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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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NOV 16, 2019Genetics & Genomics
This work may help develop new treatments for skin that is aging or damaged by wounds or burns.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Misfolded proteins, also called prions, can cause a host of problems, including neurodegenerative disorders.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2019Chemistry & Physics
In a recent study, a group of biomedical researchers at Michigan State University developed a new platform for tweaking ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 31, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have known that proteins can insulate electrical flow, but their power as conductors has only recently been ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
A new technique enables researchers to target and modify one base pair out of billions, and could correct disease-causin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2019Genetics & Genomics
In recent years, scientists have found that a phenomenon called phase separation plays a critical role in the functions ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 15, 2019Microbiology
We produce several liters of mucus every day to cover more than 200 square meters in the human body.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 08, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been trying to use the immune system in cancer patients' bodies to fight cancer.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
As an organism develops, it has to form the right types of cells, like heart or muscle or nerve cells, and then move the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
A more accurate version of Cas9 has been created, reducing the number of off-target effects. It may be better suited for ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Understanding how and when and why certain genes are or are not active is a critical aspect of biomedical research.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2019Technology
Scientists have recently developed a chip-like device that utilizes tiny magnets that sort large populations of mixed ce ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 21, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in Nature Communications, alternative treatment was shown to have promising results for HIV as oppo ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 18, 2019Genetics & Genomics
As genetic technologies rapidly advance, totally new approaches are now possible. One innovation is the CRISPR-Chip.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Colds are famous for being incurable, but researchers may have found a way to stop them.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 15, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Gender discrimination in research has long stopped serious advancements. In neuroscience, scientists believed that male ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 10, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Sometimes people develop life-threatening heart complications when they're infected with the flu.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Illinois developed a minuscule probe that can take the temperature of a cell's interior ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The events that occur during early mammalian development have tone carefully orchestrated, and timed perfectly.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2019Microbiology
Now that we know so much more about the bacteria we carry in our bodies, it may be possible to start using that bacteria ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Efforts to edit the human genome are rolling forward, despite a call for a moratorium on heritable edits.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2019Technology
Imagine wearing a flower brooch that blooms in front of your eyes? Well, the ultrathin, artificial muscle used for soft ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 23, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Since it was developed, the CRISPR gene editing system has been refined and advanced.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
We all need sunlight, but it's very easy to get too much. Sunlight is the main source of the ultraviolet radiation we're ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
This work may help develop new treatments for skin that is aging or damaged by wounds or burns.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Misfolded proteins, also called prions, can cause a host of problems, including neurodegenerative disorders.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
In a recent study, a group of biomedical researchers at Michigan State University developed a new platform for tweaking
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 31, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have known that proteins can insulate electrical flow, but their power as conductors has only recently been
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new technique enables researchers to target and modify one base pair out of billions, and could correct disease-causin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
In recent years, scientists have found that a phenomenon called phase separation plays a critical role in the functions
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 15, 2019
Microbiology
We produce several liters of mucus every day to cover more than 200 square meters in the human body.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been trying to use the immune system in cancer patients' bodies to fight cancer.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
As an organism develops, it has to form the right types of cells, like heart or muscle or nerve cells, and then move the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A more accurate version of Cas9 has been created, reducing the number of off-target effects. It may be better suited for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Understanding how and when and why certain genes are or are not active is a critical aspect of biomedical research.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2019
Technology
Scientists have recently developed a chip-like device that utilizes tiny magnets that sort large populations of mixed ce
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 21, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in Nature Communications, alternative treatment was shown to have promising results for HIV as oppo
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 18, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
As genetic technologies rapidly advance, totally new approaches are now possible. One innovation is the CRISPR-Chip.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Colds are famous for being incurable, but researchers may have found a way to stop them.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Gender discrimination in research has long stopped serious advancements. In neuroscience, scientists believed that male
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Sometimes people develop life-threatening heart complications when they're infected with the flu.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Illinois developed a minuscule probe that can take the temperature of a cell's interior
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The events that occur during early mammalian development have tone carefully orchestrated, and timed perfectly.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2019
Microbiology
Now that we know so much more about the bacteria we carry in our bodies, it may be possible to start using that bacteria
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Efforts to edit the human genome are rolling forward, despite a call for a moratorium on heritable edits.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2019
Technology
Imagine wearing a flower brooch that blooms in front of your eyes? Well, the ultrathin, artificial muscle used for soft
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 23, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Since it was developed, the CRISPR gene editing system has been refined and advanced.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
We all need sunlight, but it's very easy to get too much. Sunlight is the main source of the ultraviolet radiation we're
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch