News tagged with biomedical engineering
Bone Implant Offers Hope for Skull Deformities
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A synthetic bone matrix offers hope for babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the plates in the skull to fuse too soon. Implants replacing some of the infant’s bone with the biodegradable ...
Tissue-engineering researchers create replacement knee ligaments from recipients' own cells
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a development that could lead to more complete recovery from torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in humans, University of Michigan researchers have grown and repaired knee ligaments in rats ...
Digital 'plaster' for monitoring vital signs undergoes first clinical trials
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 02, 2009 |
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A wireless digital 'plaster' that can monitor vital signs continuously and remotely is being tried out with patients and healthy volunteers at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in a new clinical trial ...
Scientists first to see RNA network in live bacterial cells
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Scientists who study RNA have faced a formidable roadblock: trying to examine RNA's movements in a living cell when they can't see the RNA. Now, a new technology has given scientists the first look ever at RNA in a live ...
Growing Cartilage from Stem Cells
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Damaged knee joints might one day be repaired with cartilage grown from stem cells in a laboratory, based on research by Professor Kyriacos Athanasiou, chair of the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering ...
Nanotech researchers develop artificial pore
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using an RNA-powered nanomotor, University of Cincinnati (UC) biomedical engineering researchers have successfully developed an artificial pore able to transmit nanoscale material through ...
Getting down to details: Scientist builds imager that identifies, locates individual cancer cells
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Dave Wilson was dissatisfied with blurry, low-sensitivity optical images of diseased tissues. So, four years ago he set out to create a better imager.
New method for gene expression experiments a kin to watercolor painting in water
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Like oil and water, two water-based liquids can mingle without mixing in a new University of Michigan technology developed for biological experiments.
Heart attacks: The tipping point
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Twenty percent of American deaths each year are caused by heart attack or angina, sometimes without any warning.
Shellfish and inkjet printers may hold key to faster healing from surgeries
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Using the natural glue that marine mussels use to stick to rocks, and a variation on the inkjet printer, a team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has devised a new way of making medical adhesives that ...
The beat goes on: Artificial heart technology holds promise for alternatives
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Patients on the waiting list for a heart transplant soon may have more options thanks to a new device being developed by the Texas Heart Institute in collaboration with two University of Houston professors.
'Edible optics' could make food safer
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Imagine an edible optical sensor that could be placed in produce bags to detect harmful levels of bacteria and consumed right along with the veggies. Or an implantable device that would monitor glucose in your blood for ...
