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Medtronic’s Master of Invention: Michael R.S. Hill
Michael Hill | Via Star Tribune | November 20, 2010If someone at a get-together asked Michael R.S. Hill what he does for a living, he’d cheerily reply, “Scientist.” An accurate description, for sure. In truth, his business card reads: “Senior Director, New Therapies and Diagnostics Programs, Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management, Medtronic Inc.” He could also be called an inventor — and a prolific one, […]
Transforming Healthcare
Ross Ethier | Via Imperial College London | November 18, 2010From the design of heart monitors, anaesthesia equipment and ultrasound scanners, to biomaterials used in artificial ocular lenses and the creation of artificial heart valves, biomedical engineers have revolutionised healthcare. Reporter speaks to Professor Ross Ethier, Head of the Department of Bioengineering and Director for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME), about the work being […]
Turning off Cancer Genes
Daniel Anderson | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | November 16, 2010A single cancer cell may harbor dozens or even hundreds of mutant genes. Some of those genes instruct the cell to grow abnormally large, others tell it to divide repeatedly or to detach itself and roam the body looking for a new home. What if you could shut off one, two or even a dozen […]
Imaging Tool May Aid Nanoelectronics by Screening Tiny Tubes
Ji-Xin Cheng | Via Purdue University | November 16, 2010Researchers have demonstrated a new imaging tool for rapidly screening structures called single-wall carbon nanotubes, possibly hastening their use in creating a new class of computers and electronics that are faster and consume less power than today’s. The semiconducting nanostructures might be used to revolutionize electronics by replacing conventional silicon components and circuits. However, one […]
Gore Joins Radiological Society’s Committee on Molecular Imaging
John Gore | Via Vanderbilt School of Engineering | November 16, 2010John C. Gore, the Hertha Ramsey Cress University Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics, has accepted an invitation to join the Committee on Molecular Imaging of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Professor Laurel Carney Receives a 2010 R01 Grant
Laurel Carney | Via University of Rochester Medical Center | November 15, 2010Biomedical Engineering and Neurobiology & Anatomy Professor Laurel Carney has received funding for her 2010 R01 grant entitled: Developing and Testing Models for the Auditory System with & without Hearing Loss. This study involves testing listeners with both normal hearing and hearing loss. The project focusses on the development of computational models that will assist […]
Giorgio Participates in Capitol Policy Seminar on Biomedical Research Sponsored by DoD
Todd D. Giorgio | Via Vanderbilt School of Engineering | November 15, 2010Todd D. Giorgio, chair of the biomedical engineering department, participated a congressional briefing in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 10 in the Capitol Visitors Center. The policy seminar was sponsored by the Coalition for National Security Research (CNSR) on the topic of ‘New Perspectives on Defense Basic Research: Health/Biomedical Research.’ The Department of Defense research portfolio […]
Microsensors Offer First Look at Whether Cell Mass Affects Growth Rate
Rashid Bashir | Via University of Illinois | November 15, 2010University of Illinois researchers are using a new kind of microsensor to answer one of the weightiest questions in biology – the relationship between cell mass and growth rate. The team, led by electrical and computer engineering and bioengineering professor Rashid Bashir, published its results in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the […]
Special Delivery: Biodegradable Particles Transport Drugs to Diseased Tissues and Organs
Justin Hanes | Via Johns Hopkins Medicine | November 11, 2010Researchers have created biodegradable ultra tiny, nanosized particles that can easily slip through the body’s sticky and viscous mucus secretions to deliver a sustained-release medication cargo. The interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Justin Hanes, Ph.D., professor and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Nanomedicine, developed the nanoparticles, which degrade over time into harmless […]
Specialized Blood Vessels Jumpstart and Sustain Liver Regeneration
Sina Rabbany | Via Weill Cornell Medial College | November 11, 2010The liver’s unique ability among organs to regenerate itself has been little understood. Now Weill Cornell Medical College scientists have shed light on how the liver restores itself by demonstrating that endothelial cells — the cells that form the lining of blood vessels — play a key role. The results of their study are published […]
New Center Looks at How Human Systems Function or Fail
Trey Ideker | Via UC San Diego News | October 29, 2010A new center called the National Resource for Network Biology (NRNB), based at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, will help clinicians analyze an ever-growing wealth of complex biological data and apply that knowledge to real problems and diseases. In recent years, the study of biological networks has exploded, with scientists shifting […]
NIH Renews Georgia Tech-led Nanomedicine Center for $16.1 Million
Gang Bao | Via Georgia Tech | October 28, 2010The Georgia Tech-led Nanomedicine Center for Nucleoprotein Machines has received an award of $16.1 million for five years as part of its renewal by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The eight-institution research team plans to pursue development of a clinically viable gene correction technology for single-gene disorders and demonstrate the technology’s efficacy with sickle […]
BIO Presents MIT Professor Gregory Stephanopoulos the 2010 George Washington Carver Award for Innovation in Industrial Biotechnology
Gregory Stephanopoulos | Via MIT | October 26, 2010The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today presented the annual George Washington Carver Award for Innovation in Industrial Biotechnology to Gregory Stephanopoulos, the Willard Henry Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, recognizing his pioneering work in the field of industrial biotechnology and in particular metabolic engineering and its practical application to industrial […]
Wodicka Wins Purdue Commercialization Award
George Wodicka | Via Purdue University | October 25, 2010George Wodicka, head of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and a professor of biomedical engineering and electrical and computer engineering, is the recipient of the 2010-2011 Outstanding Commercialization Award for Purdue University Faculty. The award is given annually to a faculty member in recognition of outstanding contributions to, and success with, commercializing Purdue research […]
Green Carbon Center Takes All-Inclusive View of Energy
Vicki Colvin | Via Rice University | October 22, 2010Rice University has created a Green Carbon Center to bring the benefits offered by oil, gas, coal, wind, solar, geothermal, biomass and other energy sources together in a way that will not only help ensure the world’s energy future but also provide a means to recycle carbon dioxide into useful products. Whether or not one […]
Rashid Bashir Invested as Bliss Professor
Rashid Bashir | Via University of Illinois ECE | October 21, 2010On October 18, ECE and Bioengineering Professor Rashid Bashir was one of two faculty members formally invested as an Abel Bliss Professor in the College of Engineering. Also receiving this distinction was Rob Rutenbar of the Department of Computer Science. In his opening remarks, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and ECE Professor Ravi Iyer said, […]
Donald Ingber is Uncovering Nature’s Design Principles to Inspire Bioengineering
Donald Ingber | Via PopTech | October 21, 2010Donald Ingber studies how the natural patterns that have often been dismissed as design flaws might transform the field of bioengineering. Ingber is the founder and director of the Wyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering at Harvard. He proposes applying the adaptive and competitive responses of living systems to the fields of engineering in a way […]
Interview with Dr. Stephen Oesterle
Stephen Oesterle | Via Yale Journal of Medicine & Law | October 20, 2010Medtronic recently released the results of its deep brain stimulation therapy for epilepsy, in which a device was surgically implanted into the brain to electrically stimulate certain targets. Will such treatments become commonplace? Well, first of all, this technology isn’t specific to just epilepsy. For instance, we’ve already developed a Deep Brain Stimulation process for […]
UTHealth Prof Teaches Nano Course in Virtual World
Ananth Annapragada | Via UTHealth | October 19, 2010On Mondays at 10 a.m. this fall semester, graduate students in the Nanomedicine in Healthcare course at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) log into an online virtual world known as Second Life, activate their computer-generated personae or avatars and head off to class. Waiting for them on the shore of […]