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UArizona Aims to Provide Rapid Tests for Exposure to Biothreats, Including COVID-19
Frederic Zenhausern | Via University of Arizona | July 27, 2020Thanks to a U.S. Department of Defense contract for as much as $9.5 million, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and partners aim to develop a portable device to easily and accurately detects biological threats, including the virus that causes COVID-19. To better protect those serving on the front lines of battlefields […]
Drug Delivery Nanoparticles Given Neurotransmitter “Passports” to Cross Blood-Brain Barrier
Qiaobing Xu | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | July 27, 2020Biomedical engineers at Tufts University School of Engineering have developed tiny lipid-based nanoparticles that incorporate neurotransmitters, which can help to carry drugs, large molecules, and even gene editing proteins across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and into the brain in mice. The researchers believe the new neurotransmitter-derived lipidoids—or NT-lipidoids—could overcome many of the current limitations encountered […]
Amazentis Launches Timeline™ powered by Mitopure™ A Breakthrough in Cellular Nutrition
Patrick Aebischer | Via Business Wire | July 27, 2020Pioneering life sciences company, Amazentis, today announces new clinical findings and the commercial launch of Timeline Cellular Nutrition in the United States. After a decade of research by leading scientists and medical doctors, Timeline Nutrition is the first brand to offer Mitopure™, a highly pure form of Urolithin A proven to help counter age-associated cellular […]
Engineering Better Medicine for Public Health Crises and the Future
Roderic Pettigrew | Via National Academy of Medicine | July 27, 2020When my brother told me he had been diagnosed with COVID-19, I was scared. My memory immediately jumped to visions of his childhood struggles with asthma, which he described as having an ever-tightening chain around his chest. I thought of intubated COVID-19 patients at so many hospitals across the nation, and all of the patients […]
Researchers to examine relation of dysfunctional brain hubs to mental disorders
Nanyin Zhang | Via Penn State News | July 24, 2020The National Institutes of Health awarded Penn State researchers a $1.85 million grant to develop a new way to test if dysfunctions in certain areas of the brain lead to mental health complications and brain disorders. If successful, the research could lead to better mental health treatments. Like the internet, the brain is a highly […]
In Cell Studies, Seaweed Extract Outperforms Remdesivir in Blocking COVID-19 Virus
Jonathan Dordick | Via News Wise | July 24, 2020Heparin, a common anitcoagulent, could also form basis of a viral trap for SARS-CoV-2 In a test of antiviral effectiveness against the virus that causes COVID-19, an extract from edible seaweeds substantially outperformed remdesivir, the current standard antiviral used to combat the disease. Heparin, a common blood thinner, and a heparin variant stripped of its […]
Humanity binds us
Rod Pettigrew | Via AAMC | July 24, 2020The subtleties of racism don’t kill you in minutes, but they are deadly. What’s needed is a communal experience that teaches us we comprise one beautiful human mosaic. Many were appalled by the Central Park incident where a woman used the ethnicity of a peaceful visitor and a 911 call in a failed effort to […]
AIMBE Fellows’ Rapid and Ongoing Global Clinical Engineering Response to COVID-19
Tom Judd | Via AIMBE | July 23, 2020With Yadin David, and Elliot Sloane, IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division (CED) Situation Three AIMBE Fellows created and lead an extensive global COVID-19 (C19) information and training program. The global Coronavirus pandemic (C19) is a crisis that demands agile worldwide response, not only by countries and their health systems, but also by most individuals on the […]
AIMBE Fellows’ Rapid and Ongoing Global Clinical Engineering Response to COVID-19
Yadin David | Via AIMBE | July 23, 2020With Tom Judd, and Elliot Sloane, IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division (CED) Situation Three AIMBE Fellows created and lead an extensive global COVID-19 (C19) information and training program. The global Coronavirus pandemic (C19) is a crisis that demands agile worldwide response, not only by countries and their health systems, but also by most individuals on the […]
AIMBE Fellows’ Rapid and Ongoing Global Clinical Engineering Response to COVID-19
Elliot Sloane | Via AIMBE | July 23, 2020With Tom Judd, and Yadin David, IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division (CED) Situation Three AIMBE Fellows created and lead an extensive global COVID-19 (C19) information and training program. The global Coronavirus pandemic (C19) is a crisis that demands agile worldwide response, not only by countries and their health systems, but also by most individuals on the […]
Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at SEAS – Letter from Francis J. Doyle III
Frank Doyle | Via Harvard University | July 23, 2020Discussions of race are more elevated in the public discourse than they have been in generations. It is a reminder that the time to address systemic racism and to prioritize anti-racist strategies is now. New York Times contributing opinion writer Erin Aubry Kaplan recently observed that “racism is a form of convenience, in the sense […]
Why Where You Live Can Impact Lung Health
Lydia Contreras | Via The University of Texas at Austin | July 23, 2020It’s well known that poor air quality can lead to health problems. But research from Texas ChE faculty members Lydia Contreras and Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz uncovers new information about how air quality issues can affect important processes in the body and details how people who live in polluted areas could be at greater risk for […]
HHS and the American Society of Nephrology Announce Winners of $3 Million KidneyX Redesign Dialysis Phase 2 Prize Competition at KidneyX Summit
Shuvo Roy | Via Dept. of Health & Human Services | July 22, 2020Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) announced the six winners exit disclaimer icon of the $3 million KidneyX: Redesign Dialysis Phase 2 competition during the virtual KidneyX Summit exit disclaimer icon. Each recipient will receive $500,000, recognizing the transformative work and creativity these innovators […]
HHS and the American Society of Nephrology Announce Winners of $3 Million KidneyX Redesign Dialysis Phase 2 Prize Competition at KidneyX Summit
Buddy Ratner | Via Dept. of Health & Human Services | July 22, 2020Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) announced the six winners exit disclaimer icon of the $3 million KidneyX: Redesign Dialysis Phase 2 competition during the virtual KidneyX Summit exit disclaimer icon. Each recipient will receive $500,000, recognizing the transformative work and creativity these innovators […]
This COVID-19 super antibody test could provide new insights into immunity
David Walt | Via Fast Company | July 21, 2020COVID-19 antibody tests have been the subject of scrutiny since their arrival, but they still represent an important tool in understanding population health. Molecular tests have become the top method of identifying cases of COVID-19. One scientist thinks we should be looking at using a combination of antibody tests, antigen tests, and molecular RNA tests […]
Paige Receives FDA Clearance for the FullFocus Viewer for Digital Pathology
Leo Grady | Via Business Wire | July 21, 2020Paige, a global leader in computational pathology, today announced it received Federal Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the FullFocus™, a digital pathology image viewer for the purpose of primary diagnosis. This 510(k) clearance from the FDA allows in vitro diagnostic (IVD) use of FullFocus with FDA-authorized Philips Ultra Fast Scanner and paves the way […]
Dee Providing Insight to New Biomedical Engineering Education Journal
Kay Dee | Via Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | July 21, 2020Kay C Dee, associate dean of learning and technology and professor of biomedical engineering, is lending her expertise in cell and tissue engineering, biomaterials, and engineering education as an associate editor of the Biomedical Engineering Society’s new Biomedical Engineering Education journal. This international journal presents articles on the practice and scholarship of education in bioengineering, […]
Experimental Blood Test Detects Cancer up to Four Years before Symptoms Appear
Kun Zhang | Via Scientific American | July 21, 2020For years scientists have sought to create the ultimate cancer-screening test—one that can reliably detect a malignancy early, before tumor cells spread and when treatments are more effective. A new method reported today in Nature Communications brings researchers a step closer to that goal. By using a blood test, the international team was able to […]
Analyzing Cells for Future Biomedical Devices
Yu-li Wang | Via Carnegie Mellon University | July 20, 2020Yu-li Wang and his team are researching cell migration while using the technologies developed for potential applications in artificial organs and other devices. The team has been awarded a five-year research grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), one of the National Institutes of Health, to support this work. “We are one […]
Guigen Zhang Elected Society for Biomaterials President for 2021-2022 Term
Guigen Zhang | Via University of Kentucky | July 16, 2020Guigen Zhang, Chair of the Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and Halcomb Endowed Chair Guigen, has been elected president of the Society for Biomaterials for the 2021-2022 term. The election results were announced at the 2020 Society for Biomaterials Business Meeting held virtually on July 15. The Society for Biomaterials, known […]