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Building a better chemical factory – out of microbes
Kristala Prather | Via MIT Technology Review | August 24, 2021Metabolic engineers have a problem: cells are selfish. The scientists want to use microbes to produce chemical compounds for industrial applications. The microbes prefer to concentrate on their own growth. Kristala L. Jones Prather ’94 has devised a tool that satisfies both conflicting objectives. Her metabolite valve acts like a train switch: it senses when […]
Making SPTFF Easier to Apply
Andrew Zydney | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | August 24, 2021Single pass tangential flow filtration (SPTFF) is relatively straightforward to apply in bioprocessing, but it can be difficult to design and size the SPTFF module for a given application since the filtrate flux and degree of concentration that can be achieved in a single pass is highly dependent on the properties of the protein, buffer […]
Study sounds note of caution on effectiveness of Covid vaccines for patients with lymphoid malignancies
David Walt | Via Mirage News | August 24, 2021Patients with lymphoma or other lymphoid cancers should continue to take steps to protect themselves from COVID-19 even if they have been vaccinated against the disease, a new study led by investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reports. The study, published online by the journal Blood Advances, found that patients who had received anti-CD20 antibody therapy […]
IEEE EMBS Public Forum: Healthcare Tech Industry Trends
Metin Akay | Via IEEE EMBS | August 19, 2021The IEEE EMBS Public Forum on Healthcare Tech Industry Trends will be held on August 25-28, 2021 and aims to highlight and discuss the challenges and opportunities of the healthcare tech industry, translation and commercialization with the participation of 24 healthcare tech leaders, entrepreneurs and influencers. Along with topical information, this forum will expose students […]
High-speed camera captures a water jet’s splashy impact as it pierces a droplet
Ian Hunter | Via MIT | August 18, 2021Squirting a jet of water through a drop of liquid may sound like idle fun, but if done precisely, and understood thoroughly, the splashy exercise could help scientists identify ways to inject fluids such as vaccines through skin without using needles. That’s the motivation behind a new study by engineers at MIT and the University […]
Bioengineers develop implantable piezoelectric therapeutic devices
Xudong Wang | Via News-Medical.Net | August 16, 2021Bioengineers have developed biocompatible generators that create electrical pulses when compressed by body motions. The generators are made up of self-assembling “piezoelectric wafers” which can be made rapidly and inexpensively to enable broad use of muscle-powered electromechanical therapies. Piezoelectric materials such as ceramics and crystals have a special property of creating an electrical charge in […]
Detecting COVID-19 by Analyzing Lung Images Using Artificial Intelligence Models
Ali Khademhosseini | Via Health IT Analytics | August 16, 2021Using artificial intelligence technology, Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) researchers developed and validated an image-based detection model for COVID-19. The model analyzes lung images and can detect COVID-19 infection. Medical imaging has become an important tool in the diagnosis and prognostic assessments of diseases. In recent years, artificial intelligence models have been implemented with […]
Next generation electronics: Expanding the possibilities with silver nanowires
Ali Khademhosseini | Via Phys.org | August 16, 2021Today’s nanoscale technologies are sophisticated enough to be applied in an endless number of useful devices, from sensors in touch screen devices and household appliances to wearable biosensors that can monitor chemical levels in our blood, muscle movement, breathing and pulse rate. In addition, there are technologies for precision devices such as high-resolution scanning probe […]
Ultrasound remotely triggers immune cells to attack tumors in mice without toxic side effects
Peter Wang | Via UC San Diego | August 12, 2021Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a cancer immunotherapy that pairs ultrasound with cancer-killing immune cells to destroy malignant tumors while sparing normal tissue. The new experimental therapy significantly slowed down the growth of solid cancerous tumors in mice. The team, led by the labs of UC San Diego bioengineering professor […]
Ultrasound remotely triggers immune cells to attack tumors in mice without toxic side effects
Shu Chien | Via UC San Diego | August 12, 2021Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a cancer immunotherapy that pairs ultrasound with cancer-killing immune cells to destroy malignant tumors while sparing normal tissue. The new experimental therapy significantly slowed down the growth of solid cancerous tumors in mice. The team, led by the labs of UC San Diego bioengineering professor […]
ARPA-H Listening Session
Tejal Desai | Via AIMBE | August 11, 2021Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. I am here in my capacity as President of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), an organization representing over 35,000 bioengineers from academia, industry, and government, to advance medical and biological engineering for societal impact. I am also professor and chair of […]
Open-access database could speed up repurposing of old drugs as new treatments
Vassily Hatzimanikatis | Via News-Medical.Net | August 3, 2021Researchers have created a new open-access database of information on drug candidates and how they are metabolized by the body, which could help speed up the repurposing of old drugs as new treatments. There is an urgent need for more effective treatments for many conditions, including COVID-19, cancer and malaria. But the process of developing […]
Artificial intelligence algorithm developed to assess metastatic potential in skin cancers
Gaudenz Danuser | Via UT Southwestern Medical Center | August 3, 2021Using artificial intelligence (AI), researchers from UT Southwestern have developed a way to accurately predict which skin cancers are highly metastatic. The findings, published as the July cover article of Cell Systems, show the potential for AI-based tools to revolutionize pathology for cancer and a variety of other diseases. “We now have a general framework […]
Morton H. Friedman, a Founding Fellow
Morton H. Friedman | Via AIMBE | August 2, 2021Morton H. Friedman, Ph.D., is a Consulting Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at George Washington University. Most recently, he served the GW School of Engineering and Applied Science as Special Assistant to the Dean for Biomedical Engineering Program Development, leading to the formation of a BME Department at GW in 2015. He came […]
3D visualization and quantification of bioplastic PHA in a living bacterial cell
Sang Yup Lee | Via Science Daily | July 28, 2021A research team at KAIST has observed how bioplastic granule is being accumulated in living bacteria cells through 3D holographic microscopy. Their 3D imaging and quantitative analysis of the bioplastic ‘polyhydroxyalkanoate’ (PHA) via optical diffraction tomography provides insights into biosynthesizing sustainable substitutes for petroleum-based plastics. The bio-degradable polyester polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) is being touted as an […]
Take two: Integrating neuronal perspectives for richer results
Byron Yu | Via Carnegie Mellon University | July 23, 2021Every brain function, from standing up to deciding what to have for dinner, involves neurons interacting. Studies focused on neuronal interactions extend across domains in neuroscience, primarily using the approaches of spike count correlation or dimensionality reduction. Pioneering research from Carnegie Mellon University has identified a way to bridge these approaches, resulting in a richer […]
Locascio Nominated to Return to NIST as Director
Laurie Locascio | Via American Institute of Physics | July 22, 2021President Biden announced on July 16 that he is nominating Laurie Locascio to be director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a $1 billion agency within the Commerce Department. Locascio spent most of her career at NIST, joining as a bioengineering researcher in 1986 and ultimately taking on a series of senior leadership […]
Dynamic heart model mimics hemodynamic loads, advances engineered heart tissue technology
Adam Feinberg | Via Carnegie Mellon University | July 16, 2021Efforts to understand cardiac disease progression and develop therapeutic tissues that can repair the human heart are just a few areas of focus for the Feinberg research groupOpens in new window at Carnegie Mellon University. The group’s latest dynamic model, created in partnership with collaborators in the Netherlands, mimics physiologic loads on engineering heart muscle […]
A noninvasive test to detect cancer cells and pinpoint their location
Sangeeta Bhatia | Via MIT | July 15, 2021Most of the tests that doctors use to diagnose cancer — such as mammography, colonoscopy, and CT scans — are based on imaging. More recently, researchers have also developed molecular diagnostics that can detect specific cancer-associated molecules that circulate in bodily fluids like blood or urine. MIT engineers have now created a new diagnostic nanoparticle […]
Life-saving snake venom
Kibret Mequanint | Via Western University | July 14, 2021Indiana Jones hates snakes. And he’s certainly not alone. The fear of snakes is so common it even has its own name: ophidiophobia. Kibret Mequanint doesn’t particularly like the slithery reptiles either (he actually hates them too) but the Western University bioengineer and his international collaborators have found a novel use for snake venom: a […]