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Interview: Harold Craighead
Harold Craighead | Via Institute of Nanotechnology | February 17, 2010Harold Craighead, head of the Nanobiotechnology Center at Cornell, is considered to be one of the great international figures of the nanoscience revolution. He talks to Ottilia Saxl of NANO Magazine about Cornell’s early vision for supporting nanoscience research, his own role in realizing a netwokd of national centres to support nanoscience research, his particular […]
Two Engineering Faculty Named Distinguished Professors
Cheng Dong | Via Penn State News | February 17, 2010College of Engineering faculty members Cheng Dong, of bioengineering, and Jerzy Ruzyllo, of electrical engineering, were recently bestowed with the title of distinguished professor. The honor recognizes outstanding professors for exceptional instruction, research and service as demonstrated by evaluation of teaching, research support, graduate student supervision, refereed journal publication, professional society activities and service to […]
Bashir’s Research Highlighted With Six Journal Cover Articles
Rashid Bashir | Via University of Illinois ECE | February 8, 2010At-home diagnostic tests–things like cholesterol tests, pregnancy tests and blood-glucose monitors–are readily available at pharmacies around the world. But ECE and Bioengineering Professor Rashid Bashir sees the possibility for a wider variety for at-home diagnostic tests, moving technologies only in labs to be available at home. Bashir, director of the Micro and Nanotechology Laboratory, and […]
Hofstra Professor’s Research May Lead to New Treatments of Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke
Sina Rabbany | Via Hofstra University | February 1, 2010A team of scientists, including Hofstra bio-engineering professor Sina Rabbany, have devised a new method of turning embryonic stem cells into durable blood-vessel-forming cells, a breakthrough with potential to dramatically improve the treatment of diseases ranging from stroke to cardiovascular disease. The new technique, outlined in a study that appears in the Jan. 17, 2010 […]
Engineers Develop Cancer-Targeting Nanoprobe Sensors
Luke Lee | Via UC Berkeley | January 29, 2010A small number of research teams around the world have been developing target-specific nanoprobes for the past 10 years in an effort to reduce — and perhaps eliminate — the toxic toll chemotherapy takes on the healthy cells that reside near their diseased counterparts. What had been missing, however, is a mechanism by which the […]
New Biomedical Chair Earns Esteemed Engineering Honors
Metin Akay | Via University of Houston | January 22, 2010Just weeks into his post as John S. Dunn Distinguished Professor and founding chair of the University of Houston Department of Biomedical Engineering, Metin Akay is already being recognized. He has been selected and will be inducted next month into two prestigious engineering and science organizations—the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and […]
Eleven U-M Scientists Named AAAS Fellows
James Baker, Jr. | Via University of Michigan News | January 20, 2010Eleven University of Michigan faculty members are among 532 newly elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The tradition began in 1874, with fellows elected by peer AAAS members chosen because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. New fellows will be presented with an […]
Dr. Shuming Nie: Targeting Tumors with Multicolored Crystals and Gold Nanoparticles
Shuming Nie | Via NIH | January 20, 2010The science of nanotechnology involves developing and manipulating materials on the same scale at which our bodies carry out the chemical reactions that keep us alive. Researchers want to use nanomaterials — materials with dimensions smaller than 100 nanometers — for all sorts of applications related to health and disease. Biomedical engineer Dr. Shuming Nie […]
New Way to Generate Abundant Functional Blood Vessel Cells From Human Stem Cells Discovered
Sina Rabbany | Via Weill Cornell Medical College | January 20, 2010In a significant step toward restoring healthy blood circulation to treat a variety of diseases, a team of scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College has developed a new technique and described a novel mechanism for turning human embryonic and pluripotent stem cells into plentiful, functional endothelial cells, which are critical to the formation of blood […]
A Bountiful Harvest Offers Promise for Regenerating Blood Vessels | Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Sina Rabbany | Via Howard Hughes Medical Institute | January 17, 2010Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have devised a new method that increases the number of blood vessel-forming cells they can make from human embryonic stem cells. The advance could improve the odds for successful cell-based therapies to treat heart disease or stroke, and might also aid engineering of artificial organs.
Carnegie Mellon’s Philip R. LeDuc Discovers New Protein Function That Could Save Lives
Philip LeDuc | Via Carnegie Mellon University | January 12, 2010Carnegie Mellon University’s Philip R. LeDuc and his collaborators in Massachusetts and Taiwan have discovered a new function of a protein that could ultimately unlock the mystery of how these workhorses of the body play a central role in the mechanics of biological processes in people. "What we have done is find a new function […]
UCF Alzheimer’s Discovery Could Lead To Long-Sought Preventive Treatment
James Hickman | Via UCF Newsroom | January 8, 2010Despite a massive global research effort, many basics of Alzheimer’s disease onset remain elusive. This has hampered development of treatments effective during the earliest stages of the disease, when prevention is most likely. But a new discovery by University of Central Florida researchers has revealed a previously unknown mechanism that may drive the early brain […]
Laurencin Honored by President Obama
Cato T. Laurencin | Via UConn Today | January 8, 2010In a White House ceremony, President Barack Obama honored 22 recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, including Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, vice president for health affairs and medical school dean. “We are here today to honor teachers and mentors… who are upholding their responsibility not just to the […]
UCSD Bioengineering Pioneer Honored for Advancing Science Across Continents
Shu Chien | Via UC San Diego | January 5, 2010For Shu Chien – a pioneer in the growing field of bioengineering – understanding and learning the marvels of how the human body works has been the foundation of his decades-long quest to advance science and technology worldwide. The UC San Diego bioengineering professor’s significant scientific endeavors have paved the way for recognition of his […]
New and Improved RNA Interference
Daniel Anderson | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | January 4, 2010Ever since RNA interference was discovered, in 1998, scientists have been pursuing the tantalizing ability to shut off any gene in the body — in particular, malfunctioning genes that cause diseases such as cancer. This week, researchers at MIT and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals report that they have successfully used RNA interference to turn off multiple genes […]
Are We Ready for ‘Wafer-Sized’ Implantable Medical Devices?
Stephen Oesterle | Via TEDMED | January 1, 2010Stephen Oesterle at TEDMED 2010 Just when you thought things couldn’t get any smaller, Medtronic’s Stephen Oesterle show’s us something new in a ‘big’ way!
First Cancer Vaccine to Eliminate Tumors in Mice
David Mooney | Via Wyss Institute | November 25, 2009A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals, a team of Harvard bioengineers and biologists report today in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The new approach uses plastic disks impregnated with tumor-specific antigens and implanted under the skin to reprogram the […]
Implantable Glucose Sensor Could Spell Relief for Millions of Diabetics
Diane Burgess | Via UConn Today | November 2, 2009A team of researchers in chemistry, pharmaceutics, and engineering is developing a long term implantable biosensor that could dramatically change the way of life for millions of people diagnosed with diabetes. Inside the laboratories of Board of Trustees distinguished professor of pharmaceutics Diane Burgess, chemistry professor Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos, and engineering professor Faquir Jain, teams of […]
Caltech Scientist to Join UA Engineering Faculty
Wolfgang Fink | Via U. Arizona News | October 15, 2009Edward Keonjian, the “father of microelectronics,” would have been 100 years old on Aug. 14, 2009. To mark his centennial, the University of Arizona College of Engineering has announced the establishment of the Edward and Maria Keonjian Distinguished Professorship in Microelectronics, the result of a million-dollar endowment by Keonjian and his wife Maria. The first […]
Susan Margulies Named a Fellow of BMES
Susan Margulies | Via Penn Engineering | October 14, 2009Susan Margulies, Professor of Bioengineering, has been named a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society for her national and international contributions to Biomedical Engineering and for inspired leadership in BMES. Fellowship is conferred by the Board of Directors to Society members who demonstrate exceptional achievements and experience in the field of biomedical engineering, and a […]