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Process rehabilitates donor livers for transplantation
Matthew Bacchetta | Via Vanderbilt University Medical Center | April 13, 2023Not enough suitable donor livers are available, meaning that patients nationwide die every day while waiting on the transplant list. But a multidisciplinary team from Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently published research that shows promise for increasing the supply of organs by rehabilitating injured organs historically rejected for transplant. It demonstrated that injured human donor […]
Robotic nano-surgery shown effective at treating aggressive brain cancer in mice
Yu Sun | Via University of Toronto | April 11, 2023Researchers at the University of Toronto Robotics Institute and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have teamed up to develop a new treatment option for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma (GBM). Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer; the average life expectancy after a diagnosis is around 15 months. Professors Yu Sun […]
Playing sports against robotic opponents makes our brains work harder
Daniel Ferris | Via University of Florida | April 10, 2023Captain of her high school tennis team and a four-year veteran of varsity tennis in college, Amanda Studnicki had been training for this moment for years. All she had to do now was think small. Like ping pong small. For weeks, Studnicki, a graduate student at the University of Florida, served and rallied against dozens […]
Announcing the 2023 Guggenheim Fellows
Julius Lucks | Via Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | April 5, 2023On April 5, 2023, the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation approved the awarding of Guggenheim Fellowships to a diverse group of 171 exceptional individuals. Chosen from a rigorous application and peer review process out of almost 2,500 applicants, these successful applicants were appointed on the basis of prior achievement and […]
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Awarded by the American Chemical Society Receiving the 2023 Priestley Medal
Cato Laurencin | Via UConn | March 31, 2023On March 28 Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, the University Professor and Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor at the University of Connecticut, received the 2023 Priestley Medal. This is the highest honor of the American Chemical Society. He was honored “for pioneering, breakthrough work on polymeric materials and polymer composites for biologic use, […]
New nanoparticles can perform gene editing in the lungs
Daniel Anderson | Via MIT | March 30, 2023Using these RNA-delivery particles, researchers hope to develop new treatments for cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases. Engineers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have designed a new type of nanoparticle that can be administered to the lungs, where it can deliver messenger RNA encoding useful proteins. With further development, these particles […]
New nanoparticles can perform gene editing in the lungs
Robert Langer | Via MIT | March 30, 2023Using these RNA-delivery particles, researchers hope to develop new treatments for cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases. Engineers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have designed a new type of nanoparticle that can be administered to the lungs, where it can deliver messenger RNA encoding useful proteins. With further development, these particles […]
BME Chairman Akay Earns Honorary Doctorate From Hungary’s Pécs
Metin Akay | Via University of Houston | March 29, 2023Metin Akay, founding chairman and John S. Dunn Endowed Chairman of the Biomedical Engineering Department of the Cullen College of Engineering, has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Pécs, one of Europe’s oldest and most respected institutions of higher learning. Akay was awarded the doctorate at a ceremony in Halasy-Nagy József Hall at […]
Leading Thinkers and Practitioners Elected as RSE Fellows
Ravi Kumar | Via Royal Society of Edinburgh | March 28, 202391 Fellows have been elected to join The Royal Society of Edinburgh from across the sciences, education, the arts, business, and public life. Among those joining are Olympian Dame Katherine Grainger; world record holder Mark Beaumont BEM; Cardiovascular specialist, Professor Lis Neubeck; former CEO of Wood Plc, Robin Watson CBE; and author Andrew O’Hagan. The […]
Susan Abu-Absi Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Susan Abu-Absi | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Susan Abu-Absi, Ph.D., Chief Technology & Manufacturing Officer at 2seventy bio to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. The College […]
Guillermo Aguilar Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Guillermo Aguilar | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Guillermo Aguilar, Ph.D., Department Head and James and Ada Forsyth Professor at Texas A&M University to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and […]
Hongyu An Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Hongyu An | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Hongyu An, D.Sc., Professor at Washington University in St. Louis to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. The College of […]
Nelly Andarawis-Puri Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Nelly Andarawis-Puri | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Nelly Andarawis-Puri, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Associate Director of Graduate Programs at Cornell University to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological […]
Shivaun Archer Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Shivaun Archer | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Shivaun Archer, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer at Cornell University to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. The College of Fellows is […]
Brenna Argall Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Brenna Argall | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Brenna Argall, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Northwestern University to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. The College of Fellows is […]
Rima Arnaout Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Rima Arnaout | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Rima Arnaout, MD, Associate Professor at University of California, San Francisco to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. The College […]
Randolph Ashton Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Randolph Ashton | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Randolph S. Ashton, Ph.D., Associate Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. The College of […]
Marilyn Barger Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Marilyn Barger | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Marilyn Barger, Ph.D., Senior Educational Advisor at Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological […]
Anna Belu Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Anna Belu | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Anna Belu, Ph.D., Distinguished Scientist at Medtronic to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. The College of Fellows is comprised […]
Gene Bornzin Elected to the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Gene Bornzin | Via AIMBE | March 27, 2023WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Gene A. Bornzin, Ph.D., Retired Research Fellow at Abbott to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. The College of Fellows […]