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Graphene ‘Tattoo’ Treats Cardiac Arrhythmia With Light
Igor Efimov | Via Northwestern University | April 21, 2023Scientists led by Northwestern University and the University of Texas at Austin (UT) have developed the first cardiac implant made from graphene, a two-dimensional super material with ultra-strong, lightweight and conductive properties, described in a study published in Advanced Materials. Similar in appearance to a child’s temporary tattoo, the new graphene “tattoo” implant is thinner […]
AI system can generate novel proteins that meet structural design targets
Markus Buehler | Via MIT | April 20, 2023MIT researchers are using artificial intelligence to design new proteins that go beyond those found in nature. They developed machine-learning algorithms that can generate proteins with specific structural features, which could be used to make materials that have certain mechanical properties, like stiffness or elasticity. Such biologically inspired materials could potentially replace materials made from […]
AI system can generate novel proteins that meet structural design targets
David Kaplan | Via MIT | April 20, 2023MIT researchers are using artificial intelligence to design new proteins that go beyond those found in nature. They developed machine-learning algorithms that can generate proteins with specific structural features, which could be used to make materials that have certain mechanical properties, like stiffness or elasticity. Such biologically inspired materials could potentially replace materials made from […]
Guillermo Ameer elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Guillermo Ameer | Via Northwestern University | April 19, 2023Eight members of the Northwestern University faculty have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Guillermo Ameer, Jian Cao, Mercouri Kanatzidis, Shana Kelley, Aldon Morris, Susan Quaggin, Ali Shilatifard and Krista Thompson are among the nearly 270 members elected in 2023 […]
Nanoparticles provoke immune response against tumors but avoid side effects
Darrell Irvine | Via MIT | April 19, 2023In a new study, immunostimulatory drugs slowed tumor growth without producing systemic inflammation. Cancer drugs that stimulate the body’s immune system to attack tumors are a promising way to treat many types of cancer. However, some of these drugs produce too much systemic inflammation when delivered intravenously, making them harmful to use in patients. MIT […]
How entrepreneurship and industry saved COVID fighting nanotechnology?
Tom Webster | Via Open Access Government | April 14, 2023Here Thomas J. Webster, Ph.D. explores how Nanotechnology was crucial in the battle against COVID-19 and how entrepreneurship helped it thrive COVID changed the world forever. Although viruses are nothing new to mankind, COVID highlighted significant deficiencies in our current global healthcare system Our healthcare system was ill-prepared for a viral pandemic, as well as […]
Process rehabilitates donor livers for transplantation
Matthew Bacchetta | Via Vanderbilt University Medical Center | April 13, 2023Not enough suitable donor livers are available, meaning that patients nationwide die every day while waiting on the transplant list. But a multidisciplinary team from Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently published research that shows promise for increasing the supply of organs by rehabilitating injured organs historically rejected for transplant. It demonstrated that injured human donor […]
Robotic nano-surgery shown effective at treating aggressive brain cancer in mice
Yu Sun | Via University of Toronto | April 11, 2023Researchers at the University of Toronto Robotics Institute and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have teamed up to develop a new treatment option for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma (GBM). Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer; the average life expectancy after a diagnosis is around 15 months. Professors Yu Sun […]
Playing sports against robotic opponents makes our brains work harder
Daniel Ferris | Via University of Florida | April 10, 2023Captain of her high school tennis team and a four-year veteran of varsity tennis in college, Amanda Studnicki had been training for this moment for years. All she had to do now was think small. Like ping pong small. For weeks, Studnicki, a graduate student at the University of Florida, served and rallied against dozens […]
Announcing the 2023 Guggenheim Fellows
Julius Lucks | Via Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | April 5, 2023On April 5, 2023, the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation approved the awarding of Guggenheim Fellowships to a diverse group of 171 exceptional individuals. Chosen from a rigorous application and peer review process out of almost 2,500 applicants, these successful applicants were appointed on the basis of prior achievement and […]
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Awarded by the American Chemical Society Receiving the 2023 Priestley Medal
Cato Laurencin | Via UConn | March 31, 2023On March 28 Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, the University Professor and Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor at the University of Connecticut, received the 2023 Priestley Medal. This is the highest honor of the American Chemical Society. He was honored “for pioneering, breakthrough work on polymeric materials and polymer composites for biologic use, […]
New nanoparticles can perform gene editing in the lungs
Daniel Anderson | Via MIT | March 30, 2023Using these RNA-delivery particles, researchers hope to develop new treatments for cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases. Engineers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have designed a new type of nanoparticle that can be administered to the lungs, where it can deliver messenger RNA encoding useful proteins. With further development, these particles […]
New nanoparticles can perform gene editing in the lungs
Robert Langer | Via MIT | March 30, 2023Using these RNA-delivery particles, researchers hope to develop new treatments for cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases. Engineers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have designed a new type of nanoparticle that can be administered to the lungs, where it can deliver messenger RNA encoding useful proteins. With further development, these particles […]
BME Chairman Akay Earns Honorary Doctorate From Hungary’s Pécs
Metin Akay | Via University of Houston | March 29, 2023Metin Akay, founding chairman and John S. Dunn Endowed Chairman of the Biomedical Engineering Department of the Cullen College of Engineering, has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Pécs, one of Europe’s oldest and most respected institutions of higher learning. Akay was awarded the doctorate at a ceremony in Halasy-Nagy József Hall at […]
Leading Thinkers and Practitioners Elected as RSE Fellows
Ravi Kumar | Via Royal Society of Edinburgh | March 28, 202391 Fellows have been elected to join The Royal Society of Edinburgh from across the sciences, education, the arts, business, and public life. Among those joining are Olympian Dame Katherine Grainger; world record holder Mark Beaumont BEM; Cardiovascular specialist, Professor Lis Neubeck; former CEO of Wood Plc, Robin Watson CBE; and author Andrew O’Hagan. The […]
Matthew Webber Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Matthew Webber | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Matthew J. Webber, Ph.D., Keating-Crawford Collegiate Professor of Engineering at University of Notre Dame to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological […]
Hao Yan Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Hao Yan | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Hao Yan, Ph.D., Milton D. Click Distinguished Professor at Arizona State University to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. The […]
Chen Yang Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Chen Yang | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Chen Yang, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Boston University to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. The College of Fellows is […]
Jamey Young Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Jamey Young | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Jamey Young, Ph.D., Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological […]