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Stem Cells Engineered To Grow Cartilage, Fight Inflammation
Farshid Guilak | Via Source | July 18, 2016With a goal of treating worn, arthritic hips without extensive surgery to replace them, scientists have programmed stem cells to grow new cartilage on a 3-D template shaped like the ball of a hip joint. What’s more, using gene therapy, they have activated the new cartilage to release anti-inflammatory molecules to fend off a return […]
Churchwell Named To New Chief Diversity Officer Role
André Churchwell | Via Vanderbilt | July 14, 2016Andre Churchwell, M.D., the Levi Watkins Jr. M.D. Chair, professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and senior associate dean for Diversity Affairs, has been named to serve in the newly created role of Chief Diversity Officer for Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). In this new role Churchwell will continue to oversee […]
“Smart” Nanoparticle Called PEARLs A Promising Gem To Target, Treat Tumours With Greater Precision
Gang Zheng | Via TFRI | July 14, 2016TORONTO, Canada – July, 14, 2016 – Dr. Gang Zheng and a team of biomedical researchers have discovered a “smart” organic, biodegradable nanoparticle that uses heat and light in a controlled manner to potentially target and ablate tumours with greater precision. The proof-of-concept findings, published online today and designated a “very important paper” in the […]
Dr. John Sheets appointed as the New Director of FDA’s Premarket Review Office for Devices
John Sheets | Via U. Florida | July 13, 2016Congratulations to Dr. John Sheets who has been appointed as the new director of FDA’s premarket review office for devices. Sheets is a UF alumnus and a former UF BME external advisory board member. Prior to joining the FDA, Sheets was appointed chief scientific officer of Anika in 2013. Before joining Anika, he was at […]
Texas A&M and Methodist Hospital Bring Engineers to Medical School
Mauro Ferrari | Via Xconomy | July 13, 2016College Station, TX—Texas A&M University and Houston’s Methodist Hospital want to bring engineering into medical education. Starting next fall, A&M will admit 50 engineering students to be part of its medical class—out of a class of 200—in a program designed to bring in those students’ expertise to promote innovative thinking in medical schools. “This is […]
Webster Receives Acta Biomaterialia Silver Medal
Thomas Webster | Via Northeastern | July 13, 2016ChE Chair and Professor Thomas Webster will receive the 1st Annual Acta Biomaterialia Silver Medal at the Society For Biomaterials Conference in Minneapolis in April 2017. The Acta Biomaterialia Silver Medal intends to honor and recognize scientific contributions and leadership from academic, industry and public sector leaders in the midst of their careers. Many awards […]
Six profs attract National Institutes of Health Grants for Wide-ranging Research
Mark Does | Via Vanderbilt | July 12, 2016Five biomedical engineering professors and an electrical engineering and computer science professor are celebrating news about newly approved or resubmitted Research Project Grants (R01) from the Nationals Institutes of Health. With the grants, their teams – in collaboration with Vanderbilt University Medical Center — are performing groundbreaking research in areas as diverse as percutaneous heart […]
H. Clay Gabler Named Samuel Herrick Professor
H. Clay Gabler | Via Virginia Tech | July 11, 2016H. Clay Gabler, professor and chair for biomedical engineering graduate studies in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been awarded the Samuel Herrick Professorship by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. The Samuel Herrick Professorship in the College of Engineering was established with proceeds from […]
Dr. Rabbany Continues To Lead SEAS
Sina Rabbany | Via Hofstra | July 7, 2016When Dr. Sina Rabbany was appointed acting dean of SEAS, he had been founding director of the Bioengineering Program at Hofstra and had already established a reputation as a prolific researcher, with more than 60 publications and patents, in the areas of cardiovascular dynamics, biosensors, vascular biology, and tissue engineering/regenerative medicine. His work is also […]
Washington University Professor Improves Capabilities Of World’s Fastest Cameras
Lihong Wang | Via Bizjournals | July 7, 2016A team of scientists led by Lihong Wang at Washington University have more than doubled the resolution capabilities of the world’s fastest receive-only camera. Now, the camera can take pictures of laser pulses that last just trillionths of a second as they travel through the air. The new capabilities, which are detailed in the […]
Truskey Appointed Senior Associate Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering
George Truskey | Via Duke | July 7, 2016George A. Truskey has been appointed as senior associate dean of the Pratt School of Engineering beginning August 1, 2016. Truskey is the R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and has served for the past year as interim dean of engineering at Duke. In his new role, his responsibilities will include fostering […]
Changes In Benign Tissue Next To Prostate Tumors May Predict Biomedical Recurrence of Cancer, Scientists Find
Anant Madabhushi | Via Case THINK | July 6, 2016CLEVELAND—Changes in benign tissues next to prostate tumors may provide an early warning for patients at higher risk for biochemical recurrence after a radical prostatectomy, a study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions shows. Biochemical recurrence, which is increasing prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, can be used to predict which […]
U of T Engineering Professor Inducted into Canadian Academy of Engineering
Milica Radisic | Via U. Toronto | June 27, 2016Milica Radisic is an international leader in the field of cardiovascular tissue engineering. She has pioneered the technique of electrical field stimulation for cultivation of functional heart tissue in the laboratory, leading to innovative new approaches to testing drugs in vitro on arrays of human tissues. Radisic’s groundbreaking research on the design and development of […]
Albert Folch’s “The Upcoming 3D Printing Revolution in Microfluidics” Featured on Lab on a Chip Cover
Albert Folch | Via U. Washington | June 27, 2016UW Bioengineering Associate Professor Albert Folch co-authored and designed the cover illustration for the cover article “The upcoming 3D printing revolution in microfluidics” of the May 21 issue of Lab on a Chip. In the article, Dr. Folch and colleagues review the past and recent efforts of 3D printing microfluidic systems. The researchers compare features of 3D […]
Congratulations to Jiang and Yao On Their New Patent
Huabei Jiang | Via U. Florida | June 24, 2016Congratulations to Dr. Huabei Jiang, Pruitt Family Professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, and BME Ph.D. student, Lei Yao, on the patent issuance of their technology, “Enhanced Image Reconstruction in Photoacoustic Tomography.” This patent describes an innovative method that can provide excellent image reconstructions from fewer detectors and limited-view data […]
Kalytera Therapeutics Appoints Robert S. Langer to the Scientific Advisory Board
Robert Langer | Via Market Wired | June 23, 2016MANHATTAN BEACH, CA–(Marketwired – Jun 23, 2016) -Kalytera Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of proprietary cannabinoid and endocannabinoid-like medicines, today announced the appointment of Dr. Robert S. Langer to Kalytera’s Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Langer is a David H. Koch Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”). He is a […]
Malcolm Ridgway Inducted into ACCE Hall of Fame
Malcolm Ridgway | Via ACCE | June 22, 2016Dr. Ridgway is nominated for excellence in innovation, for influencing the direction that clinical engineering has taken over the decades, and for his impact on CE professionals, clinical users, regulatory authorities, patients and society in general with his fight for rational, evidence-based maintenance. Here is a glimpse at some of the supporting material for his […]
New Technology Developed At Texas A&m Could Improve Diabetes Management
Vladislav Yakovlev | Via Texas A&M | June 22, 2016A newly developed method for detecting glucose based on how it absorbs a specific type of light could spell the end of the painful, invasive finger-prick tests diabetics rely on to monitor their condition, says a Texas A&M University biomedical engineer who is developing the technology. Using optical technology that essentially sends a twisting, directional […]
4 Innovative Women Engineers Tell Their Stories
Katherine Ferrara | Via UC Davis | June 22, 2016For National Women in Engineering Day June 23, meet four UC Davis College of Engineering faculty who are breaking new ground in areas as diverse as using medical imaging for gene delivery to designing platforms for data collection. Katherine Whittaker Ferrara, distinguished professor of biomedical engineering How did you get interested in engineering? My dad was […]