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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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JAN 24, 2017Cardiology
A process using human stem cells can generate the epicardium cells that cover the outer surface of a human heart. & ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 24, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Engineers want to use peptides—small proteins that carry out essential tasks in our cells—to construct bioel ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 14, 2017Cardiology
There are three layers of the heart, and scientists from Penn State are working on using stem cells to recreate epicardi ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 10, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Antibiotic Synthetic Spider Silk Might be Coming to a HospitWritten By: Jennifer EllisDEC 19, 2016Neuroscience
Robotic appendages that do the work of lost limbs are the rock stars of neuroscience research. New ways to control ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 05, 2016Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 08, 2016Cardiology
Enlargement of the heart, especially the upper left chamber, is known by scientists to be associated with an increased r ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 02, 2016Neuroscience
While the technology of prosthetic limbs is advancing every day, there are still some things an artificial limb cannot d ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 24, 2016Neuroscience
Cross your heart, hope to die, stick a needle in your eye. Wasn’t this one of the scariest rhymes ever? As it turn ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New research from investigators at Duke University could have implications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, scar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2016Cardiology
Beams of light can replace painful electric shocks to restore normal heartbeat in people suffering from potentially fata ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)OCT 12, 2016Cardiology
The team will create and test a three-dimensional "heart patch."Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 28, 2016Chemistry & Physics
This Material Can Change Shape on Its Own - Programmable Shape ShiftingWritten By: Jennifer EllisSEP 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
“Come in, Mr. Smith. The computer is ready for your diagnosis now.” This could conceivably be in store for b ...SEP 15, 2016Microbiology
Scientists have linked the microbiome, the community of bacterial organisms that reside in our gut, with myriad health c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 19, 2016Cardiology
Atherosclerosis is a major cause of multiple cardiovascular complications: coronary heart disease, carotid artery diseas ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 17, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that proteins, RNA and DNA have to be stained to be visualized under fluorescence; the bel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2016Neuroscience
Mental illness is a term used to describe disorders like depression, anxiety and schizophrenia. They are mental because ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 02, 2016Cardiology
"The level of precision is reminiscent of what one can do in a computer model, except here it was done in real hear ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 13, 2016Cardiology
The researchers report that the behavior of cell networks, called "arrays," conforms to a branch of mathematic ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In recent years, more and more researchers are turning to nanoparticles for targeted delivery of drugs to select organs ...MAY 14, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When most people think of silk, they often imagine luxurious textiles in the form of clothing or accessories. But silk i ...
JAN 24, 2017
Cardiology
A process using human stem cells can generate the epicardium cells that cover the outer surface of a human heart. &
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Engineers want to use peptides—small proteins that carry out essential tasks in our cells—to construct bioel
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 14, 2017
Cardiology
There are three layers of the heart, and scientists from Penn State are working on using stem cells to recreate epicardi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 10, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Antibiotic Synthetic Spider Silk Might be Coming to a Hospit
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 19, 2016
Neuroscience
Robotic appendages that do the work of lost limbs are the rock stars of neuroscience research. New ways to control
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 05, 2016
Immunology
A clinical trial at the Duke Translational Research Institute was immediately shut down after 10 participants had an ana
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 08, 2016
Cardiology
Enlargement of the heart, especially the upper left chamber, is known by scientists to be associated with an increased r
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 02, 2016
Neuroscience
While the technology of prosthetic limbs is advancing every day, there are still some things an artificial limb cannot d
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 24, 2016
Neuroscience
Cross your heart, hope to die, stick a needle in your eye. Wasn’t this one of the scariest rhymes ever? As it turn
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research from investigators at Duke University could have implications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, scar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2016
Cardiology
Beams of light can replace painful electric shocks to restore normal heartbeat in people suffering from potentially fata
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
OCT 12, 2016
Cardiology
The team will create and test a three-dimensional "heart patch."
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 28, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
This Material Can Change Shape on Its Own - Programmable Shape Shifting
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
“Come in, Mr. Smith. The computer is ready for your diagnosis now.” This could conceivably be in store for b
...
SEP 15, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists have linked the microbiome, the community of bacterial organisms that reside in our gut, with myriad health c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2016
Cardiology
Atherosclerosis is a major cause of multiple cardiovascular complications: coronary heart disease, carotid artery diseas
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 17, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that proteins, RNA and DNA have to be stained to be visualized under fluorescence; the bel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2016
Neuroscience
Mental illness is a term used to describe disorders like depression, anxiety and schizophrenia. They are mental because
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 02, 2016
Cardiology
"The level of precision is reminiscent of what one can do in a computer model, except here it was done in real hear
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 13, 2016
Cardiology
The researchers report that the behavior of cell networks, called "arrays," conforms to a branch of mathematic
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In recent years, more and more researchers are turning to nanoparticles for targeted delivery of drugs to select organs
...
MAY 14, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When most people think of silk, they often imagine luxurious textiles in the form of clothing or accessories. But silk i
...