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Erasing a Genetic Mutation
Daniel Anderson | Via MIT News | April 1, 2014Using a new gene-editing system based on bacterial proteins, MIT researchers have cured mice of a rare liver disorder caused by a single genetic mutation. The findings, described in the March 30 issue of Nature Biotechnology, offer the first evidence that this gene-editing technique, known as CRISPR, can reverse disease symptoms in living animals. CRISPR, […]
Distinguished Researcher to Speak at Njit on Preventing Bone Loss
Stephen Cowin | Via NJIT | March 26, 2014Preventing bone deterioration is a critical aspect of combating osteoporosis, improving bone implants, and even making long-term space flight possible, such as voyages to Mars and beyond. On April 9, noted biomedical researcher Stephen C. Cowin will describe a promising model for studying nutrient transport from the vascular system to bone tissue, transport that has […]
SynapDx Corporation CEO Stan Lapidus Named to AIMBE’s College of Fellows
Stanley Lapidus | Via Business Wire | March 25, 2014LEXINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SynapDx Corporation today announced that founder and CEO Stanley Lapidus was inducted to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. This honor recognizes Lapidus’ pioneering contributions to the field of biomedical engineering. In 2010, Lapidus founded SynapDx to develop a novel blood test to enable the earlier detection […]
Catheter Innovation Destroys Dangerous Biofilms
Gabriel Lopez | Via Duke Biomedical Engineering | March 25, 2014For the millions of people forced to rely on a plastic tube to eliminate their urine, developing an infection is nearly a 100 percent guarantee after just four weeks. But with the help of a little bubble-blowing, biomedical engineers hope to bring relief to urethras everywhere. About half of the time, the interior of long-term […]
North American Membrane Society Honors Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Georges Belfort
Georges Belfort | Via RPI | March 20, 2014World-leading bioseparations expert Georges Belfort, Institute Professor and a member of the Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been awarded the Alan S. Michaels Award for Innovation in Membrane Science and Technology from the North American Membrane Society (NAMS). The award, given every three years by NAMS […]
Stanford Researchers Survey Protein Family that Helps the Brain form Synapses
Stephen Quake | Via Stanford Engineering | March 18, 2014Neuroscientists and bioengineers at Stanford are working together to solve a mystery: How does nature construct the different types of synapses that connect neurons – the brain cells that monitor nerve impulses, control muscles and form thoughts. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Thomas C. Südhof, M.D., a […]
Stanford Engineers Brave the ‘Vomit Comet’ to Improve Astronauts’ Heart Health
Gregory T. A. Kovacs | Via Stanford Engineering | March 7, 2014The human heart was not meant to pump in space. Early astronauts in the Apollo program performed every conceivable physical test to ensure that they were each at the pinnacle of human fitness. And yet, when they returned to Earth after just a few days in space, they felt dizzy when standing and tests showed […]
A Breakthrough in Endometriosis Research
Douglas Lauffenburger | Via MIT Libraries News | February 26, 2014Over the years Linda Griffith has undergone many surgeries for endometriosis, a condition in which tissue that normally grows in the uterus is found elsewhere in the body and can cause lesions, inflammation, and infertility. The disease is poorly understood, and so it made sense to Griffith, a professor of biological and mechanical engineering, to […]
Johns Hopkins Researchers Establish a Digital Search System for Pediatric Brain MRI Data
Michael Miller | Via Johns Hopkins, Department of Biomedical Engineering | February 24, 2014Herschel and Ruth Seder Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Michael Miller, Susumu Mori (co-principal investigator of the grant) and Thierry Huisman (pediatric radiologist, building the pediatric brain cloud) have received a lot of media coverage about their recent project — a Google-like search system of normal and abnormal children’s brain scans. The pediatric brain data bank […]
Bioengineering at Tech: Past, Present, Future
Robert M. Nerem | Via Georgia Tech News Center | February 24, 2014Georgia Tech faculty member Bob Nerem’s work has helped significantly to advance medical science and improve the quality of life. To many at Georgia Tech, he has been one of the pioneers in the field and instrumental in leading the effort in the areas of bioengineering and biosciences on campus and beyond. Nerem is looking […]
Shedding a Light on Pain: A Technique Developed by Stanford Bioengineers Could Lead to New Treatments
Scott Delp | Via Stanford Engineering | February 19, 2014The mice in Scott Delp’s lab, unlike their human counterparts, can get pain relief from the glow of a yellow light. Right now these mice are helping scientists to study pain – how and why it occurs and why some people feel it so intensely without any obvious injury. But Delp, a professor of bioengineering […]
Peppas Elected to the Academy of Athens
Nicholas Peppas | Via University of Texas as Austin BME News | February 19, 2014Yannis Kevrekidis, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at Princeton University said, “Election to the Order of Sciences in the Academy whose roots go back to Plato’s Academy in this “city that taught the world” is a signal honor. It is also a recognition for the entire field that Nicholas has helped found and […]
Gene Therapy Might Grow Replacement Tissue Inside the Body
Farshid Guilak | Via Duke Engineering | February 18, 2014Duke researchers use gene therapy to direct stem cells into becoming new cartilage on a synthetic scaffold even after implantation into a living body. By combining a synthetic scaffolding material with gene delivery techniques, researchers at Duke University are getting closer to being able to generate replacement cartilage where it’s needed in the body. Performing […]
A New Tool in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life: A Tricked-Out Point-and-Shoot
Wolfgang Fink | Via U. Arizona News | February 7, 2014The next time a NASA rover blasts off to explore Mars or some other planet, it might be equipped with a new type of “do-it-all” camera developed by an engineering team at the University of Arizona. The prototype of the “Astrobiological Imager” – described in a research paper featured on the cover of a recent […]
Illuminating a Complex Disease: New analysis of endometriosis patients could help scientists develop better treatments and more revealing diagnoses
Linda Griffith | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | February 5, 2014Endometriosis, the invasive displacement of uterine tissue into surrounding organs, affects at least 10 percent of women. The disease, which is often misdiagnosed, can cause severe pain and infertility, but very little is known about how it arises. In 2009, biological engineer Linda Griffith launched the Center for Gynepathology Research at MIT to study endometriosis […]
A Microchip for Metastasis: MIT researchers design a microfluidic platform to see how cancer cells invade specific organs
Roger D. Kamm | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | February 2, 2014Nearly 70 percent of patients with advanced breast cancer experience skeletal metastasis, in which cancer cells migrate from a primary tumor into bone — a painful development that can cause fractures and spinal compression. While scientists are attempting to better understand metastasis in general, not much is known about how and why certain cancers spread […]
Njit Distinguished Professor Atam P. Dhawan, of Randolph, Named Aimbe Fellow
Atam Dhawan | Via New Jersey Institute of Technology | January 28, 2014Atam P. Dhawan, of Randolph, a distinguished professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NJIT, has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBA) for contributions in medical imaging. Dhawan, who also serves as the Executive Director of Undergraduate Research and Innovation at NJIT, will be […]
Termis: the Congruent Point of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Todd McDevitt | Via Georgia Tech Pioneer | January 28, 2014Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society – hosts an annual conference which is often found to be eye-opening by many people in the field of tissue engineering as it showcases the field’s latest technologies and groundbreaking research. This year, TERMIS-Americas is hosted by The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia […]
Understanding Concussions: Testing Head-Impact Sensors
James Ashton-Miller | Via University of Michigan Engineering | January 28, 2014The head of a crash-test dummy wore a football helmet as it hung upside-down on a laboratory drop tower. James Eckner, M.D., stood on a ladder next to it holding its tether. He counted to five and let go. The bust smacked into another just like it three feet below – with about the force […]
Harvard Scientists Say Research Subjects Should See Data
George M. Church | Via Bloomberg | January 23, 2014People who give blood or other tissues for research should be able to track their use through the scientific process to see the data their activities or samples generate, Harvard University scientists said. The standard one-way flow of information creates an unequal relationship that blocks participants’ ability to hold scientists accountable for how the data […]