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Taking the Sting Out of Medical Tape
Robert Langer | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | October 29, 2012Ripping off a Band-Aid may sting for a few seconds, but the pain is usually quickly forgotten. However, for newborns’ sensitive skin, tearing off any kind of adhesive can pose a serious risk. Newborns lack an epidermis — the tough outermost layer of skin — so medical tape used to secure respirators or monitoring devices […]
UA a Big Winner at AZBio Awards
Jennifer Barton | Via UA News | October 25, 2012Arizona BioIndustry Association award recipients include Rick Myers, chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents; Jennifer Barton, UA associate vice president for research and professor of biomedical engineering; Dr. David S. Alberts of the UA Cancer Center; and Dr. Raymond L. Woosley of the Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics. Several University of Arizona […]
Bionic ‘Visionaries’ Win Top Honour
Nigel Lovell | Via UNSW Newsroom | October 22, 2012For their pioneering work on developing a bionic eye, two UNSW engineers have been honoured with a prestigious research achievement award. Scientia Professor Nigel Lovell and Associate Professor Gregg Suaning have received the Bartimaeus Award for internationally recognised contributions to the field of vision restoration by way of neural prosthesis. “This award is among the […]
White and Wilcox Awarded two Grants to Investigate Difficult-to-Treat Epilepsies
John White | Via University of Utah | October 19, 2012Brain Institute Investigator John White, Ph.D., and Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology Karen Wilcox, Ph.D., were awarded $1.7 Million from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and $300,000 from the Ben B. and Iris M. Margolis Foundation to study the roles of astrocytes in epilepsy. There are over three million Americans with epilepsy, […]
Inside Health Policy – Regulatory Science Centers Push Forward Despite Funding Uncertainty
William Bentley | Via Friends of Cancer Research | October 18, 2012Leaders of two academic centers tapped last year to pilot FDA’s Centers of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation program said they are concerned about possible loss of funding due to sequestration or a constrained fiscal environment but are moving ahead while also remaining hopeful that some of the work would continue if federal funding […]
New Study Shows Reprogrammed Amniotic Fluid Cells Could Treat Vascular Diseases
Sina Rabbany | Via Weill Cornell Medical College | October 18, 2012A research team at Weill Cornell Medical College has discovered a way to utilize diagnostic prenatal amniocentesis cells, reprogramming them into abundant and stable endothelial cells capable of regenerating damaged blood vessels and repairing injured organs. Blood vessel composed of new endothelial cells, created from reprogrammed amniotic fluid-derived cells Their study, published online today in […]
New Technique For Sorting Live Cells May Expedite Biomedical Research
Nancy Allbritton | Via NC State University Newsroom | October 17, 2012Researchers from North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new technique that uses sound waves to rapidly separate selected collections of cells for use in biomedical research.
Bashir Receives IEEE EMBS Technical Achievement Award
Rashid Bashir | Via University of Illinois ECE | October 16, 2012ECE and Bioengineering Professor Rashid Bashir has been recognized with the 2012 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Technical Achievement Award, “for significant contributions to the development of micro and nanoscale biosensors.” Bashir, an Abel Bliss Professor, directs the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory and is affiliated with the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science […]
Kavraki, Mikos Elected to Institute of Medicine
Antonios Mikos | Via Rice University News | October 15, 2012Two Rice University scientists were elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies today. Lydia Kavraki, the Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science and professor of bioengineering, and Antonios Mikos, the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, are part of the new class of inductees named today at […]
2012 Young Investigator Award Winner: Ali Khademhosseini
Ali Khademhosseini | Via Biomedical Engineering Journal | October 15, 2012The Editors of the Biochemical Engineering Journal, in partnership with the Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division of AIChE, are very pleased to announce the selection of Ali Khademhosseini as the recipient of the third Biochemical Engineering Journal Young Investigator Award. This award recognizes outstanding excellence in research and practice contributed to the field of biochemical […]
Healing Wounds, Visible and Invisible
Ellis Meng | Via USC Stevens Center for Innovation | October 15, 2012War is its own kind of trauma. Days filled with strict regimented rules of behavior, constant travel, friends killed in roadside bombings and personal injuries: coming home to American life can be a great shock. Nathan Graeser, a U.S. Army Reserve chaplain, often gets calls in the middle of the night from returning soldiers he’s […]
Katherine Ferrara Receives the Highest IEEE-UFFCS Award
Katherine Ferrara | Via UC Davis Biomedical Engineering | October 12, 2012Katherine Ferrara, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, received the IEEE-UFFCS Achievement Award on October 8 at the IEEE-UFFCS (Ultrasonic Ferroelectric and Frequency Control Society) annual meeting in Dresden, Germany. The Achievement Award is the highest Society-wide award presented to a member in special recognition of outstanding contributions. Selection criteria include significant technical publications in the field […]
Gregory Tew and Research Team Score Advance in Manipulating T Cells
Gregory N. Tew | Via University of Massachusetts | October 11, 2012Gregory Tew, professor of Polymer Science and Engineering and colleagues, including immunologist Lisa Minter, have found a way to get inside naïve T cells and to deliver bio-active cargo such as proteins and synthetic molecules across what had been a long-locked cell membrane. They do this by using a new synthetic protein transduction domain (PTD) […]
U of L Researcher Working on Astro-Surgical Device
George Pantalos | Via WDRB | October 9, 2012A U of L researcher is working on an “out-of-this-world” concept: testing astro-surgery. And NASA is really hoping the idea works. With a crocheted space mobile and a blow-up shuttle, it’s easy to see George Pantalos’ passion. “I can remember back when I was in high school, which was back in the days of Apollo, that […]
Discovery Channel’s Curiosity Kicks Off with Plane Crash
Cynthia A. Bir | Via LA Times | October 7, 2012According to executive producer Howard Swartz, the idea of crashing the plane had been in the planning stages with the production company, Dragonfly Film and Television Productions, for four years before coming to Discovery, and an additional six months of prep work once the cable channel decided to undertake the project. “We thought the idea […]
Christopher Voigt – MIT Team Builds Most Complex Synthetic Biology Circuit Yet
Christopher A. Voigt | Via CSBI @ MIT | October 7, 2012Using genes as interchangeable parts, synthetic biologists design cellular circuits that can perform new functions, such as sensing environmental conditions. However, the complexity that can be achieved in such circuits has been limited by a critical bottleneck: the difficulty in assembling genetic components that don’t interfere with each other. Unlike electronic circuits on a silicon […]
Team with U of L Researcher Rides NASA’s ‘Vomit Comet’ to Test Zero-Gravity Surgery Device
George Pantalos | Via The Courier-Journal | October 5, 2012What happens when astronauts are hurtling toward Mars on a years-long space voyage and one is injured, requiring emergency surgery in a environment lacking gravity? It may sound like science fiction, but it’s one of the challenges NASA faces in its goal of putting astronauts on Mars by 2035. And it has spurred a University […]
Researchers Test Zero-Gravity Surgery Device
George Pantalos | Via USA Today | October 5, 2012What happens when astronauts are hurtling toward Mars on a years-long space voyage and one is injured, requiring emergency surgery in a environment lacking gravity? It may sound like science fiction, but it’s one of the challenges NASA faces in its goal of putting astronauts on Mars by 2035. And it has spurred a University […]
Watch Passenger plane Crash in Desert
Cynthia A. Bir | Via CNN | October 2, 2012The Discovery Channel crashes a Boeing 727 into the desert on purpose to demonstrate how to survive a plane accident.
Wayne State Prof Crashes Airplane For Science
Cynthia A. Bir | Via CBS Detroit | October 1, 2012Wayne State University professor and biomedical engineering researcher Cynthia Bir specializes in impacts. But her latest project undoubtedly produced the biggest bang of her career. Back in April, teamed with an international team of researchers, pilots and aircraft safety experts, Bir crashed a full-size passenger airplane into the remote desert along the U.S.-Mexico border, all in […]