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Xin Zhang Elected to National Academy of Inventors
Xin Zhang | Via Boston University | December 16, 2019When she’s not captivated by a Patriots or Celtics game, Boston University engineer Xin Zhang is inventing new materials that seem straight out of science fiction—using magnetic properties to increase the clarity of MRI imaging or leveraging acoustics to “cancel” sounds by sending them back in the direction they came from. Now she’s being recognized […]
Why we talk with our hands – and how that may help give speech to the speechless
Krishna Shenoy | Via Stanford Medicine | December 10, 2019Ever wonder why people talk with their hands? We all do — across cultures, throughout history. Now, a serendipitous discovery building on years of meticulous work tells us what may be the reason — or at least a reason — for it. The discovery may also portend a potential breakthrough for those with aphasia, the […]
An Evolutionary Connection Between Pregnancy and Cancer Metastasis
Andre Levchenko | Via UConn Today | December 5, 2019A UConn School of Dental Medicine researcher used pregnancy to unlock a missing link between various species of mammals and cancer malignancy—fundamentally changing the way we look at cancer metastasis. Kshitiz, assistant professor in the department of biomedical engineering – a shared department between the School of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine, and School of […]
Zhang Receives Award from the Institution of Engineering and Technology
Xin Zhang | Via Boston University College of Engineering | December 5, 2019Professor Xin Zhang (ME, ECE, BME, MSE) has received a 2019 Innovation Award from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) for Emerging Technology Design. “It is an honor to receive international recognition from the IET and I am immensely proud of my team at Boston University.” The IET Innovation Awards recognize the most pioneering […]
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) Scientists Push Bioprinting Capability Forward
Anthony Atala | Via News Wise | December 4, 2019Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists are the first to report using bioprinting to print a tracheal tissue construct comprised of multiple different functional materials. They printed different designs of smooth muscle and cartilage regions in artificial tracheal substitutes showing similar mechanical properties to human tracheal tissue. Previous attempts of tissue-engineered tracheal constructs […]
Coaxial Electrospinning Creates New Platform for Treating Glioblastoma
Henry Brem | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | December 4, 2019Andrew Steckl, PhD, an Ohio eminent scholar and professor of electrical engineering in the University of Cincinnati’s (UC) college of engineering and applied science, working with researchers from Johns Hopkins University, said they have developed a new treatment for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an aggressive form of brain cancer. Steckl’s nanoelectronics laboratory applied an industrial fabrication […]
Yuehe Lin named to National Academy of Inventors
Yuehe Lin | Via Washington State University | December 4, 2019Yuehe Lin, professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He was cited for his “highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society,” […]
Artificial intelligence software for breast cancer diagnosis makes TIME’s list of Best Inventions for 2019
Maryellen Giger | Via U Chicago Medicine | December 4, 2019Artificial intelligence software developed by University of Chicago Medicine researchers to help radiologists more accurately diagnose breast cancer made TIME’s list of Inventions for 2019. QuantX — the first-ever, FDA-cleared software to aid in breast cancer diagnosis — aims to reduce missed cancers as well as false positives that can lead to unnecessary biopsies. The […]
Investigating the human intestinal mucus barrier up-close and personal
Donald Ingber | Via EurekAlert | December 3, 2019We have a mutualistic but complicated relationship with the collection of microbes in our gut known as the intestinal microbiome. This complex community of bacteria breaks down different food components, and releases nutrients such as vitamins and a plethora of other factors that control functions in tissues way beyond the intestinal tract. However, the sheer […]
Dr. Priyabrata Mukherjee has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Priyabrata Mukherjee | Via PR Newswire | December 3, 2019The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named 168 prolific academic innovators from across the world to NAI Fellow status. The NAI Fellows Program highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare […]
Ge Wang Named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Ge Wang | Via News Wise | December 3, 2019Ge Wang, the Clark and Crossan Endowed Chair of biomedical engineering and director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election to NAI fellow is the highest professional distinction given to academic inventors. It is bestowed on those who have created […]
Yuehe Lin named 2019 Highly Cited Researchers
Yuehe Lin | Via Washington State University | December 2, 2019Professors Kris Kowdley and Yuehe Lin have been named Highly Cited Researchers for 2019 by Web of Science Group. The group’s annual list identifies scientists who have produced multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their field and year of publication, demonstrating significant research influence among their peers… Continue reading.
Machine, meet stem cells
Todd McDevitt | Via EurekAlert | November 20, 2019Model organs grown from patients’ own cells may one day revolutionize how diseases are treated. A person’s cells, coaxed into heart, lung, liver, or kidney in the lab, could be used to better understand their disease or test whether drugs are likely to help them. But this future relies on scientists’ ability to form complex […]
Treatment for leading cause of blindness generates billions in value to society
Mark Humayun | Via MedicalXpress | November 15, 2019Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed an economic model to quantify the benefits of treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD), the leading cause of blindness in western countries. Their work signals a step forward in the way ophthalmologists audit their practices to define the worth of modern treatments both to patients […]
Neural network improves imaging technique for an advanced look at cancer cells
Xavier Intes | Via Health Imaging | November 13, 2019A new imaging technique developed by researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offers a unique look at cells and tissue. The novel method uses a deep neural network to improve fluorescence lifetime imaging, which allowed scientists at the Troy, New York-based institution to view molecular-level interactions within cells, and may improve doctors’ ability to identify cancer […]
Sensory simulators give doctors a better feel for performance improvement
Carla Pugh | Via American Medical Association | November 11, 2019It’s long been said that medicine is part science, part art. The science tells you so much, but while you may have one way of performing a procedure or exam, a colleague down the hall approaches it in a slightly different way. For example, when performing a breast exam: how much pressure do you use? […]
Protein decoy stymies lung cancer growth in mice, study finds
Jennifer Cochran | Via Medical Xpress | November 7, 2019Scientists at Stanford and UC-San Francisco have developed an experimental drug that targets a currently untreatable type of lung cancer responsible for generating roughly 500,000 newly diagnosed cases worldwide each year. A paper to be published online Nov. 7 in Nature Medicine reports that the researchers slowed the spread of this cancer in mice by […]
Intelligent Metamaterials for Enhanced MRI
Xin Zhang | Via Boston University | November 7, 2019 Boston University researchers have developed a new, “intelligent” metamaterial—which costs less than 10 bucks to build—that could revolutionize magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), making the entire MRI process faster, safer, and more accessible to patients around the world. The technology, which builds on previous metamaterial work by the team, was described in a new paper […]
Purigen Debuts New Advanced Technology System to Simplify and Improve the Purification of Nucleic Acids from Precious Clinical Genomic Samples
Juan Santiago | Via Business Wire | November 6, 2019Purigen Biosystems, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation technologies for extracting and purifying nucleic acids from biological samples, today announced the launch of its Ionic™ Purification System. The small benchtop system utilizes the company’s core isotachophoresis (ITP) technology to extract, purify, and concentrate nucleic acids from biological samples in one hour with less than three […]