Researchers Discover Cause of Asthmatic Lung Spasms
By creating a microdevice that mimics lung function on single-cell levels, researchers at Rutgers, Yale, and Johns Hopkins have learned more about asthmatic trigger response,…
Biomedical Engineering
Researchers Use DNA Patterns in Blood to Identify Spastic Cerebral Palsy
A Delaware team including Erin Crowgey, PhD, associate director of Bioinformatics with Nemours Biomedical Research, has published a study in the peer-reviewed journal BMC Bioinformatics,…
New Microfluidic Platform Evaluates Human Organ Interactions to Medications Without Risk
MIT engineers have developed new technology that could be used to evaluate new drugs and detect possible side effects before the drugs are tested in…
Bioengineers Develop Hybrid Hydrogel System to Help Heal Bones
A team of UConn Health researchers has designed a novel, hybrid hydrogel system to help address some of the challenges in repairing bone in the…
Technical Advances Provide Big Improvements in HIV Vaccine Production
Research on HIV over the past decade has led to many promising ideas for vaccines to prevent infection by the AIDS virus, but very few…
Silk Fibers May Represent Natural Metamaterials, Capable of light Confinement
New research has demonstrated how the nano-architecture of a silkworm’s fiber causes “Anderson localization of light,” a discovery that could lead to various innovations and…
Amazing Microfluidic Chip Emulates Living Organs and Tissues
For some years, scientists have been researching in order to find ways of reducing animal testing and accelerating clinical trials. In vitro assays with living…
New Technique Could Help Heal Heart Damage After a Heart Attack
Researchers have developed a new way to capture the detailed biomechanical properties of heart tissue. The high-resolution optical technique fills an important technology gap necessary…
Biomedical Engineers Grow Functioning Human Muscle From Stem Cells
Duke engineers have grown the first functioning human muscle from non-muscle cells — in this case skin cells reverted to their primordial stem cell state….
Using Mechanical Engineering Principles to Improve Wound Healing
To most, an operating room and a manufacturing plant are as different as any two places can be. But not to Dennis Orgill. “To some…
New Algorithm Analyzes Carbon Dioxide to Help Determine How to Treat Patients
Researchers from MIT, Harvard Medical School and the Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia have developed a new algorithm that can, with high accuracy, determine whether…
Biomedical Engineers Grow Self-Healing Muscle
Biomedical engineers from Duke University have grown living skeletal muscle that demonstrates the ability to heal itself both inside the laboratory and inside an animal….
New Retinal Implant Technology Expected to Help Restore Sight
In an effort to improve retinal implant technology, researchers have developed a new method that uses microsecond pulses, on-chip counter-electrodes, and controlled firing of electrodes…
Microbicide Tricks HIV into “Popping” Itself into Oblivion
Researchers from Drexel University have developed a microbicide that can trick HIV into “popping” itself into oblivion, destroying the virus without harming healthy cells. Pinning…
Synthetic Silicate Nanoplatelets Stimulate Stem Cells into Bone Cells
New research shows that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets can stimulate stem cells into bone cells without the need of additional bone-inducing factors. Researchers from Harvard-affiliated Brigham…
Inexpensive Skin Patch Warns When It’s Time to Get Out of the Sun
A biomedical engineering design team from Michigan Tech has developed an inexpensive skin patch that warns the wearer when it’s time to get out of…
Nanogels Provide a New Way to Attack Lupus
In a new study, Yale researchers used biodegradable nanoparticles called nanogels to deliver relatively low drug doses to mice with lupus, increasing the median survival…
Bioengineers Use 3D Printer to Print Ears that Look and Act like Natural Ears
Using 3D printing and injectable gels made of living cells, bioengineers have created an artificial ear that looks and acts like a natural ear. Cornell…