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APRIL 18, 2023

Even as biomedical engineer Anirban Sen Gupta refines artificial platelets to stem traumatic bleeding, he and his colleagues are seeking new uses for their synthetic solution.

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APRIL 4, 2025

Collaborative research led by investigators at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center defines a novel approach to understanding how certain proteins called transcription factors determine which genetic programs will drive cell growth and maturation. The study is published in the journal Science.

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APRIL 20, 2023

Progressive loss of neurons is the underlying cause for a diverse spectrum of severe diseases called neurodegenerative diseases, which include Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and retinitis pigmentosa.

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APRIL 18, 2023

Amid headlines about artificial intelligence's implications for everything from education to the future of work itself, Abhinav Jha, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering and of radiology at the School of Medicine, both at Washington University in St.

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MAY 2, 2023

In July of 2022, a Google engineer claimed that an AI chatbot he was working with had become self-aware. Rumors of artificial intelligence becoming sentient abound. The same AI recently passed the Turing Test, once considered the gold standard for determining if something was human.

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APRIL 16, 2025

Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash The post An Open Letter to Robert F. Sincerely, Neftali Serrano, PsyD CEO, Collaborative Family Healthcare Association www.cfha.net P.S. For another great take on the MAHA Commission, see this piece by Dr. Dost Öngür. Kennedy, Jr.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For many of us, the act of breathing comes naturally. Behind the scenes, our diaphragm—the dome-shaped muscle that lies just beneath the ribcage—works like a slow and steady trampoline, pushing down to create a vacuum for the lungs to expand and draw air in, then relaxing as air is pushed out.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

Researchers at UCSF have developed a novel, potentially life-saving approach that may prevent antibodies from triggering immune rejection of engineered therapeutic and transplant cells.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

By Larry K. Houck — Last May the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to transfer marijuana from schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to schedule III. Schedules of Controlled Substances: Rescheduling of Marijuana, 89 Fed.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In recent years, genetically re-engineered immune cells—armed with molecular weaponry to recognize and destroy tumor cells—have changed the landscape of cancer treatment.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have engineered molecules that act like "cellular glue," allowing them to direct in precise fashion how cells bond with each other. The discovery represents a major step toward building tissues and organs, a long-sought goal of regenerative medicine.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

Seung-Kyun Kang from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Seoul National University has developed a strain sensor with record-breaking sensitivity in collaboration with researchers from Dankook University, Ajou University, and Purdue University. A research team led by Prof.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Researchers have engineered a portable “lab‑in‑tube” (LIT) assay that detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) DNA directly from blood, saliva, or sputum in less than 60 minutes at a relatively low cost, according to a study published in Science Translational Medicine.

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JUNE 15, 2025

Emerging opportunities in anti-cancer drug delivery, food science, bone regeneration, and tissue engineering are also discussed. However, inherent limitations-such as suboptimal mechanical strength and reliance on single hemostatic pathways-necessitate addressing through material modification and composite cross-linking strategies.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 16, 2023

Cancer patients might one day benefit from being administered immune cells from healthy donors. But as things stand, receiving donor cells can cause severe or even fatal immune reactions. A researcher at ETH Zurich has now developed a technology that avoids these.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 5, 2023

A new study by Burke Neurological Institute (BNI), Weill Cornell Medicine, finds that activation of MAP2K signaling by genetic engineering or non-invasive repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) promotes corticospinal tract (CST) axon sprouting and functional regeneration after spinal cord injury (SCI) in mice.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Engineers from UNSW Sydney have developed a miniature and flexible soft robotic arm that could be used to 3D-print biomaterial directly onto organs inside a person's body.

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MARCH 8, 2025

A team of cognitive neuroscientists and acoustic engineers at Adam Mickiewicz University, in Poland, has found no evidence that wind turbine noise causes mental impairment.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The findings are published in the Journal of Neural Engineering. The technique, called "DeepFocus," uses transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) on the scalp and transnasal electrical stimulation (TnES) to achieve more accurate electrical stimulation in the brain.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

A team of artificial intelligence engineers, in collaboration with a team of physicians from Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, is working to develop novel algorithms for point-of-care, in-house use and for technology licensing.

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NPR Health

MARCH 10, 2025

A man living with paralysis felt his index finger for the first time in three years, thanks to technology that reconnected his brain and body. Image credit: MATTHEW LIBASSI)

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 3, 2022

A collaborative team led by researchers from Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (GOSH), London and including researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and BOA Biomedical in Cambridge has re-engineered the process of microbial pathogen identification in blood samples from pediatric sepsis (..)

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The results have just been published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. A team of researchers has developed a "gut-on-chip" (a miniature model of the human intestine on a chip-sized device) capable of reproducing the main features of intestinal inflammation and of predicting the response of melanoma patients to immunotherapy treatment.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a "heart attack on a chip," a device that could one day serve as a testbed to develop new heart drugs and even personalized medicines. Researchers at the University of Southern California Alfred E.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 1, 2025

Research from the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering aims could uncover why some people with DS develop dementia while others do not providing insight that could ultimately benefit the entire DS community.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Electrostatic adsorption is an important complement to mechanical filtration for high-efficiency air filtering in the use of face masks. However, the electrostatic charge of the filters decays over time, particularly in humid conditions.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 25, 2023

Engineers and physicians have developed a wearable ultrasound device that can assess both the structure and function of the human heart. The portable device, which is roughly the size of a postage stamp, can be worn for up to 24 hours and works even during strenuous exercise.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Scientists at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have engineered T cells to produce a potent anti-cancer cytokine, but only when they encounter tumor cells. The immunotherapy eliminated melanoma and pancreatic cancer in mice without major side effects, and it offers a promising new strategy for fighting these and other hard-to-treat cancers.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Engineers at the University of Waterloo have developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology to predict if women with breast cancer would benefit from chemotherapy prior to surgery.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 3, 2023

A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a stretchable ultrasonic array capable of serial, non-invasive, three-dimensional imaging of tissues as deep as four centimeters below the surface of human skin, at a spatial resolution of 0.5 millimeters.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Institute of Biomedical Engineering have found that studying blood flow in leg muscles may help detect cardiovascular disease earlier than standardized tests, opening the door to earlier treatment and better outcomes.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 12, 2023

In a new study now published in Science Advances, Mehmet Tiryaki and a research team at the departments of physical intelligence, biomedical engineering, and medicine in Germany, Switzerland and Turkey, developed a magnetic guidewire design alongside steering strategies at ultrahigh fields.

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MAY 16, 2023

and China engineered active immunotherapy to create smart nanovesicles for personalized treatment. Breast cancer is resistant to immunotherapies; therefore, bioengineers and oncologists seek to develop a slew of therapeutic strategies to overcome this challenge.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 17, 2023

A study by researchers at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering shows that mechanical deformation of medically implantable materials—such as bending or twisting—can have a big impact on the formation of potentially harmful biofilms.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 1, 2023

Andrea Olsen from Oslo, Norway; Zachary Harpaz from Boca Raton, Florida; and Chris Ren from Shanghai, China have conducted a study in which they used a generative artificial intelligence (AI) engine for target discovery to identify new therapeutic targets for GBM. The findings were published on April 26 in the journal Aging.

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MAY 16, 2023

The team published the details of the pencil-on-paper sensor in Chemical Engineering Journal. A Penn State-led team of researchers has literally put pencil to paper to create an accessible, affordable, waterproof and wearable sensor to monitor multiple vital signals.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have confirmed what the germ-phobic among us have long suspected: The flush of a commercial toilet releases a Vesuvius-like cloud of tiny droplets and aerosol particles that reaches more than 5 feet above the seat.

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