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Buddy Ratner co-directs new Center for Dialysis Innovation
Buddy Ratner | Via U. Washington | November 17, 2016A new Center for Dialysis Innovation was launched in early November. The Center hopes to improve the health and well-being of people with advanced kidney disease as they initiate and receive dialysis treatment. Its vision is that future dialysis therapy will be complication-free and completely restorative of kidney health. Solutions to meet these goals will combine a comprehensive technical redesign […]
Former Medtronic Chairman Bill Hawkins Elected to Board of Focused Ultrasound Foundation
William Hawkins | Via Focused Ultrasound Foundation | November 9, 2016Charlottesville, VA (Nov 9, 2016) – Former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic Bill Hawkins has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation.“I have had the privilege of spending my career at the forefront of medical technology innovation. And focused ultrasound represents the future of non-invasive care – improving outcomes while […]
Peppas Receives NIH Funding to Improve Early Detection of Autoimmune Disorders
Nicholas Peppas | Via U. Texas Austin | November 4, 2016Treatment of autoimmune disorders is most effective when they are diagnosed early. In Sjögren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disease that affects the exocrine system, patients suffer from dry eye and dry mouth. Diagnosis is often delayed by six to ten years even after symptoms appear. Currently, patients must undergo multiple tests, including a biopsy of the […]
Johns Hopkins researchers want to use big data to chart the brain
Michael Miller | Via Johns Hopkins, The Hub | November 2, 2016The human brain is the most complex machine in existence. Every brain is loaded with some 100 billion nerve cells, each connecting to thousands of others, giving around 100 trillion connections. Mapping those connections, or synapses, could enable scientists to decipher what causes neurological disease and mental illness. It’s an immense, daunting task. The best […]
Indian National Academy of Engineering Elects Dr. Laurencin
Cato Laurencin | Via U. Conn | November 1, 2016UConn Health’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin has been elected a Foreign Fellow by The Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) for his outstanding accomplishments bridging engineering and medicine. This is the second time India has honored Laurencin. In 2015, the Indian National Academy of Sciences, founded in 1930, elected him a Foreign Fellow. The Academy […]
Bayer, CRISPR Tap Sanofi Exec, Burns, to Run Gene Editing Venture
James Burns | Via Xconomy | November 1, 2016Bayer and CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP) have named James Burns the president and CEO of Cambridge, MA-based Casebia Therapeutics, a joint venture the two companies created to develop gene editing drugs for blood disorders, blindness, and heart disease. Burns has been at Sanofi/Genzyme for three decades, and most recently ran the company’s North American R&D […]
Imaging Cellular Interiors Using Polymeric Nanoparticles
Kazuhiko Ishihara | Via Physics | November 1, 2016Nanoparticles are particles that are smaller than 100 nanometers. They are typically obtained from metals and, because of their tiny size, have unique properties that make them useful for biomedical applications. However, without treatment to make their surfaces biologically inert, their effectiveness is severely limited. Researchers led by Kazuhiko Ishihara at the University of Tokyo […]
George Wodicka Appointed Inaugural Dane A. Miller Head of Biomedical Engineering
George Wodicka | Via Purdue | October 31, 2016Purdue University’s Board of Trustees on Friday (Oct. 14) ratified the headship named for orthopedics pioneer Dr. Dane A. Miller and appointed George Wodicka as the Dane A. Miller Head of Biomedical Engineering.Wodicka is founding head of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. He joined Purdue in 1989 as assistant professor of Electrical and Computer […]
A Closer Look Inside
Mark Anastasio | Via Wash. U St. Louis | October 25, 2016A faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis’ School of Engineering & Applied Science has been awarded two separate grants worth a combined $2.5 million to develop better biomedical imaging tools. Mark Anastasio, professor of biomedical engineering, will use a four-year, $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create a […]
National Academy of Medicine elects Mayo Clinic’s Michael Yaszemski, M.D., Ph.D.
Michael Yaszemski | Via EurekAlert | October 19, 2016Michael J. Yaszemski, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon and researcher, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Selection is one of the highest honors in medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. Dr. Yaszemski is one of two Mayo Clinic physicians to be elected this […]
Frank Doyle Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Francis Doyle | Via Harvard | October 17, 2016Francis J. Doyle III, Dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Doyle, who focuses his research in the areas of systems biology and biomedical control, is among 79 newly elected NAM members who were chosen by their peers […]
Michael Sefton receives $1.1M from JDRF for type 1 diabetes research
Michael Sefton | Via U. Toronto | October 12, 2016University of Toronto professor Michael Sefton (ChemE, IBBME) has been presented with a major research award from international diabetes foundation JDRF to advance treatment research for type 1 diabetes (T1D).The funding, valued at approximately $1.1 million ($845,135 USD), supports a three-year study at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) to […]
Military Medicine – Beyond the Battlefield
Rory Cooper | Via PBS | October 12, 2016Military Medicine: Beyond the Battlefield, hosted and reported by ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff, covers military medical advances and technology from the battlefield to the return home. The personal stories of physicians, scientists, active duty troops, veterans, and military families come together in this one hour documentary to show how these advances are both saving […]
Brown Researchers Develop New Ligase For Biomedical Use
Anubhav Tripathi | Via Brown | October 11, 2016PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Ligases are enzymes that serve critical functions in cells, helping to fuse together broken strands of DNA and RNA. These enzymes are also important bioengineering tools, useful in genetic sequencing, mutation detection and other applications. Researchers in Brown University’s School of Engineering have now developed a new RNA ligase for […]
School of Engineering Recruits Biomedical Engineering Chair, New Faculty Members
Michael King | Via Vanderbilt | October 5, 2016The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering announces the appointment of senior faculty to the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and four junior faculty members representing biomedical, mechanical and computer science and computer engineering departments. Michael R. King will join Vanderbilt as professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Cynthia Reinhart-King will join biomedical engineering […]
School of Engineering Recruits Biomedical Engineering Chair, New Faculty Members
Cynthia Reinhart-King | Via Vanderbilt | October 5, 2016The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering announces the appointment of senior faculty to the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and four junior faculty members representing biomedical, mechanical and computer science and computer engineering departments. Michael R. King will join Vanderbilt as professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Cynthia Reinhart-King will join biomedical engineering […]
Nicholas Peppas Receives 2016 Pritzker Distinguished Lectureship
Nicholas Peppas | Via U. Texas Austin | October 1, 2016Nicholas Peppas, Texas ChE professor and a world-renowned expert in biomaterials and drug delivery systems, has been awarded the Biomedical Engineering Society’s (BMES) prestigious Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award for 2016. The lectureship is the highest award given by BMES and recognizes one individual each year for his or her outstanding achievements and leadership […]
Shashi Murthy Wins NSF Grant for Cell Therapy Manufacturing with Neon Therapeutics
Shashi Murthy | Via Northeastern | September 2, 2016Chemical Engineering Professor Shashi Murthy has received funding from the National Science Foundation to develop novel manufacturing technologies for cell-based cancer therapies. This project will be a collaborative effort with Cambridge, MA-based Neon Therapeutics which is developing neo-antigen-based therapeutic vaccines and cell-based therapies for cancer. Cell-based therapies represent the next major frontier in the treatment […]
And Yet, You Try – A Father’s Quest to Save His Son
Sam Gambhir | Via Stanford Medicine | September 1, 2016A speedboat cut across Lake Tahoe on a sunny day in October 2012. With two of his closest friends at his side, 14-year-old Milan Gambhir rode an inflated raft tethered to the back of the boat. The boys bounded over each wave, laughing as the water splashed back over them. “Half the fun was falling […]
Altering Stem Cell Perception of Tissue Stiffness May Help Treat Musculoskeletal Disorders
Robert Mauck | Via HealthCanal | August 30, 2016PHILADELPHIA – A new biomaterial can be used to study how and when stem cells sense the mechanics of their surrounding environment, found a team led by Robert Mauck, PhD, the Mary Black Ralston Professor for Education and Research in Orthopaedic Surgery, in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. With further […]