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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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APR 23, 2018Cardiology
There is no definitive “treatment” for the damage that results from a heart attack because the heart cells c ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 19, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Men who carry this gene variation aren't impacted in the same way. Incredibly, in women, the effect also depends on whet ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2018Cancer
The Cancer Genome Atlas project used genomic profiles and bioinformatics to catalogue 33 prevalent types of cancer and i ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAR 06, 2018Neuroscience
Understanding the spoken word is probably one of the most complex tasks the human brain can perform. In regular conversa ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 19, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a freely accessible online kidney atlas. They are hopeful that scientists will use it to enginee ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2018Neuroscience
The Olympics will be captivating audiences all over the world for the next several days, and while most realize that it ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 15, 2018Cardiology
Scientists have a new way to treat heart attacks, and it involves providing cardiac stem cells with what is essentially ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 06, 2017Neuroscience
While chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative disease that builds over time, new research on high impac ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 05, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Summary of ethical principles for biotechnology advances in human disease set forth by global summitWritten By: Courtney SchaalDEC 02, 2017Cardiology
If human heart cells could regenerate the way salamander or zebrafish cells can, then perhaps cardiovascular disease wou ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 16, 2017Health & Medicine
Classic science fiction movies and even cartoons from decades ago predicted flying cars and food replicators and apartme ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 08, 2017Neuroscience
Who hasn't wondered about the possibility of knowing exactly what someone else is thinking? If only we could underst ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 18, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells are hold tremendous therapeutic value, but it has been a challenge finding a way to harvest enough of them fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2017Cardiology
Every year, thousands of babies are born with heart defects that require multiple surgeries to fix during their first mo ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new way to deliver CRISPR that doesn't require a virus, and that worked better than CRISPR-Cas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has used $20 million to create a consortium of universities that will support a ne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are making strides in synthetic biology, and are not starting to learn how to add functionality to genomes, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
We’ve all experienced the annoying Band-Aid that won’t stay on when wet. And when it comes to bigger cuts an ...JUL 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists came up with a really cool idea for a new sunscreen - use DNA molecules as a barrier.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2017Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 05, 2017Neuroscience
For patients who have suffered paralysis, whether from injury or illness, coping with the adjustment of limited mobility ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 15, 2017Cardiology
There’s new method on the table for repairing blood vessels damaged by ischemia, especially the smallest and most ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 03, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Can you imagine pointing a flash light toward a cave and hearing the echo from within? No? The analogy appears absurd, b ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUN 01, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Could a new device spell the end of painful gynecological exams for women proactive about their cervical cancer screenin ...
APR 23, 2018
Cardiology
There is no definitive “treatment” for the damage that results from a heart attack because the heart cells c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 19, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Men who carry this gene variation aren't impacted in the same way. Incredibly, in women, the effect also depends on whet
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2018
Cancer
The Cancer Genome Atlas project used genomic profiles and bioinformatics to catalogue 33 prevalent types of cancer and i
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAR 06, 2018
Neuroscience
Understanding the spoken word is probably one of the most complex tasks the human brain can perform. In regular conversa
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 19, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a freely accessible online kidney atlas. They are hopeful that scientists will use it to enginee
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2018
Neuroscience
The Olympics will be captivating audiences all over the world for the next several days, and while most realize that it
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 15, 2018
Cardiology
Scientists have a new way to treat heart attacks, and it involves providing cardiac stem cells with what is essentially
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2017
Neuroscience
While chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative disease that builds over time, new research on high impac
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 05, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Summary of ethical principles for biotechnology advances in human disease set forth by global summit
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 02, 2017
Cardiology
If human heart cells could regenerate the way salamander or zebrafish cells can, then perhaps cardiovascular disease wou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 16, 2017
Health & Medicine
Classic science fiction movies and even cartoons from decades ago predicted flying cars and food replicators and apartme
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 08, 2017
Neuroscience
Who hasn't wondered about the possibility of knowing exactly what someone else is thinking? If only we could underst
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells are hold tremendous therapeutic value, but it has been a challenge finding a way to harvest enough of them fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2017
Cardiology
Every year, thousands of babies are born with heart defects that require multiple surgeries to fix during their first mo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new way to deliver CRISPR that doesn't require a virus, and that worked better than CRISPR-Cas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has used $20 million to create a consortium of universities that will support a ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are making strides in synthetic biology, and are not starting to learn how to add functionality to genomes,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
We’ve all experienced the annoying Band-Aid that won’t stay on when wet. And when it comes to bigger cuts an
...
JUL 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists came up with a really cool idea for a new sunscreen - use DNA molecules as a barrier.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2017
Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 05, 2017
Neuroscience
For patients who have suffered paralysis, whether from injury or illness, coping with the adjustment of limited mobility
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 15, 2017
Cardiology
There’s new method on the table for repairing blood vessels damaged by ischemia, especially the smallest and most
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 03, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Can you imagine pointing a flash light toward a cave and hearing the echo from within? No? The analogy appears absurd, b
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 01, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Could a new device spell the end of painful gynecological exams for women proactive about their cervical cancer screenin
...