Tag: Health Care
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Co-design with the community? Study provides insights on building trust
How and when community stakeholders are engaged shapes participants’ perceived value, learning and progress according to an assessment of a co-design workshop series.
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U-M’s Zhen Xu wins Golden Goose Award for development of noninvasive cancer treatment
Award recognizes transformative work enabled by federal funding, which was crucial to advancing the tumor-destroying soundwaves until they were ready for the clinic.
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$10M histotripsy research center launches to advance sound wave-based cancer treatment
The University of Michigan Histotripsy Center will make its specialized equipment and expertise available to external researchers.
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New flu vaccine protects mice against multiple strains
Studies in mice suggest a new vaccine, made using baker’s yeast, could work with fewer booster shots and without predicting the dominant flu strains each season.
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Accelerating pharmaceutical advances with organoid technology
Madeline Eiken (PhD BME ’25) is commercializing organoid technology that could spur new treatments for disease and reduce animal testing.
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Encapsulated ovarian donor tissue restores ovarian function in mice
Researchers hope protecting donated ovarian tissue from the immune system could help pediatric cancer survivors have natural hormone cycles.
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New MRI technique maps fluid velocity distribution in the brain
The tool could help researchers study the brain’s waste clearing system and its links to Alzheimer’s Disease or other neurodegenerative disorders.
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Using AI to better understand—and fight—Alzheimer’s disease
Machine learning is helping researchers unlock the secrets to ‘cognitive resilience’.
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Toughened hydrogels could replace cartilage, skin and more
U-M formula and process allow for the creation of devices and materials for precision medicine.
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How U-M engineers and clinicians are unlocking AI’s healthcare potential
‘Practicing medicine is hard and it feels like it’s getting harder. AI can help clinicians deliver really high quality care’.
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A better way to help newborns breathe
Researchers outline the best positive pressure ventilation techniques for babies, as well as clinicians.
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AI supports home-based balance training
New machine learning model draws data from wearable sensors to predict how a physical therapist would assess balance training performance.