The collaboration was led by Erin Purcell, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Michigan State University; Joseph W. Salatino, Purcell's graduate student researcher; Kip A. Ludwig, associate director of technology at Mayo Clinic; and Takashi Kozai, assistant professor of bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering. "Glial cells
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Pain Free Skin Patch Responds to Sugar Levels for Management of type 2 Diabetes
Researchers with NIH's National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have devised an innovative biochemical formula of mineralized compounds that interacts in the bloodstream to regulate blood sugar for days at a time. In a proof-of-concept study performed with mice, the researchers showed that the biochemically formulated patch of
Fighting Myocardial Infarction with Nanoparticle Tandems
Prototype UT Equipment can Detect Rheumatoid Arthritis
Several years ago, researchers from the University of Twente joined forces with a number of companies to develop a prototype for a machine that would combine ultrasound and photoacoustics medical imaging techniques. Combining these techniques allows specialists to create images of superficial areas of the body that can offer doctors
A delicate Crossing Controller Developed to Open the Blood-Brain Barrier with Precision
Squirtable Elastic Surgical Glue Seals Wounds in 60 Seconds
Biomedical engineers from the University of Sydney and the United States collaborated on the development of the potentially life-saving surgical glue, called MeTro. MeTro's high elasticity makes it ideal for sealing wounds in body tissues that continually expand and relax -- such as lungs, hearts and arteries -- that are otherwise
Prototype Separates Components of Blood for Diagnostics
The system is optimized to sort out "exosomes," biological nanoparticles released from every type of cell in the body. Thought to play a large role in cell-to-cell communication and disease transmission, they have been objects of scientific curiosity since their discovery three decades ago. The miniscule size of exosomes, however, makes
A Tiny Device Offers Insights to How Cancer Spreads
A Pair of Medical Magnets Shows Promise as a New Tool for Creating an Anastomosis
Nanotechnology Helps Rewarm Fast Frozen Donor Tissue, Enabling Long Term Viability
The team's study in the March 1, 2017, issue of Science Translational Medicine, demonstrated how a bath of solution with evenly distributed and magnetized iron-oxide nanoparticles can be heated with electromagnetic waves to quickly and non-destructively thaw larger volumes of solution and tissue than had previously been rewarmed. With additional development,