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Device Developed at UI Could Make HIV Testing Easier, Faster
Rashid Bashir | Via The News-Gazette | December 10, 2013Much like the blood sugar test which allows diabetics to quickly and easily monitor glucose levels, a new handheld device developed at the University of Illinois aims to quickly and accurately diagnose HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. It’s called a “microfluidic biochip” and it’s smaller than our palm, about the size of a credit […]
Galloway Joins Editorial Board of IEEE Biomedical Engineering Journal
Robert L. Galloway | Via Vanderbilt Engineering | December 10, 2013Robert L. Galloway Jr. has accepted a position on the editorial board of Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, a journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Galloway, whose expertise is in technology-guided therapies, medical devices and medical imaging, is a professor of biomedical engineering, professor of neurosurgery and professor of surgery at Vanderbilt University. […]
110 Patents: Three UCF Profs Lauded as Top Innovators
Sudipta Seal | Via UCF Today | December 10, 2013THree University of Central Florida professors are being recognized for their prolific spirit of innovation, which has benefitted economic development, quality of life and the well-being of society. The three have distinguished themselves for creating inventions in the areas of photonics and nanotechnology, which have everyday applications. For their work, the National Academy of Inventors […]
New Biochip Diagnoses HIV/AIDS on the Spot
Rashid Bashir | Via University of Illinois ECE | December 9, 2013A new sensor technology developed by researchers at the University of Illinois and collaborators at Daktari Diagnostics can diagnose HIV/AIDS using just a drop of blood. The device could provide less costly, easy-to-use, immediate disease diagnostics, especially useful in remote areas of the world and locations with limited resources. Developed by the research group of […]
A NonStop Biosensor
Hyongsok Soh | Via American Chemical Society C&EN | December 9, 2013A biosensor that could continuously measure drugs and biomolecules in the blood of living patients promises to aid early diagnosis of disease and help physicians customize drug doses to individuals, a key goal of personalized medicine. The technology has been used to monitor drugs in live rats and human blood but not yet in people. […]
Surviving Ovarian Cancer: Rutgers Scientists Attack Drug Resistant Cancer Cells
Tamara Minko | Via Rutgers University News | December 6, 2013Scientists at Rutgers University have developed a targeted drug delivery system that they believe could make ovarian cancer more treatable and increase survival rates for the most deadly gynecological cancer in the United States. Tamara Minko, professor in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, and Lorna Rodriguez, professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences […]
After Season-Ending Injury, Boston Skier is Olympics-Bound
Martha Murray | Via Boston Children's Hospital | December 4, 2013What happens when an adrenaline-addicted athlete slows down? Julia Marino thrives at high speed and from great heights. In 2009, 17-year-old Julia was at the top of her game. Coaches and fellow slopestyle skiers had pegged her as a rising star on the World Cup circuit. Salomon, a top winter sports gear manufacturer, had signed […]
Prof. Jacobs Awarded Van C. Mow Medal
Christopher Jacobs | Via Columbia BME | December 3, 2013We are pleased to announce that Professor Christopher R. Jacobs of the Department of Biomedical Engineering has been awarded the 2014 ASME Van C. Mow Medal in bioengineering. The coveted ASME Van C. Mow Medal is bestowed upon an individual who has demonstrated meritorious contributions to the field of bioengineering through research, education, professional development, […]
Kristi Anseth Presents “Dynamic Cell Scaffolds Through Photochemical Reactions” at the Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston
Kristi Anseth | Via University of Colorado Boulder | December 3, 2013Kristi Anseth will present the group’s work on dynamic cell scaffolds in a talk entitled “Dynamic Cell Scaffolds through Photochemical Reactions” at 1:30 PM on December 3rd in the Back Bay B room on the secon floor of the Sheridan. She hopes to see you all there!
Chemical Engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Collaborate To Advance Battlefield Biomanufacturing Technology
Steven Cramer | Via RPI | December 2, 2013Two chemical engineering professors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are contributing to a collaboration among academia, industry, and the federal government to develop a method for rapidly manufacturing biologic drugs. The project, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), aims to provide front-line military medics […]
Researchers Unlock a New Means of Growing Intestinal Stem Cells
Jeffrey Karp | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | December 1, 2013Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have shown that they can grow unlimited quantities of intestinal stem cells, then stimulate them to develop into nearly pure populations of different types of mature intestinal cells. Using these cells, scientists could develop and test new drugs to treat diseases such as ulcerative colitis. The small […]
Researchers Unlock a New Means of Growing Intestinal Stem Cells
Robert Langer | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | December 1, 2013Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have shown that they can grow unlimited quantities of intestinal stem cells, then stimulate them to develop into nearly pure populations of different types of mature intestinal cells. Using these cells, scientists could develop and test new drugs to treat diseases such as ulcerative colitis. The small […]
Pills of the Future: Nanoparticles
Robert Langer | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | November 27, 2013Drugs delivered by nanoparticles hold promise for targeted treatment of many diseases, including cancer. However, the particles have to be injected into patients, which has limited their usefulness so far. Now, researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have developed a new type of nanoparticle that can be delivered orally and absorbed through […]
MIT Center for Integrative Synthetic Biology Receives Five-Year NIH Grant
Christopher A. Voigt | Via MIT | November 27, 2013The MIT Center for Integrative Synthetic Biology, under the leadership of director Ron Weiss and co-director Christopher Voigt, has been awarded a $11.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The five-year P50 grants, awarded by NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences, support research for disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention at centers […]
Four Named Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Stephen A. Boppart | Via University of Illinois News Bureau | November 25, 2013Four University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Stephen A. Boppart, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Kanti Jain and William P. King are among 388 honorees recognized for their “scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.” New fellows will be recognized […]
Milner Named Inventor of the Year
Thomas Milner | Via University of Texas at Austin BME News | November 20, 2013Professor Thomas Milner was named Inventor of the Year at the university’s annual Inventor Award Ceremony on Nov. 19. Milner pioneered the development of optical-based instrumentation applications that help physicians and patients in clinical settings.Milner, a professor in the Cockrell School’s Department of Biomedical Engineering who holds the Marion E. Forsman Centennial Professorship in Engineering, received […]
Researchers Gain Fuller Picture of Cell Protein Reactions
William Miller | Via Northwestern Engineering | November 19, 2013Over the past decade, advances in genetic mapping tools have provided great insight into how DNA influences cell behavior. But genetics is only half the equation; much of cells’ behavior is the result of post-transcriptional processes, events that occur after DNA is transcribed, carried out by complex enzyme interactions within the cell. The roles that […]
Genes Without Patents
George M. Church | Via Harvard Gazette | November 14, 2013As Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan questioned Myriad Genetics’ attorney about patenting genes, Chris Hansen rejoiced. The attorney said that yes, genes should be patentable. But it was only under the pressure of further questions that he said that chromosomes, too, should be patentable, and — more reluctantly still — organs such as kidneys. “It […]
Engineers Explore Ways to Understand, Outwit Blood-Brain Barrier
Eric V. Shusta | Via University of Wisconsin Engineering | November 14, 2013With support from the New Frontier Science group of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers are conducting innovative research that could open new avenues for treating such diseases as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis and others. NFS collaborates with external researchers in an effort to advance innovative technologies and integrate them into future medicines. “There […]
New Way to Monitor Induced-coma Patients
Emery Brown | Via MIT Library News | November 14, 2013Brain injury patients are sometimes deliberately placed in a coma with anesthesia drugs to allow swelling to go down and their brains to heal. Comas can last for days, during which patients’ brain activity must be regularly monitored to ensure the right level of sedation. The constant checking is “totally inefficient,” says Emery Brown, an […]