Tag: Precision Health
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A brain game may predict your risk of infection
When a person’s cognitive function is highly variable, they’re likely to be more infectious and have more symptoms after exposure to a respiratory virus.
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Shutting down backup genes leads to cancer remission, in mice
Cancer cells delete DNA when they go to the dark side, so a team of doctors and engineers targeted the “backup plans” running critical cell functions.
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Next generation neural probe leads to expanded understanding of the brain
The hectoSTAR probe, with 128 stimulating micro-LEDs and 256 recording electrodes integrated in the same neural probe, was designed for some stellar brain mapping projects
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High Efficiency Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diodes to sterilize pathogens, including COVID-19
Research led by Prof. Zetian Mi has been honored with the 2020 Editor-in-Chief Choice Award from “Photonics Research.”
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The coronavirus and class broadcasts
A professor’s experience with the 2019 polar vortex offers insight into how institutions might cope with the possible spread of the newest coronavirus.
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Deep learning AI discovers surprising new antibiotics
Deep-learning AI will help keep us ahead of drug resistant pathogens. By Sriram Chandrasekaran
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Toward a portable concussion detector that relies on an infrared laser
By looking at tissue oxygen and cell metabolism at the same time, doctors could have a fast and noninvasive way to monitor the health of brain cells.
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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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Precision health pioneer named to MIT Technology Review innovator list
The national magazine recognized Jenna Wiens as one of 2017’s 35 Innovators Under 35.
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How precision medicine is improving prostate cancer treatment
New, statistically-derived guidelines could potentially save millions of prostate patients from painful and invasive follow-up treatments.
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The Michigan Probe: Changing the Course of Brain Research
Some believed early Michigan brain researchers were engaging in “science fiction” – until development of an advanced tool for forging breakthroughs proved them wrong.