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Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering: the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (e.g. diagnostic or therapeutic). This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine, combining the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical biological sciences to advance health care treatment, including diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. Biomedical engineering has only recently emerged as its own study, as compared to many other engineering fields. Such an evolution is common as a new field transitions from being an interdisciplinary specialization among already-established fields, to being considered a field in itself. Much of the work in biomedical engineering consists of research and development, spanning a broad array of subfields.
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DEC 16, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The cell has many specialized components that perform specific functions, like an organelle called the endoplasmic retic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Glyphosate is a common weed-killing chemical used in agriculture, and it may be best known as the active ingredient in R ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
In the 1530s, hundreds of years before microscopes and Petri dishes, an Italian physician called Girolamo Fracastoro wro ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 08, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The many advances that have propelled the field of genetics forward have taken a tremendous amount of work in different ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool has tremendous potential to treat genetic diseases, but sometimes it makes unintended ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2020Immunology
Thanks to a new hydrogel biomaterial developed by researchers at Duke University, we are one step closer to the holy gra ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 29, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cancer researchers have long been searching for a way to target cancer cells while ignoring healthy cells. A team of sci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 29, 2020Microbiology
Pathogenic bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to standard antibiotics, for a variety of reasons. Scientists ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2020Immunology
There’s a new weapon in the battle against lung cancer metastases: red blood cells equipped with nanopartic ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 23, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
If a key isn't cut quite right, it might need a special jiggle to get it into a lock in the right way. Scientists have n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2020Microbiology
Autism is a complex disorder that has sent researchers searching for what is causing it, as the rates continue to rise. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2020Genetics & Genomics
To repair disease-causing errors in the genome, gene editing reagents like those used in CRISPR-Cas9 first have to reach ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is a rare genetic disorder that makes the skin incredibly fragile; it forms blisters and can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Cortisol, commonly known as the “stress hormone”, is the body’s built-in alarm system that sends siren ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 01, 2020Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing system holds great promise for treating genetic errors that cause human disease. But we ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2020Plants & Animals
Chameleons are well known for their ability to change the color of their skin to blend in with their surroundings, send ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2020Immunology
A team of researchers at Duke University have developed an imaging technology for tagging structures at a cellular level ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 21, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
During a heart attack, blood flow is blocked and cells lose oxygen and begin to die. Scientists are developing many new ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In this photo by OceanX, researchers off the coast of Brazil collected Pyrosoma atlanticum specimens with a special robo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2020Immunology
Leukemia is a cancer affecting tissues in the body that produce blood cells, including the bone marrow and the lymphatic ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 12, 2020Cardiology
A major problem in the transplant field is a lack of healthy donor organs. For many years, scientists in the field of re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Mechanical engineers from Michigan Technological University have implemented the laws of surface tension and propulsion ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 11, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Terahertz waves sit in the far infrared/microwave portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, and can be generated by power ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The cell has many specialized components that perform specific functions, like an organelle called the endoplasmic retic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Glyphosate is a common weed-killing chemical used in agriculture, and it may be best known as the active ingredient in R
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the 1530s, hundreds of years before microscopes and Petri dishes, an Italian physician called Girolamo Fracastoro wro
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 08, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The many advances that have propelled the field of genetics forward have taken a tremendous amount of work in different
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool has tremendous potential to treat genetic diseases, but sometimes it makes unintended
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2020
Immunology
Thanks to a new hydrogel biomaterial developed by researchers at Duke University, we are one step closer to the holy gra
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 29, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cancer researchers have long been searching for a way to target cancer cells while ignoring healthy cells. A team of sci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2020
Microbiology
Pathogenic bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to standard antibiotics, for a variety of reasons. Scientists ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2020
Immunology
There’s a new weapon in the battle against lung cancer metastases: red blood cells equipped with nanopartic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 23, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
If a key isn't cut quite right, it might need a special jiggle to get it into a lock in the right way. Scientists have n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2020
Microbiology
Autism is a complex disorder that has sent researchers searching for what is causing it, as the rates continue to rise.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
To repair disease-causing errors in the genome, gene editing reagents like those used in CRISPR-Cas9 first have to reach
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is a rare genetic disorder that makes the skin incredibly fragile; it forms blisters and can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cortisol, commonly known as the “stress hormone”, is the body’s built-in alarm system that sends siren
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 01, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing system holds great promise for treating genetic errors that cause human disease. But we
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2020
Plants & Animals
Chameleons are well known for their ability to change the color of their skin to blend in with their surroundings, send
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2020
Immunology
A team of researchers at Duke University have developed an imaging technology for tagging structures at a cellular level
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 21, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
During a heart attack, blood flow is blocked and cells lose oxygen and begin to die. Scientists are developing many new
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In this photo by OceanX, researchers off the coast of Brazil collected Pyrosoma atlanticum specimens with a special robo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2020
Immunology
Leukemia is a cancer affecting tissues in the body that produce blood cells, including the bone marrow and the lymphatic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 12, 2020
Cardiology
A major problem in the transplant field is a lack of healthy donor organs. For many years, scientists in the field of re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Mechanical engineers from Michigan Technological University have implemented the laws of surface tension and propulsion
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 11, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Terahertz waves sit in the far infrared/microwave portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, and can be generated by power
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch