Category: Biomedical Engineering
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An EpiPen for spinal cord injuries
U-M researchers have designed nanoparticles that intercept immune cells on their way to the spinal cord and redirect them away from the injury.
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Crackling and wheezing are more than just a sign of sickness
Re-thinking what stethoscopes tell us.
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A step toward recovering reproduction in girls who survive childhood cancer
New approach can boost ovarian follicle survival in mice by up to 75 percent.
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Speedy “slingshot” cell movement observed for the first time
New findings suggest it might one day be possible to direct healthy cells to advance tissue repair therapies.
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A ‘decathlon’ for antibiotics puts them through more realistic testing
Surprise findings could upend the current drug discovery approach for treating one of the most dangerous hospital-borne infections.
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Has the Olympics changed how it measures false-starts in track?
A Q&A with a biomechanics expert who has researched reaction times
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Toward a stem cell model of human nervous system development
Human cells could one day show us more about why neural tube birth defects occur and how to prevent them.
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Findings in mice show pill for breast cancer diagnosis may outperform mammograms
A new kind of imaging could distinguish aggressive tumors from benign, preventing unnecessary breast cancer treatments.
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Nightmare bacteria:’ Michigan Engineers discuss how to combat antibiotic resistance
Drug-resistant bugs are on the rise and new approaches are needed.
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No sponge left behind: tags for surgical equipment
A simple, easy-to-implement technology could prevent the debilitating injuries that can occur when organs are damaged by surgical tools left in the body.
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Reconstructive surgery tech
Born in an engineering class, now the ‘arterial everter’ has been licensed to Baxter.
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A shoe-box-sized chemical detector
Powered by a broadband infrared laser, the device can zero in on the ‘spectral fingerprint region’.