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Light Can Detect Pre-Cancerous Colon Cells
Adam P. Wax | Via Duke Engineering | October 10, 2011After demonstrating that light accurately detected pre-cancerous cells in the lining of the esophagus, Duke University bioengineers turned their technology to the colon and have achieved similar results in a series of preliminary experiments. This technology could be a non-invasive way for physicians to detect abnormal cells, or dysplasia, which have the potential of turning […]
Shutting Off Inflammation
Daniel Anderson | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | October 9, 2011Using short snippets of RNA to turn off a specific gene in certain immune cells, scientists have shown that they can shut off the inflammation responsible for diseases such as atherosclerosis. This technique, known as RNA interference, offers a targeted way to stop inflammation and could be useful in treating not only atherosclerosis, but also […]
$6.3 Million Center at UCSF and UC Davis Seeks Ways to Diagnose and Prevent Osteoarthritis
Sharmila Majumdar | Via UC San Francisco | October 6, 2011How people walk, jump and run and how their knees look in an MRI scanner may hold the secret to predicting years or even decades in advance whether they will develop osteoarthritis, the common degenerative joint disease that strikes half of all Americans by the time they reach the age of 70. Doctors today cannot […]
William A. Hawkins Appointed New CEO of Immucor
William Hawkins | Via Immucor Investor Relations | October 6, 2011The Board of Directors of Immucor, Inc. announced today that William A. Hawkins will be Immucor’s next CEO. Immucor, Inc. is a private company, wholly owned by TPG Capital. Mr. Hawkins’ appointment follows the decision of current CEO Joshua Levine to step down from his role. The transition will be effective October 17, 2011. In […]
‘Nanostructure’ Process to Streamline Production of Magnetic Materials
Gregory N. Tew | Via University of Massachusetts | October 4, 2011Polymer Science and Engineering”s Gregory Tew and colleagues have designed a completely new and simpler method of preparing ordered magnetic materials by coupling magnetic properties to nanostructure formation at low temperatures. The innovative process, outlined by Tew in the current issue of Nature Communications, allows them to create room-temperature ferromagnetic materials that are stable for […]
Langer Honored for Achievements in Biomedical Engineering
Robert Langer | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | October 3, 2011Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT, who has enabled the creation of artificial skin now used for burn victims and skin-ulcer patients and whose work may someday enable the creation of new vocal cords, is the winner of this year’s Innovation Award in the category of bioscience. The Innovation Awards, given […]
The Pathological Altruist Gives Till Someone Hurts
Barbara Oakley | Via New York Times | October 3, 2011…Barbara Oakley, an associate professor of engineering at Oakland University in Michigan and an editor of the new volume, said in an interview that when she first began talking about its theme at medical or social science conferences, “people looked at me as though I’d just grown goat horns. They said, ‘But altruism by definition […]
Ali Khademhosseini Receives Early Career Award from White House
Ali Khademhosseini | Via University of Texas at Austin | September 27, 2011Two scientists from The University of Texas at Austin are among the 2011 recipients of Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. The recipients are Ali Khademhosseini, a 2011 Donald […]
White House Awards UC San Diego Bioengineering Professor Shu Chien National Medal of Science
Shu Chien | Via UC San Diego | September 27, 2011President Barack Obama today named University of California, San Diego bioengineering Professor Shu Chien one of the seven eminent researchers to receive the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists and engineers. Chien is the only engineer among the seven medalists. Shu Chien, a professor in the […]
Rensselaer Professor Steven Cramer Named Fellow of AIChE
Steven Cramer | Via Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | September 27, 2011Bioseparations and bioprocessing expert Steven Cramer, the William Weightman Walker Professor of Polymer Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently elected a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The AIChE commended Cramer for his wide-reaching research successes, and for demonstrating “significant accomplishments in, and contributions to, the profession” of chemical engineering. “Professor […]
Katherine Ferrara Collaborates on New $3.8 Million Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center
Katherine Ferrara | Via UC Davis Biomedical Engineering | September 26, 2011The National Institutes of Health today awarded $3.8 million to the University of California, Davis, to fund a new mouse-based research center devoted to studies of the physiology and genetics of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular health. Katherine Ferrara is one of the collaborators in the new Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center. A major focus for the […]
Protein ‘Switches’ Could Turn Cancer Cells into Tiny Chemotherapy Factories
Marc Ostermeier | Via Johns Hopkins University News Releases | September 23, 2011Johns Hopkins researchers have devised a protein “switch” that instructs cancer cells to produce their own anti-cancer medication. In lab tests, the researchers showed that these switches, working from inside the cells, can activate a powerful cell-killing drug when the device detects a marker linked to cancer. The goal, the scientists said, is to deploy […]
How to Reverse General Anesthesia
Emery Brown | Via MIT News | September 22, 2011When patients awaken from surgery, they’re usually groggy and disoriented; it can take hours for a patient to become fully clearheaded again. Emery Brown, an MIT neuroscientist and an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), thinks it doesn’t have to be that way. Brown and colleagues at MGH are studying the effects of stimulants that […]
Science on Tap to Highlight Funding Research for Third World Needs
J. Paul Robinson | Via Purdue University | September 20, 2011A leading international researcher at Purdue University working to create a low-cost tool for diagnosing AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and other Third World countries is the featured speaker at the next Science on Tap on Thursday (Sept. 22) in downtown Lafayette. J. Paul Robinson, a professor in Purdue’s schools of biomedical engineering and veterinary medicine, […]
Transformative NIH Grant Will Support Development of Tissue Regeneration Therapeutics
Todd C. McDevitt | Via Georgia Tech News Center | September 20, 2011The five-year project focuses on developing biomaterials capable of capturing certain molecules from embryonic stem cells and delivering them to wound sites to enhance tissue regeneration in adults. By applying these unique molecules, clinicians may be able to harness the regenerative power of stem cells while avoiding concerns of tumor formation and immune system compatibility […]
Transformative NIH Grant to Support Imaging of Lung Cancer During Surgery
Shuming Nie | Via Emory University | September 20, 2011If a tumor is more visible and easier to distinguish from surrounding tissues, surgeons will be more likely to be able to remove it completely. That’s the rationale behind a new $7 million, five-year “transformative” grant from the National Institutes of Health to a team of researchers from Emory, Georgia Tech and the Perelman School […]
Prof. Konofagou Uses Short Ultrasound Pulses to Reach Neurons Through The Blood-Brain Barrier
Elisa E. Konofagou | Via Columbia University Engineering | September 19, 2011A team of researchers, led by Elisa Konofagou, associate professor of biomedical engineering and radiology, has developed a new technique to reach neurons through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and deliver drugs safely and noninvasively. Up until now, scientists have thought that long ultrasound pulses, which can inflict collateral damage, were required. But in this new […]
Coulter Foundation Awards Pitt $3.54 Million for Translational Bioengineering
Pratap Khanwilkar | Via University of Pittsburgh News | September 16, 2011The Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh has received a $3.54 million grant from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation. Pitt is one of only five universities nationwide to receive the foundation’s Coulter Translational Partnership II Award; the five-year grant to the Swanson School’s Department of Bioengineering will fund research that employs engineering […]
Coulter Foundation Awards Pitt $3.54 Million for Translational Bioengineering
Harvey Borovetz | Via University of Pittsburgh | September 16, 2011Pitt is one of only five universities nationwide to receive the Coulter Foundation Translational Bioengineering Research Award Award’s goals are the development of health care improvements through engineering research, accelerating the introduction of new technologies into patient care The Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh has received a $3.54 million grant from […]
Cancer Center Imaging Researcher Receives Two International Awards
Harrison Barrett | Via University of Arizona | September 16, 2011Harrison H. Barrett, PhD, Regents’ Professor of optical sciences and professor of radiology at the University of Arizona and University of Arizona Cancer Center member has received recognition from two international professional organizations. Dr. Barrett has been honored with the SPIE 2011 Gold Medal, and the IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology. The Gold […]