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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. […]
Key Strategies for Implementing Proteomics-Based Tests Across Disease States Highlighted in Current Opinion in Biotechnology
Leroy Hood | Via Globe News Wire | February 12, 2018Sera Prognostics, a women’s health company, in collaboration with The Institute for Systems Biology and Integrated Diagnostics (Indi), today announced a paper entitled, “The building blocks of successful translation of proteomics to the clinic,” by Leroy Hood and colleagues published online in Current Opinion in Biotechnology. The paper outlined six key strategies for successfully translating […]
CBSET: Preclinical Safety Studies Must Include Equally Balanced Male/Female Animal Models to Shed Light on Sex-Dependent Vascular Responses in Humans
Elazer Edelman | Via Business Wire | February 12, 2018CBSET, a non-for-profit preclinical research institute dedicated to biomedical research, education and advancement of medical technologies, announced today that its scientists have published data and analyses (“Sex differences in the outcomes of stent implantation in mini-swine model”) that “illustrate differences in the dynamic healing responses of male and female pigs to stent implantation in single […]
Allergan to acquire University of Sydney spinoff Elastagen
Anthony S. Weiss | Via University of Sydney | February 9, 2018Elastagen Pty Ltd, a clinical stage company developing medical device products based on recombinant tropoelastin, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which Allergan plc, a leading global biopharmaceutical company, has agreed to acquire Elastagen. The deal will consist of an upfront payment of US$95 million (AUD$120 million) plus contingent, commercial […]
Contact lenses may soon dispense drugs, monitor glucose
Mark Byrne | Via Healio | February 8, 2018Contact lenses that elute drugs and those that measure glucose may be available in the near future if technologies being developed by OcuMedic Inc. and i-Chek prove successful. Researchers from Rowan University developed drug-eluting technology in a silicone hydrogel contact lens for OcuMedic, and researchers from the University of Maryland developed a glucose monitoring contact […]
Jennifer Elisseeff elected to National Academy of Engineering
Jennifer Elisseeff | Via Johns Hopkins University | February 8, 2018Two Johns Hopkins University researchers were awarded one of the highest professional distinctions for engineers: election into the National Academy of Engineering. The academy announced Wednesday that Jennifer H. Elisseeff, a professor of biomedical engineering; and Charles Meneveau, a professor of mechanical engineering, were among 83 new members, along with 16 foreign members. According to […]
New BME Dept. Head Bin He arrives on campus
Bin He | Via Carnegie Mellon University | February 6, 2018As of February 1, the College of Engineering welcomed new Department Head of Biomedical Engineering Bin He to campus as he began his appointment. Dr. He succeeds Yu-li Wang, the R. Mehrabian Professor of Biomedical Engineering, who has served as Department Head since 2008. As Department Head of BME, Dr. He is committed to research […]
UM System president appoints C. Mauli Agrawal as new chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City
Mauli Agrawal | Via University of Missouri | February 6, 2018University of Missouri System President Mun Choi announced today that C. Mauli Agrawal, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has been appointed chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, effective June 20, 2018. “I’m thrilled that Dr. Agrawal has agreed to serve as the […]
Bioprinting Human Tissue
Anthony Atala | Via Renal and Urology News | February 5, 2018Anthony Atala, MD, is the Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As a practicing surgeon and a researcher in the area of regenerative medicine, his work focuses on growing human cells and tissues. We spoke with Dr Atala about the role of bioprinting in urology and nephrology, its […]
Kenneth Rainin Foundation Gives $1.7M in ‘Synergy Awards’ for IBD Research
Gary Nolan | Via IBD News Today | February 5, 2018The Kenneth Rainin Foundation has given $1.7 million in prize money to support collaborative research into preventing and detecting inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The Synergy Awards are aimed at getting experts to combine their research abilities towards a common goal, working together rather than independently. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to partner across […]
Investigating strains on ONH tissue key to unraveling mystery of glaucoma
Ross Ethier | Via Ophthalmology Times | February 4, 2018Deciphering cellular and tissue responses in glaucoma are key to preventing and curing the disease. Some recent insights into the behavior of cells subjected to mechanical insult due to increased intraocular pressure (IOP) and changes in the stiffness of the sclera are helping to unravel the secrets of glaucoma. One important observation is that the […]
A 3-D approach to stop cancer in its tracks
Philip LeDuc | Via Carnegie Mellon University | February 3, 2018Every day, roughly 100 billion new cells are created inside the human body. These cells join trillions of older cells to form the tissues and organs we rely on to stay alive. Sometimes when a cell is created, a mutation occurs within its DNA, transforming the cell into something defective and potentially dangerous to the […]
Understanding and treating disease
Roger Kamm | Via MIT | February 2, 2018…… While improving diagnostic methods could help catch a disease early, tracking how diseases grow could be key to developing new therapeutic interventions. Roger Kamm, the Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor, and his lab use a device that’s roughly the size of a quarter to track tumor cells as they leave the vascular network […]
Can This Silicon Valley Startup Bioengineer A Less Addictive Opioid?
Christina D. Smolke | Via Fast Company | February 1, 2018Back in 2015, a 40-year-old synthetic biologist named Christina Smolke, along with a small team of researchers at Stanford, made a huge discovery. They proved that a genetically engineered yeast could produce opioid molecules, the core ingredients of some of the world’s most widely prescribed pain medicines. Using yeast to produce things is as old […]
Chad Mirkin to receive 2018 Nano Research Award
Chad A. Mirkin | Via Northwestern University | February 1, 2018Northwestern University’s Chad A. Mirkin and Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor Lei Jiang have been named recipients of the prestigious 2018 Nano Research Award. Mirkin is the George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern. He is being […]
Mount Sinai Researchers Discover Possible Link between Diet and Back Injuries
James Iatridis | Via Newswise | January 31, 2018In a first-of-its-kind study, Mount Sinai researchers have found a possible link between a poor diet and back injuries, especially in women. The study suggests that following a specific type of diet that excludes fast foods and highly processed foods could decrease vertebral fractures and prevent bone loss as people age. Scientists from the Leni […]
University community celebrated with Australia Day honours – 2018 Australia Day Honours list
Anthony S. Weiss | Via University of Sydney | January 30, 2018The University of Sydney congratulates the members of our community who have been acknowledged in the Australia Day 2018 Honours List. Several members of the University of Sydney community, from a diverse range of fields, have been recognized in the Australia Day 2018 Honours List for their outstanding achievements and contribution to Australian society and […]
U of T Engineering professor Tom Chau awarded Order of Ontario
Tom Chau | Via University of Toronto | January 29, 2018Professor Tom Chau (IBBME) has been awarded the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest honour. Created in 1986, appointees are selected based on excellence in all fields of endeavours and backgrounds, whose contributions have left a lasting legacy in Ontario. Chau has dedicated nearly two decades of his career to creating unique communication tools and […]