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Cancer Conundrum Solved: Researchers Unravel a Population of ‘Cheating’ Cells
Andre Levchenko | Via Scitech Daily | February 8, 2023Scientists at the University of Connecticut Health, Yale University, and Johns Hopkins University have discovered that certain cancer cells possess the ability to evade limitations caused by oxygen deprivation, enabling the cancer cells to continue to grow. The findings were recently published in the journal Cell Systems. The research was led by Kshitiz, an assistant […]
NIST Director Laurie Locascio Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Laurie Locascio | Via NIST | February 8, 2023Laurie E. Locascio, under secretary of commerce for standards and technology and director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering — one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Locascio leads NIST’s collaborative efforts with industry, academia and government to unleash U.S. […]
Mark Prausnitz Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Mark Prausnitz | Via Georgia Tech | February 7, 2023The honor is one of the highest professional distinctions for engineers Professor and entrepreneur Mark Prausnitz has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), joining a membership that includes the nation’s most distinguished engineers. He is Georgia Tech’s 46th NAE member. Prausnitz is the J. Erskine Love Jr. Chair of the School of […]
Rama Chellappa Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Rama Chellappa | Via University of Maryland | February 7, 2023Three University of Maryland professors are among the 124 engineers newly elected to the 2023 Class of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. The recognition of Inderjit Chopra, Distinguished University Professor and director of the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center; Ji-Cheng “JC” Zhao, chair of the […]
Barzilay elected to National Academy of Engineering
Regina Barzilay | Via MIT | February 7, 2023On February 7th, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) elected Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and CSAIL member Regina Barzilay as a new member. The NAE recognized Barzilay for her work on machine learning models that understand structures in text, molecules, and medical images, choosing members who are “pioneering […]
John Abele elected to National Academy of Engineering
John Abele | Via National Academy of Engineering | February 7, 2023The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 106 new members and 18 international members, announced NAE President John L. Anderson today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,420 and the number of international members to 319. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. […]
Michael J. Barber elected to National Academy of Engineering
Michael Barber | Via National Academy of Engineering | February 7, 2023The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 106 new members and 18 international members, announced NAE President John L. Anderson today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,420 and the number of international members to 319. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. […]
Diabetes drug may reduce coronary artery disease in those with ‘Asian glow’
Joseph Wu | Via Stanford Medicine | January 31, 2023A genetic variant that inhibits alcohol metabolism harms blood vessel cells, but an antidiabetic medication may mitigate the harm, Stanford Medicine-led research has found. About a third of people of East Asian descent have a genetic variant that leads to “Asian glow,” a distinctive red flushing that appears after drinking alcohol. It’s due to the […]
How to make hydrogels more injectable
Jennifer Lewis | Via MIT | January 31, 2023Gel-like materials that can be injected into the body hold great potential to heal injured tissues or manufacture entirely new tissues. Many researchers are working to develop these hydrogels for biomedical uses, but so far very few have made it into the clinic. To help guide in the development of such materials, which are made […]
AI-Powered Brain Implant Smashes Speed Record for Turning Thoughts Into Text
Krishna V. Shenoy, | Via Singularity Hub | January 31, 2023We speak at a rate of roughly 160 words every minute. That speed is incredibly difficult to achieve for speech brain implants. Decades in the making, speech implants use tiny electrode arrays inserted into the brain to measure neural activity, with the goal of transforming thoughts into text or sound. They’re invaluable for people who […]
How sound waves trigger immune responses to cancer in mice
Zhen Xu | Via University of Michigan | January 31, 2023When noninvasive sound waves break apart tumors, they trigger an immune response in mice. By breaking down the cell wall “cloak,” the treatment exposes cancer cell markers that had previously been hidden from the body’s defenses, researchers at the University of Michigan have shown. The technique developed at Michigan, known as histotripsy, offers a two-prong […]
Transforming the Way Cancer Vaccines are Designed and Made
Chad Mirkin | Via Northwestern University | January 30, 2023A new way to significantly increase the potency of almost any vaccine has been developed by investigators from the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern University, results published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. The scientists used chemistry and nanotechnology to change the structural location of adjuvants and antigens on and within a nanoscale vaccine, greatly […]
New Tool Uses Ultrasound ‘Tornado’ to Break Down Blood Clots
Paul Dayton | Via NCSU | January 23, 2023Researchers have developed a new tool and technique that uses “vortex ultrasound” – a sort of ultrasonic tornado – to break down blood clots in the brain. The new approach worked more quickly than existing techniques to eliminate clots formed in an in vitro model of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST). “Our previous work looked […]
Accurate integrated imaging and projection system for oral cancer diagnosis
Rebecca Richards-Kortum | Via EurekAlert | January 19, 2023Oral cancer is a globally prevalent disease with an astonishingly low five-year survival rate of less than 50%. A key factor for its poor prognosis is delayed diagnosis resulting in more late-stage oral cancers. At these later stages, treatment becomes less effective and harsher on the body. Hence, many scientists aim to develop and improve […]
Scientists Grow Mature Nerve Cells From Stem Cells
Samuel Stupp | Via ALS News Today | January 19, 2023Scientists have developed a new method that allows them to grow mature nerve cells from stem cells — a technique that could be applied to study diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). “For the first time, we have been able to see adult-onset neurological protein aggregation in the stem cell-derived ALS patient motor neurons. This […]
FDA Clears Cytovale’s® IntelliSep® Sepsis Test, First in a New Class of Emergency Department-Focused Diagnostic Tools
Dino Di Carlo | Via Business Wire | January 18, 2023IntelliSep® is the first FDA-cleared diagnostic tool to assess cellular host response to aid in identifying emergency department patients with sepsis and contribute to rapid life-saving decisions Cytovale®, a medical diagnostics company focused on advancing early detection technologies to diagnose fast-moving and immune-mediated diseases, announced today that its IntelliSep® test has received U.S. Food and […]
Low-Cost, Thermostable CFPS Biomanufacturing Platform Obviates Cold Chain
Michael Jewett | Via Genetic Engineering News | January 18, 2023An inexpensive, thermostable, cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) platform for decentralized vaccine production has been developed by a team of researchers from Northwestern University and Cornell University. In experiments, this lyophilized in vitro vaccine expression (iVAX) system lowered the cost of cell-free expression reactions to less than $0.50 per dose when formulations were stored at 37°C, […]
Wireless brain implant monitors neurotransmitters in real-time
John Rogers | Via Phys.org | January 16, 2023Scientists have developed a wireless, battery-free implant capable of monitoring dopamine signals in the brain in real-time in small animal models, an advance that could aid in understanding the role neurochemicals play in neurological disorders. The device, detailed in a study published in ACS Nano, activates or inhibits specific neurons in the brain using light, […]
Scientists develop novel mRNA delivery method using extracellular vesicles
Betty Kim | Via MD Anderson Cancer Center | January 12, 2023A team of researchers led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has developed a novel delivery system for messenger RNA (mRNA) using extracellular vesicles (EVs). The new technique has the potential to overcome many of the delivery hurdles faced by other promising mRNA therapies. In the study, published today in Nature Biomedical […]
The 2023 SPIE Aden and Marjorie Meinel Technology Achievement Award
Wolfgang Fink | Via SPIE | January 11, 2023Wolfgang Fink is a theoretical physicist and the inaugural Edward and Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair of Microelectronics with joint appointments in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Systems and Industrial Engineering; Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering; and Ophthalmology and Vision Science at the University of Arizona. Previously, he was a Senior Researcher at […]