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Target: Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Omid Farokhzad | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | May 3, 2012Over the past several decades, scientists have faced challenges in developing new antibiotics even as bacteria have become increasingly resistant to existing drugs. One strategy that might combat such resistance would be to overwhelm bacterial defenses by using highly targeted nanoparticles to deliver large doses of existing antibiotics. In a step toward that goal, researchers […]
Purdue Researchers Awarded $1 Million for Epigenetics
Joseph M. K. Irudayaraj | Via Purdue University | May 2, 2012Purdue University scientists will use a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop technologies for altering the epigenetic marks in the genome that turn genes on and off, work they hope will lead to advances in treating genetic health conditions. The team, led by Joseph Irudayaraj, a professor of agricultural and biological […]
Women in Medtech: Deborah Kilpatrick – The Bioengineer
Deborah Kilpatrick | Via Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry | May 2, 2012Deborah Kilpatrick, PhD, is senior vice president at genomic diagnostics company CardioDx, which has been recognized in the Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards, TIME Magazine’s Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs, and the 2012 Edison Awards. Deborah was formerly at Guidant Corporation as a Director of R&D and New Ventures, and she currently has various advisory […]
Bionic Vision Gets $2.5m Boost
Nigel Lovell | Via UNSW Newsroom | May 1, 2012The fabrication of implantable electronics has begun at the University of New South Wales ahead of planned patient tests of a functional bionic eye next year, researchers say. A brand new $2.5 million facility opened last week by NSW Chief Scientist Professor Mary O’Kane is giving bionic vision researchers the on-campus capability to produce their own […]
Third Polymer International-IUPAC Prize Awarded to Ali Khademhossein
Ali Khademhosseini | Via Chemistry International | May 1, 2012In March 2012, the Executive Editorial Board of Polymer International and the IUPAC Polymer Division announced that Ali Khademhosseini (MIT and Harvard) was the third winner of the Polymer International-IUPAC Award for Creativity in Applied Polymer Science or Polymer Technology. Khademhosseini’s research has opened up new ways of using biomaterials to make tissues with controlled […]
How Technology Will Change the Future of Healthcare
Michael Harsh | Via Global Hospital & Healthcare Management | April 28, 2012GE Vice President and GE Healthcare Chief Technology Officer Mike Harsh recently addressed attendees at The Economist’s inaugural “Technology Frontiers” conference where he talked about how technology will change the face of healthcare. The London-based conference provided a platform for business leaders from across the globe to appreciate how technology will transform the world around us. Reviewing […]
Rensselaer Professor Georges Belfort Named to Scientific Advisory Board of Max Planck Institute, Elected Member of Institute of Bologna Academy of Sciences
Georges Belfort | Via RPI News | April 25, 2012World-leading bioseparations expert Georges Belfort visited Germany and Italy last month as part of two prestigious honors from elite European scientific societies. Belfort, Institute Professor and a member of the Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently elected a foreign corresponding member of the Institute of Bologna […]
Inspired by Insects: For Rreatment of Vocal Fold Disorders, UD Researchers Look to Insect Protein
Kristi Kiick | Via University of Delaware | April 24, 2012A one-inch long grasshopper can leap a distance of about 20 inches. Cicadas can produce sound at about the same frequency as radio waves. Fleas measuring only millimeters can jump an astonishing 100 times their height in microseconds. How do they do it? They make use of a naturally occurring protein called resilin. Resilin is […]
Brazos Valley Magazine To Feature Gerard Cote’s Work In Optical Sensors
Gerard Cote | Via TAMU Times | April 24, 2012KAMU TV and Brazos Valley Magazine, a weekly community affairs show, will air an interview with biomedical engineering department head Dr. Gerard Coté, April 26, 28, and 29 and May 5 and 6. Coté will discuss his work in optical sensors for in vitro and in vivo medical diagnosis and monitoring.
Biomedical Engineer Elected to Spain’s Prestigious Royal Academy
Nicholas Peppas | Via University of Texas at Austin | April 24, 2012Nicholas A. Peppas, chair of The University of Texas at Austin’s Biomedical Engineering Department, has been elected a Corresponding Member of the Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia (Royal Academy of Pharmacy) of Spain. Established in 1737 by King Philip V, the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Spain is one of the Royal Academies belonging to […]
Computing the Best High-Resolution 3-D Tissue Images
Stephen A. Boppart | Via University of Illinois News Bureau | April 23, 2012Real-time, 3-D microscopic tissue imaging could be a revolution for medical fields such as cancer diagnosis, minimally invasive surgery and ophthalmology. University of Illinois researchers have developed a technique to computationally correct for aberrations in optical tomography, bringing the future of medical imaging into focus. The computational technique could provide faster, less expensive and higher […]
Marcolongo Appointed Senior Associate Vice Provost for Translational Research
Michele Marcolongo | Via Drexel University | April 19, 2012Professor Michele Marcolongo has been appointed Senior Associate Vice Provost for Translational Research. Reporting to Vice Provost for Research Deborah Crawford in the Office of Research, Marcolongo will work in the area of translational research. Previously Marcolongo served as Associate Vice Provost for Research in the Office of Research and Associate Dean for Intellectual Property […]
Wick Recipient of 2011 Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentorship
Timothy Wick | Via University of Alabama at Birmingham | April 16, 2012Dr. Timothy Wick, Biomedical Engineering Professor, Chair and Graduate Program Director, was named a recipient of the 2011 Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentorship. Wick was one of 20 professors from 17 departments at UAB to be selected for the honor.The award, now in its fifth year, recognizes exceptional faculty mentorship and demonstrates that […]
Illinois Engineering Professor Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Huimin Zhao | Via University of Illinois News | April 12, 2012University of Illinois professor Huimin Zhao has received a 2012 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded annually on the basis of achievement and exceptional promise. Zhao, the Centennial Chair Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is one of 181 distinguished scholars chosen from a pool of nearly 3,000 applicants. Zhao’s research focuses on developing […]
Tejal Desai receives Dawson Biotechnology Award
Tejal Desai | Via UC San Francisco | April 12, 2012UCSF bioengineer Tejal Desai, PhD, will receive the 2012 Paul R. Dawson Biotechnology Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) at the group’s annual meeting in July. The award honors Desai for her contributions to contemporary teaching and scholarship in biotechnology. She is a faculty member and vice chair for education of […]
Proteomics: The Interaction Map
Trey Ideker | Via Nature | April 11, 2012As increasing numbers of protein–protein interactions are identified, researchers are finding ways to interrogate these data and understand the interactions in a relevant context. Around the time that scientists celebrated the completion of the draft sequence of the human genome, papers from two separate groups described results of another project that tested all the possible […]
Pitt Researchers Develop Versatile Synthetic Platform to Produce Biodegradable Biomaterials for Specific Biomedical Applications
Yadong Wang | Via University of Pittsburgh News | April 11, 2012Despite significant advances, the development of synthetic biomaterials still presents significant challenges in the field of biomedical engineering. Although synthetic biodegradable materials such as polyester exist, most are biologically inert and lack functionality. Now, thanks to a research team at the University of Pittsburgh, a synthetic platform has been developed that will help produce diverse […]
Online Tool Helps Those with BRCA Mutations Understand Options
Sylvia K. Plevritis | Via Stanford Medicine | April 9, 2012At age 47, Melanie Lemons has already had her ovaries removed. With a few clicks of her computer’s mouse, she can see her estimated chance of survival if she has her breasts removed as well. Women like Lemons — who have a high risk for developing breast and ovarian cancers — used to face their […]
Nano-sized ‘Factories’ Churn Out Proteins
Robert Langer | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | April 8, 2012Drugs made of protein have shown promise in treating cancer, but they are difficult to deliver because the body usually breaks down proteins before they reach their destination. To get around that obstacle, a team of MIT researchers has developed a new type of nanoparticle that can synthesize proteins on demand. Once these “protein-factory” particles […]
Nano-Sized ‘Factories’ Churn Out Proteins
Daniel Anderson | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | April 8, 2012Drugs made of protein have shown promise in treating cancer, but they are difficult to deliver because the body usually breaks down proteins before they reach their destination. To get around that obstacle, a team of MIT researchers has developed a new type of nanoparticle that can synthesize proteins on demand. Once these “protein-factory” particles […]