond to the challenges of the 21st century. He unveiled this plan Wednesday during the 2017 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. “The past century has been the Age […]
Blood test may find liver cancer earlier, improve survival
Kang Zhang | Via San Diego Union Tribune. | October 11, 2017Liver cancer can be caught at an early stage through a newly developed blood test, improving the odds for survival, according to a study led by University of California San Diego scientists. The test looks for changed gene activity, caused by a process called methylation, that indicate liver cancer, said Kang Zhang, M.D., the study’s […]
Novel catheter combines FLIm, IVUS to assess plaque buildup in heart patients
Laura Marcu | Via Health Imaging | October 11, 2017A newly developed, single-catheter probe that combines intravascular ultrasounds with fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIm) in one device could be the answer to physicians’ difficulties predicting plaque rupture, a study published in Scientific Reports suggests. The catheter was developed by Laura Marcu, PhD, and colleagues at her UC Davis-based lab. The device was a response to […]
Imaging a killer
Rohit Pappu | Via Washington University in St. Louis | October 9, 2017Huntington’s disease is a progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disorder that is caused by mutations in one specific gene called huntingtin (Htt). In the 20-plus years since the Htt gene was identified, researchers have focused on the protein encoded by the Htt gene, called Httex1. This protein accumulates in the brains of Huntington’s disease patients, and the […]
Michael I. Miller – Director of Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering
Mike Miller | Via YouTube | October 6, 2017Biomedical engineering is at the center of medicine. Our students and faculty are creating technologies that will change the way the world moves forward.
‘Squirtable’ elastic glue seals wounds in 60 seconds
Anthony Weiss | Via University of Sydney | October 5, 2017Biomedical engineers from the University of Sydney and the United States collaborated on the development of the potentially life-saving surgical glue, called MeTro. MeTro’s high elasticity makes it ideal for sealing wounds in body tissues that continually expand and relax – such as lungs, hearts and arteries – that are otherwise at risk of re-opening. […]
Scientists Develop “Body-on- a-Chip” System to Accelerate Testing of New Drugs
Anthony Atala | Via News Wise | October 5, 2017Using the same expertise they’ve employed to build new organs for patients, scientists at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine and colleagues have engineered micro hearts, lungs and livers that can potentially be used to test new drugs. By combining the micro-organs in a monitored system, the researchers aim to mimic how the human body […]
Coming a step closer to understanding how gastric bypass works
Martin L. Yarmush | Via Medical Xpress | October 5, 2017A study by a team of researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine (MGH-CEM) and Shriners Hospital for Children has made a technological advancement toward accelerating the discovery of drug targets for obesity, type II diabetes and other metabolic diseases. The novel experimental and computational workflow involves the first use of […]
Novel PET tracer identifies most bacterial infections
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir | Via Medical Xpress.com | October 5, 2017Stanford University medical scientists have developed a novel imaging agent that could be used to identify most bacterial infections. The study is the featured basic science article in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine’s October issue. Bacteria are good at mutating to become resistant to antibiotics. As one way to combat the problem of antimicrobial resistance, […]
Internationally acclaimed scholar, with over 400 publications and 40 patents, joins UB RENEW
Thomas Thundat | Via University at Buffalo | October 4, 2017BUFFALO, N.Y. — Thomas Thundat, an internationally recognized expert on nanomechanical sensors, network of sensors and quasi-wireless transmission of electricity, has joined the University at Buffalo’s RENEW Institute and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Thundat will serve as Professor of Empire Innovation in RENEW— an interdisciplinary institute dedicated to research and education on globally […]
Joseph Moskal Receives Top Biotechnology Innovator Award
Joseph Moskal | Via Northwestern University | October 3, 2017Northwestern Engineering professor Joseph Moskal has received the iCON Innovator Award from the Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization (iBIO), an industry association of more than 200 companies, academic institutions, and service providers dedicated to making Illinois and the Midwest a leader in life sciences ventures and technology. The iCON Innovator Award recognizes an active researcher within […]