Category: Biomedical Engineering
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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’.
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Artificial cartilage made from Kevlar mimics the magic of the real thing
In spite of being 80 percent water, cartilage is tough stuff. Now, a synthetic material can pack even more H2O without compromising on strength.
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Nanoparticles can limit inflammation by distracting the immune system
White blood cells get busy taking out the trash – it could be a lifesaver when the immune system goes haywire.
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Fighting cancer with cancer: 3D cultured cells could drive precision therapy
U-M researchers have devised a process that can grow hundreds of cultured cancer cell masses, called spheroids, from just a few tumor cells derived from a patient.
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Closest look yet at killer T-cell activity could yield new approach to tackling antibiotic resistance
An in-depth look at the work of T-cells, the body’s bacteria killers, could provide a roadmap to effective drug treatments.