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Battling chronic pain with noninvasive focused ultrasound
Bin He | Via Carnegie Mellon University | September 5, 2024Chronic pain impacts an estimated 20 percent of the world population and persists as a frustrating symptom for innumerable health issues, from sickle-cell disease to arthritis. As part of his lab’s committed focus to improving noninvasive technology solutions for human health, Bin He of Carnegie Mellon University is developing noninvasive neuromodulation strategies to serve as […]
AI tool maps out cell metabolism with precision
Vassily Hatzimanikatis | Via Phys.org | August 30, 2024Understanding how cells process nutrients and produce energy—collectively known as metabolism—is essential in biology. Modern biology generates large datasets on various cellular activities, but integrating and analyzing the vast amounts of data on cellular processes to determine metabolic states is a complex task. Kinetic models offer a way to decode this complexity by providing mathematical […]
Amazing Alzheimer’s drug could stop time inside emergency medical patients
Donald Ingber | Via StudyFinds | August 22, 2024In the race against time that often defines emergency medicine, scientists have made a breakthrough that sounds like science fiction: they’ve found a way to slow down life itself. Researchers at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have discovered that a common Alzheimer’s drug can send the body into a state of “suspended […]
Toll-Like Receptor Nanoparticle Adjuvants Drive Vaccine Response
Eric Appel | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | August 21, 2024Toll-like receptor (TLR) and saponin adjuvants have each improved vaccine potency and safety. Now, researchers at Stanford University report that combining them in a nanoparticle format improves not only potency, but also durability, target breadth, and degree of virus neutralization. A modular approach makes it possible to fine-tune adjuvants by mixing and matching saponin nanoparticles […]
Tiny killers: How autoantibodies attack the heart in lupus patients
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic | Via EurekAlert | August 20, 2024Columbia team engineers a model of the human heart tissue that demonstrates how autoantibodies directly affect heart disease in lupus patients Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients suffering from lupus, an autoimmune disease in which our immune system attacks our own tissues and organs, the heart, blood, lung, joints, brain, and […]
‘Startling Advance’ in Designer Proteins Opens a World of Possibility for Biotech
David Baker | Via Singularity Hub | August 16, 2024Proteins are a bit like lights in your house. They have a job to do, and getting them to do it involves switching them on and off with other proteins or molecules. But it’s much easier to flip the switch on a light. In the body, billions of years of evolution have generated a complex […]
UA Professor at the Cutting-Edge of Medicine Design
Ravi Kumar | Via University of Alabama | August 13, 2024Dr. M.N.V. Ravi Kumar, Distinguished University Research Professor with The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, is a world-renowned voice in the field of translational science for medicine design. His groundbreaking drug delivery systems have been shown to make more efficacious pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. Kumar’s passion for bringing together multiple health disciplines to […]
Tick-borne red meat allergy prevented in mice through new nanoparticle treatment
Lonnie Shea | Via University of Michigan | August 12, 2024Nanoparticles delivered intravenously in mice can block the allergic reactions to red meat caused by the bite of the lone star tick, new research led by the University of Michigan shows. The condition, called alpha-gal syndrome, is on the rise in humans as climate change and other factors have led the ticks to expand their […]
Delivery of stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s safe in primate trial
Marina Emborg | Via Parkinsons News Today | August 2, 2024Transplant approach to delivering therapy feasible, study say A transplant approach used to deliver ANPD001, an investigational stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease, to the brain was found to be safe and feasible in non-human primates. Data from these preclinical studies supported developer Aspen Neuroscience’s successful application to U.S. regulators seeking to launch a first-in-human […]
Study of ANPD001 Autologous Neuronal Cell Replacement Treatment Approach Published in Journal of Neurosurgery
Marina Emborg | Via PR Newswire | July 29, 2024The Journal of Neurosurgery has published online a study by the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison regarding a novel cell transplantation approach being used for delivery of ANPD001, an autologous, dopaminergic neuronal cell replacement under investigation by Aspen Neuroscience as a potential treatment for Parkinson’s Disease. The study by […]
The Next Generation of CT, With a Kid-Friendly focus
Shreyas Vasanawala | Via Stanford Medicine Children's Health | July 25, 2024Even radiology exams with carefully minimized radiation still entail some radiation, so they aren’t completely risk-free—especially when it comes to kids. That’s why Shreyas Vasanawala, MD, PhD, radiologist in chief at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health and the William R. Brody Professor of Pediatric Radiology and Child Health, and Cedric Wilson, executive director of the Diagnostic […]
More types of lung cells can be infected by SARS-CoV-2 than previously thought, scientists report
Evan Snyder | Via News-Medical.Net | July 23, 2024Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys, University of California San Diego and their international collaborators have reported that more types of lung cells can be infected by SARS-CoV-2 than previously thought, including those without known viral receptors. The research team also reported for the first time that the lung is capable of independently mustering an inflammatory […]
CI MED Researchers to Develop Tools to Track Inflammation in Human Tissue as Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago Investigators
Amy Wagoner Johnson | Via Carle Illinois College of Medicine | July 22, 2024Twelve Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CI MED) researchers have been chosen as part of the inaugural group of investigators probing the role of inflammation and the function of the immune system in disease, including one CI MED-based team examining inflammation’s role in female reproductive disorders. The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago was announced in 2023 […]
Revolutionizing Prosthetics
Jill Higginson | Via University of Delaware | July 22, 2024UD research aims to improve the lives of those with limb loss John Horne lost his right leg to bone cancer when he was a freshman in high school. This intensely personal experience spawned his career and passion for advocating for those with limb loss. The president of Independence Prosthetics-Orthotics on the University of Delaware’s […]
Lola Eniola-Adefeso named College of Engineering dean
Lola Eniola-Adefeso | Via University of Illinois Chicago | July 16, 2024I am pleased to announce that following a national search, Omolola “Lola” Eniola-Adefeso, PhD, has been named dean of the University of Illinois Chicago College of Engineering, effective Oct. 16, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Professor Eniola-Adefeso is a highly respected chemical and biomedical engineer with over 25 years of […]
Ask Me Anything: Nanotechnology
Thomas Webster | Via technologynetworks | July 15, 2024Nanotechnology is fundamentally reshaping numerous fields. From next-generation solar cells to life-saving medical devices, its transformative power is undeniable, with hundreds of FDA-approved products already impacting us globally. This exclusive AMA offers a rare opportunity to engage directly with Dr. Thomas Webster, a world-renowned biomedical engineer and entrepreneur with over 28 years of experience at […]
Community Engagement Event Increases Awareness and Impact of Medical Research
Raj Rao | Via University of Arkansas | July 11, 2024The Department of Biomedical Engineering Community and Student Engagement Committee organized the first “Biomed ENGAGE” conference earlier this summer to provide graduate students an opportunity to engage with the public and present their research in an open public forum. Held at the Fayetteville Public Library, the conference showcased a range of topics from regenerative medicine, […]
Saha lab develops advanced gene editing techniques to boost T cells in cancer treatment
Krishanu Saha | Via University of Wisconsin–Madison | July 2, 2024Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Biomedical Engineering and Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) have pioneered a new method to enhance the body’s disease-fighting T cells using advanced gene editing techniques. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology suggests leveraging CRISPR technology as an innovative approach to making […]
Impact of Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy on Hearing in Cancer Survivors
Robert Frisina | Via The Asco Post | July 2, 2024Researchers have uncovered the long-term effects of cisplatin-based chemotherapy on the hearing of cancer survivors, according to a recent study published by Sanchez et al in JAMA Oncology. Background Cisplatin is commonly used in chemotherapy to treat a variety of cancer types, including urothelial, lung, neck, and testicular cancers. The treatment is administered intravenously and […]
Investigating DNA Flexibility for the Creation of New Biomaterials
Chad Mirkin | Via Northwestern University | June 20, 2024Northwestern investigators have demonstrated how manipulating DNA chemistry can alter its structure and flexibility and enable the realization of new materials useful in medicine and the life sciences, according to a study published in Science Advances and led by Chad Mirkin, PhD, professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology, the George B. […]