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UT Dallas researchers help determine soil health for farmers
Shalini Prasad | Via spectrumlocalnews | August 24, 2023Ameer Wins 2023 Excellence in Biomaterials Science Award
Guillermo Ameer | Via northwestern | August 23, 2023The award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the science of biomaterials Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo A. Ameer has been elected the winner of the 2023 Excellence in Biomaterials Science Award, an honor given by the Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation (SIBF). The award, the highest given by the foundation, recognizes an individual who […]
AI Can Now Design Proteins That Behave Like Biological ‘Transistors’
David Baker | Via Singularity Hub | August 22, 2023We often think of proteins as immutable 3D sculptures. That’s not quite right. Many proteins are transformers that twist and change their shapes depending on biological needs. One configuration may propagate damaging signals from a stroke or heart attack. Another may block the resulting molecular cascade and limit harm. In a way, proteins act like […]
Biomedical engineers Michael King, Cynthia Reinhart-King to join Rice faculty
Mike King | Via Rice University | August 22, 2023Two national leaders in the biomedical engineering field, Michael King and Cynthia Reinhart-King, whose research programs have advanced the understanding and treatment of cancer and other diseases, will join the Rice University faculty next year. “Both are established leaders in bioengineering,” said Gang Bao, department chair and Foyt Family Professor of Bioengineering (BIOE) at Rice. […]
Biomedical engineers Michael King, Cynthia Reinhart-King to join Rice faculty
Cindy Reinhart-King | Via Rice University | August 22, 2023Two national leaders in the biomedical engineering field, Michael King and Cynthia Reinhart-King, whose research programs have advanced the understanding and treatment of cancer and other diseases, will join the Rice University faculty next year. “Both are established leaders in bioengineering,” said Gang Bao, department chair and Foyt Family Professor of Bioengineering (BIOE) at Rice. […]
Dan G. DUDA, DMD, PhD, was elected a member of the Academia Europaea.
Dan Duda | Via | August 19, 2023Dan G. DUDA, DMD, PhD, was elected a member of the Academia Europaea. Dr. Duda is the director of Translational Research in GI Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. The Academia Europaea is the only academy with individual members from the Council of Europe states and other nations […]
Institutions with strong engineering operations are more efficient in producing patents, researchers find
Rob Gourdie | Via Bioengineer.org | August 14, 2023When it comes to translational medicine, Robert Gourdie is among the 2 percent of “super-producers,” National Institutes of Health-funded scientists at U.S. biomedical institutions who hold 10 or more issued patents. When it comes to translational medicine, Robert Gourdie is among the 2 percent of “super-producers,” National Institutes of Health-funded scientists at U.S. biomedical institutions […]
Deep learning unlocks personalised cancer therapy
Rachel Karchin | Via Design Products & Applications | August 14, 2023Engineers and cancer researchers have harnessed the power of machine learning technology to predict immune-boosting proteins. Machine learning technology developed by a team of Johns Hopkins engineers and cancer researchers can accurately predict cancer-related protein fragments that may trigger an immune system response. If validated in clinical trials, the technology could help scientists overcome a […]
Transforming flies into degradable plastics
Karen Wooley | Via R&D World | August 14, 2023Imagine using insects as a source of chemicals to make plastics that can biodegrade later — with the help of that very same type of bug. That concept is closer to reality than you might expect. Today, researchers will describe their progress to date, including isolation and purification of insect-derived chemicals and their conversion into […]
Israeli team unveils potential for drug testing, cardiovascular treatments
Yaakov Nahmias | Via Jerusalem Post | August 7, 2023A minuscule model of a human heart, the size of a grain of rice, has been created in Israel. With the potential to put an end to the often criticized animal testing by pharmaceutical companies. In a major breakthrough, a collaborative team of Israeli researchers has unveiled a miniature human heart model that could potentially […]
Electrogenetics Study Finds We Could One Day Control Our Genes With Wearables
Martin Fussenegger | Via Singularity Hub | August 4, 2023The components sound like the aftermath of a shopping and spa retreat: three AA batteries. Two electrical acupuncture needles. One plastic holder that’s usually attached to battery-powered fairy lights. But together they merge into a powerful stimulation device that uses household batteries to control gene expression in cells. The idea seems wild, but a new […]
AI-Driven Molecular De-Extinction Tech Finds Antimicrobial Peptides in Neanderthals
Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | August 1, 2023Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania Machine Biology Group have developed what they call a groundbreaking approach to drug discovery, which uses artificial intelligence to discover antibiotics in extinct organisms. In a newly published study in Cell Host and Microbe, the team described the use of the “molecular de-extinction” technology to discover antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) […]
Reprograming wasp venom to make antimicrobials
Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez | Via C&EN | July 30, 2023Synthetic peptides can keep their bug-fighting properties but lose the sting In the hunt for new antibiotics, people have looked in myriad locations. At the University of Pennsylvania, Cesar de la Fuente’s team goes hunting in the protein world. The researchers aim to find small proteins around 8–50 amino acids long with antimicrobial properties because […]
RNA-Based Therapy Fights Melanoma in Mice Models
Yizhou Dong | Via Mirage News | July 27, 2023Investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have designed an innovative RNA-based strategy to activate dendritic cells—which play a key role in immune response—that eradicated tumors and prevented their recurrence in mouse models of melanoma. The findings, which suggest that the approach has the potential to be effective against tumors that have […]
Brain movement measured for clues to prevent, reduce injury
Philip Bayly | Via Washington University in St. Louis | July 27, 2023When the human head experiences any kind of movement — from nodding yes or no to heading a soccer ball or being jolted in a car crash — the brain moves inside the skull, leading to deformation of the tissue. Such deformations are key to understanding traumatic brain injury but are challenging to study since […]
AI and Machine Learning Hold Potential in Fighting Infectious Disease
Ronald Summers | Via Health IT Analytics | July 26, 2023New research showed that drug discovery, infection biology, and diagnostics are functions of AI and machine learning in treating infectious diseases. A new study described that despite the continued threat of infectious diseases on public health, the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can help handle this issue and provide a framework […]
New DNA Identification Approach Could Improve Monitoring for Chronic Diseases
Shana Kelley | Via Northwestern University | July 26, 2023Investigators led by Shana Kelley, PhD, the Neena B. Schwartz Professor of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, have developed a novel approach for identifying sequences of artificial DNA with differing levels of binding to other small molecules. The approach, detailed in a study published in Nature Chemistry, could help improve the […]
Breaking Bacterial Barriers: New Strategy Improves Treatment of Chronic Wound Infections
Paul Dayton | Via Scitech Daily | July 26, 2023Scientists have developed a new strategy to improve the delivery of drugs to chronic wound infections. Chronic wounds, which are persistent open sores or damaged tissues that do not heal correctly, pose a significant challenge to treat because of bacterial infections such as Staphylococcus aureus, or S. aureus. This situation is further complicated when these […]
New Study Aims to Decipher the Mystery of Vitiligo
Darrell Irvine | Via managedhealthcareexecutive | July 26, 2023The study will enroll an estimated 1,000 patients, of whom approximately 200 will have vitiligo. The remaining participants will be at-risk family members, some 40 to 60 of whom are expected to develop vitiligo during the 5-year study. A new $3.75 million clinical trial, led by John E. Harris, MD, PhD, Manuel Garber, PhD, and […]
100-Year-Old Treatment Inhibits COVID-19 Infection
Jonathan Dordick | Via Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | July 24, 2023A team of researchers led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Jonathan S. Dordick, Ph.D., Institute Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has illuminated a new possibility for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 in research published in Communications Biology. The team found that suramin, a 100-year-old drug still used for human sleeping sickness that has many […]