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Pushing Science and Engineering to Create New Soft Materials
Rohit Pappu | Via Washington University in St. Louis | September 6, 2017Engineering new materials holds enormous potential to improve and advance the global community. Breakthroughs in medicine, defense and clean energy could be achieved by designing polymeric materials with a whole host of abilities and properties. To push this emerging field forward, the National Science Foundation (NSF) set up an initiative called Designing Materials to Revolutionize […]
Researchers Developing Signal Processing Techniques to Identify Gut Microbial Biomarkers of Colon Cancer
Arul Jayaraman | Via Texas A&M | September 4, 2017An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Texas A&M University has been awarded a Division of Computing and Communication Foundations grant by the National Science Foundation to develop a gut-microbial investigation model that can identify critical dietary risk factors that cause colorectal cancer. The three-year, $350,000 project is a direct outcome of Texas A&M Engineering Experiment […]
American Health Council Names Dr. William Federspiel, PhD, to Education Board
William Federspiel | Via Globe News Wire | September 1, 2017NEW YORK, Sept. 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dr. William Federspiel, William Kepler Whiteford Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, has been selected to join the Education Board at the American Health Council. He will be sharing his knowledge and expertise in Healthcare Education, Workforce Development, Business, Leadership, Management, Chemistry, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, […]
Etta Pisano Named ACR Center for Research and Innovation Chief Science Officer
Etta Pisano | Via 24x7 Magazine | September 1, 2017The American College of Radiology (ACR) has announced the appointment of Etta D. Pisano, MD, as chief science officer of the ACR Center for Research and Innovation. Pisano’s career has led to academic appointments including: founding chief of breast imaging in the department of radiology and vice dean for academic affairs at the University of […]
Wolfgang Fink: Distributed autonomous platform for robotic planetary exploration
Wolfgang Fink | Via SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics | August 22, 2017An interview from SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing 2017. Read the full article at SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
Mason Welcomes New Bioengineering Chair and Eminent Scholar
Michael Buschmann | Via George Mason University | August 22, 2017Michael Buschmann joined George Mason University on Aug. 1 as Eminent Scholar and chair of the Department of Bioengineering. His groundbreaking work in the field of tissue regeneration meant that Michael Buschmann was no stranger to tantalizing job offers. But it was the vast possibilities he saw in George Mason University that captivated him most, […]
Predicting Brain Surgery Outcomes
Adam W. Anderson | Via Vanderbilt University | August 18, 2017For patients with a common type of epilepsy known as temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), the only treatment choices are anti-seizure drugs or surgery to remove the focus of the seizures in part of the brain known as the hippocampus. Of those patients who have surgery, only about 60 to 70 percent will remain seizure-free after […]
Teresa Woodruff named dean of The Graduate School
Teresa Woodruff | Via Northwestern University | August 18, 2017Also assuming role of associate provost for graduate education, effective Sept. 1 EVANSTON – Teresa K. Woodruff, the Thomas J. Watkins Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the Women’s Health Research Institute at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has been named dean of The Graduate School and associate provost for graduate education […]
Wyss-developed Antifouling Coating a Boon to Business and Environment
Donald Ingber | Via Harvard University | August 17, 2017It all began with a bet. At a conference in Italy in 2013, Nicolas Vogel, then a postdoctoral fellow in Joanna Aizenberg’s lab at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), gave a talk about the group’s slippery liquid-infused porous […]
New Machine-learning Program Shows Promise for Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Anant Madabhushi | Via Case Western Reserve | August 16, 2017A new machine-learning program developed by researchers at Case Western Reserve University appears to outperform other methods for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms begin to interfere with everyday living, initial testing shows. More than 5 million Americans may have Alzheimer’s disease, according to estimates, and the numbers are growing as the population ages. The disease […]
Injectable Tissue Patch Could Help Repair Damaged Organs
Milica Radisic | Via University of Toronto | August 14, 2017A team of U of T Engineering researchers is mending broken hearts with an expanding tissue bandage a little smaller than a postage stamp. Repairing heart tissue destroyed by a heart attack or medical condition with regenerative cells or tissues usually requires invasive open-heart surgery. But now biomedical engineering Professor Milica Radisic (IBBME, ChemE, Toronto […]
The Best Place to Treat Type 1 Diabetes Might Be Just under Your Skin
Michael Sefton | Via University of Toronto | August 14, 2017A group of U of T researchers have demonstrated that the space under our skin might be an optimal location to treat type 1 diabetes (T1D). The new study, led by researchers in the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME), involved transplanting healthy pancreatic cells under the skin to produce insulin for blood glucose […]
BioMed SA Recognizes Leonard Pinchuk, Ph.D., D.Sc. with 2017 Award for Innovation in Healthcare and Bioscience for his transformative biomaterial technologies benefitting hundreds of millions of patients globally
Leonard Pinchuk, Ph.D. | Via BioMed SA | August 2, 2017Dr. Pinchuk’s innovations include the first commercially successful angioplasty balloon catheter, a market-leading drug-eluting stent and a novel microshunt that prevents the progression of vision loss caused by glaucoma. (SAN ANTONIO) August 7, 2017 – BioMed SA, the non-profit corporation founded in 2005 to help promote and grow San Antonio’s leading industry, healthcare and bioscience, […]
New Microsoft HoloLens App Lets Users Examine Renowned British Art Collections from Anywhere in the World
Mark Griswold | Via Case Western Reserve | August 1, 2017Holly Witchey traveled more than 3,200 miles in seconds—and speed wasn’t even the most impressive part of the feat. Standing in the basement of a building on Case Western Reserve University’s campus, the adjunct professor of art history and art suddenly found herself standing in The Courtauld Gallery in London, close enough to touch several […]
Investigators Use Light to Kill Microbial ‘Vampires’
E. Duco Jansen | Via Vanderbilt University | July 27, 2017On July 24 Vanderbilt scientist Eric Skaar, Ph.D., MPH, summarized his group’s latest paper in a tweet: “If S. aureus is going to drink our blood like a vampire, let’s kill it with sunlight.” “That thing has been retweeted so many times,” said Skaar, the Ernest W. Goodpasture Professor of Pathology in the Vanderbilt University […]
Yakovlev Looking to Shed Light Deeper into the Human Brain
Vladislav Yakovlev | Via Texas A&M | July 26, 2017The inner workings of the human brain have always been a subject of great interest. Unfortunately, it is fairly difficult to view brain structures or intricate tissues due to the fact that the skull is not transparent by design. The reality is that light scattering is the major obstacle for deep penetration into tissue. Dr. […]
Wolfgang Fink Named As ACABI Fellow for Biomedical Research and Advancements
Wolfgang Fink | Via University of Arizona College of Engineering | July 20, 2017Electrical and computer engineering associate professor Wolfgang Fink has been named fellow for the Arizona Center for Accelerated Biomedical Innovation for his research and advancements in the field of biomedical technologies. “I felt very honored to receive this award,” said Fink, who holds a joint faculty position in biomedical engineering. “It was definitely very nice […]
First Slice of Long-Term “100K” Study: Useful Data, No Health Outcomes
Leroy Hood | Via Xconomy | July 18, 2017It’s easy to find hope that new biomedical technologies, from genetic sequencing to wearable fitness trackers, will lead to a healthier populace. It’s harder to find evidence. There has even been caution about the idea of analyzing the DNA of seemingly healthy people. But a small study in Seattle called the Pioneer 100 Wellness Project, […]
Injectable Plant-based Nanoparticles Delay Tumor Progression
Nicole Steinmetz | Via Case Western Reserve | July 18, 2017New Research Suggests Co-administration with Chemotherapy Drugs Most Effective Strategy Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in collaboration with researchers from Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine and RWTH Aachen University (Germany) have adapted virus particles that normally infect potatoes to serve as cancer drug-delivery devices for mice. And in a recent article […]