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How the combination of advanced ultrasound and AI could upgrade cancer diagnostics
Azra Alizad | Via MedicalXpress | June 5, 2023Researchers have shown that an automated cancer diagnostic method, which pairs cutting-edge ultrasound techniques with artificial intelligence, can accurately diagnose thyroid cancer, of which there are more than 40,000 new cases every year. The method—deemed high-definition microvasculature imaging, or HDMI—noninvasively captures images of the tiny vessels within tumors and, based on the vessel features, automatically […]
Microparticles Trigger Treg Expansion to Cure Mice With Multiple Sclerosis-Like Disease
Jordan Green | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology | June 5, 2023While there is no cure for the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS), the results of a new study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have pointed to the therapeutic potential of a promising approach that can reverse—and in many cases, completely alleviate—MS-like symptoms in mice. The strategy, tested in a mouse model of MS, harnesses biodegradeable […]
The Future of Low-Field MRI for Pediatric Imaging
Krishna Nayak | Via News Wise | June 5, 2023Recently, John Wood, MD, PhD, Director of Cardiovascular MRI at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, co-authored a breakthrough research finding: the first real-time, diagnostic quality MRI images of fetal heart disease. The study, co-led by Dr. Wood and Krishna Nayak, PhD, in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, takes advantage of a novel technology: low-field, high-resolution […]
40 Hz vibrations reduce Alzheimer’s pathology, symptoms in mouse models
Ed Boyden | Via MIT | June 5, 2023Evidence that noninvasive sensory stimulation of 40 Hz gamma frequency brain rhythms can reduce Alzheimer’s disease pathology and symptoms, already shown with light and sound by multiple research groups in mice and humans, now extends to tactile stimulation. A new study by MIT scientists shows that Alzheimer’s model mice exposed to 40 Hz vibration for […]
Artificial Biological Intelligence Could Play a Key Role in the Future
Ge Wang | Via Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | June 2, 2023Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Ge Wang, Ph.D. — Clark & Crossan Endowed Chair Professor, director of the Biomedical Imaging Center within the Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, and this year’s winner of the Wiley Distinguished Faculty Award — and Albany Medical College’s Joshua Goldwag ’20, a medical student and previously Ge […]
Proposed cancer treatment aims to harness ‘sentinels’ of immune system
Blaine Pfeifer | Via University at Buffalo | June 1, 2023They patrol inside our skin and other soft tissue. Their job: alert the immune system to toxic invaders so it can mount an attack. But these sentries – known as dendritic cells – often fail to warn of cancer’s arrival. Why? Scientists surmise that, because cancer develops within the body, immune system cells do not […]
Healing Big Broken Bones With a Small Molecule
Cato Laurencin | Via University of Connecticut | May 24, 2023Repairing severely damaged bones is a challenge—especially the long bones of the arms and legs. Now, UConn Health scientists describe a new method in the 22 May issue of PNAS that can promote regrowth of long bones more affordably and with fewer side effects than other techniques. Cleanly broken bones often heal without problems. But […]
New tests based on biomarkers may improve diagnosis and treatment of acute kidney injury
Jonathan Himmelfarb | Via News-Medical.net | May 24, 2023Hospital inpatients who develop an acute kidney injury (AKI) generally fare poorly after being discharged, and have few options for effective treatment. A UW Medicine-led study published recently in American Journal of Kidney Diseases suggests that new tests might improve this narrative. In the study, “about 30% of the patients that came into the hospital […]
A New Map Reveals the Complicated World in Which Cells Seek to Repair Damaged DNA
Trey Ideker | Via UC San Diego | May 22, 2023Writing in the May 22, 2023 issue of Cell Systems, a diverse team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, have produced a novel map that depicts the human body’s enormously complicated and highly evolved system for addressing and repairing DNA damage — a cause and consequence of […]
Center for Bioengineering Announces New Director
Kristyn Masters | Via CU Anschutz | May 18, 2023Kristyn S. Masters, PhD, has been appointed chair of the University of Colorado Denver Department of Bioengineering and the director of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Center for Bioengineering, following an extensive national search. These coupled roles provide the leadership to the unique cross-campus bioengineering program. For the past seven years, Masters has […]
WFIRM bioprinting research makes history when it soars to the ISS
James Yoo | Via EurekAlert | May 15, 2023The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) will make history this month when the first bioprinted solid tissue constructs soar to the International Space Station (ISS) on board the next all private astronaut mission by commercial space leader Axiom Space. The Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) launch by Houston-based Axiom Space is launching from Florida’s […]
WFIRM bioprinting research makes history when it soars to the ISS
Anthony Atala | Via EurekAlert | May 15, 2023The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) will make history this month when the first bioprinted solid tissue constructs soar to the International Space Station (ISS) on board the next all private astronaut mission by commercial space leader Axiom Space. The Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) launch by Houston-based Axiom Space is launching from Florida’s […]
New understanding of “wavy wounds” may make for faster post-op healing
Jimmy Hsia | Via New Atlas | May 15, 2023For some time now, it has been observed that wounds with a zig-zag pattern heal faster than those which simply form a straight line. Scientists have now determined why this is the case, and their findings could change the ways in which surgical incisions are made. Led by Prof. K Jimmy Hsia, a team at […]
Johns Hopkins Machine Learning Tool Can Identify Tumor Cell Interactions
Elana Fertig | Via Health IT Analytics | May 12, 2023Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Convergence Institute and the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a machine learning (ML) model capable of identifying molecular interactions among the cells in and around tumors. The tool, known as SpaceMarkers, leverages spatial transcriptomics, a type of technology that helps measure gene expression within a tissue sample using […]
From Microelectronics to Mars
Wolfgang Fink | Via University of Arizona | May 12, 2023The Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair Supports Discoveries Big and Small. Wolfgang Fink is the inaugural Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair, with joint appointments at the in the departments of electrical and computer engineering, biomedical engineering, systems and industrial engineering, aerospace and mechanical engineering, and ophthalmology and vision science. Fink is the founder […]
Greg Stephanopoulos Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Greg Stephanopoulos | Via MIT | May 11, 2023Five MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2023 Joshua Angrist, Gang Chen, Catherine Drennan, Dina Katabi, and Gregory Stephanopoulos are recognized by their peers for their outstanding contributions to research. The National Academy of Sciences has elected 120 members and 23 international members, including five faculty members from MIT. Joshua Angrist, […]
Myeloid cells with ‘backpack’ may help halt inflammation in MS
Samir Mitragotri | Via Multiple Sclerosis News Today | May 8, 2023Novel treatment worked to ease motor symptoms in mouse model Attaching a kind of molecule backpack to myeloid cells — a type of immune cells involved in the inflammatory attack that drives multiple sclerosis (MS) — may help to halt inflammation and damage in the brain in MS by modulating immune cell activity, a study […]
Researchers solve mystery of how statins improve blood vessel health
Joseph Wu | Via Stanford Medicine | May 8, 2023Statins designed to lower cholesterol have long been noted to work in mysterious ways to improve other aspects of cardiovascular health. A Stanford Medicine-led study uncovers how they do it. Using new genetic tools to study statins in human cells and mice, Stanford Medicine researchers and collaborators have uncovered how the cholesterol-lowering drugs protect the […]
Jennifer Elisseeff elected to National Academy of Sciences
Jennifer Elisseeff | Via Johns Hopkins University | May 5, 2023Three Johns Hopkins researchers elected to National Academy of Sciences Neuroscientist Amy Bastian, biomedical engineer Jennifer Elisseeff, astrophysicist Alex Szalay among 120 new members Three Johns Hopkins University researchers—neuroscientist Amy Bastian, biomedical engineer Jennifer Elisseeff, and astrophysicist and computer scientist Alex Szalay—have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished […]
Pharmacy Researchers License New NSAIDS-Administering Technology
Diane Burgess | Via UConn Today | May 4, 2023Slow-releasing implants are designed to reduce side effects associated with medications for pain relief of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis For rheumatologic conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, NSAIDS are often the first line of medications used for pain relief. UConn Pharmacy researchers have discovered a way to minimize the side effects associated with the treatment […]