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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 16, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The various identities of cells, whether they are in the brain, heart, kidney, or any other tissue, are defined by the g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have limited abilities to analyze brain tissue. But new work from the Szablowski lab at Rice University could ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Organisms are composed of cells, some of which are constantly replaced, while others stay in place for a long time. For ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 13, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Human immunity is an incredibly complex system that have to be very carefully regulated by the body. We need our immune ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2023Microbiology
We're all familiar with the runny or stuffy noses that can come with cold and flu season. While mucus can help trap and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Autoimmune disorders are incredible complex and can be very difficult to treat, in part because the cause of the disorde ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Pregnant women can have prenatal testing performed during their pregnancies to determine whether or not their baby could ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2023Microbiology
Fungal infections can be very serious, and they can come out of nowhere. The first case of a Candida auris infection, fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
The Celero VM Pill is held by Ali Rezai, MD, in this image from WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience InstituteWritten By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) happen when a person is subjected to a blow or jolt to the head, or when a penetrating i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
The trillions of microbes in the human gut microbiome have very close connections to our health. While gastrointestinal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 16, 2023Earth & The Environment
Glyphosate is an active ingredient in the most commonly used herbicide in the world, Roundup.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2023Genetics & Genomics
The causes of autism are still not well understood, although some genes have been identified that play a clear role in s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2023Genetics & Genomics
In the past few years, the H5N1 bird flu has led to the deaths of millions of wild and farmed birds around the world. It ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 09, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
In the early 1900s, Japanese scientist Kikunae Ikeda suggested that umami was a basic taste, like bitter, salty, sour, o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
The brain is a crucial, sensitive organ that is well-protected by the skull and blood brain barrier, which prevents many ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 25, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
If the spinal cord in a mouse or human suffers damage, temporary paralysis occurs until the damage is healed, and motor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Genetic editing is an invariable tool in biomedical research. Scientists have been able to engineer the genomes of a var ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Naked mole rats are very unusual animals. They live underground in harsh environments and have complex social structures ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells hold tremendous potential in healthcare and research science, because they can become any type of cell. Howev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2023Microbiology
A healthy diet that includes vegetables can provide many health benefits. Scientists have now shown that cruciferous veg ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2023Technology
A recent study published in Nature Machine Intelligence examines a novel deep-learning method known as BigMHC, which can ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 16, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Inflammatory bowel diseases like colitis or Crohn's disease are thought to impact around 7 million people, who have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA and private space infrastructure developer, Axiom Space, recently announced the approval for Axiom-4, which will be ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 16, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The various identities of cells, whether they are in the brain, heart, kidney, or any other tissue, are defined by the g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have limited abilities to analyze brain tissue. But new work from the Szablowski lab at Rice University could
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organisms are composed of cells, some of which are constantly replaced, while others stay in place for a long time. For
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Human immunity is an incredibly complex system that have to be very carefully regulated by the body. We need our immune
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2023
Microbiology
We're all familiar with the runny or stuffy noses that can come with cold and flu season. While mucus can help trap and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Autoimmune disorders are incredible complex and can be very difficult to treat, in part because the cause of the disorde
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Pregnant women can have prenatal testing performed during their pregnancies to determine whether or not their baby could
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2023
Microbiology
Fungal infections can be very serious, and they can come out of nowhere. The first case of a Candida auris infection, fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
The Celero VM Pill is held by Ali Rezai, MD, in this image from WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) happen when a person is subjected to a blow or jolt to the head, or when a penetrating i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
The trillions of microbes in the human gut microbiome have very close connections to our health. While gastrointestinal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Glyphosate is an active ingredient in the most commonly used herbicide in the world, Roundup.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
The causes of autism are still not well understood, although some genes have been identified that play a clear role in s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
In the past few years, the H5N1 bird flu has led to the deaths of millions of wild and farmed birds around the world. It
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the early 1900s, Japanese scientist Kikunae Ikeda suggested that umami was a basic taste, like bitter, salty, sour, o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
The brain is a crucial, sensitive organ that is well-protected by the skull and blood brain barrier, which prevents many
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 25, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
If the spinal cord in a mouse or human suffers damage, temporary paralysis occurs until the damage is healed, and motor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic editing is an invariable tool in biomedical research. Scientists have been able to engineer the genomes of a var
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Naked mole rats are very unusual animals. They live underground in harsh environments and have complex social structures
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells hold tremendous potential in healthcare and research science, because they can become any type of cell. Howev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2023
Microbiology
A healthy diet that includes vegetables can provide many health benefits. Scientists have now shown that cruciferous veg
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2023
Technology
A recent study published in Nature Machine Intelligence examines a novel deep-learning method known as BigMHC, which can
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 16, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Inflammatory bowel diseases like colitis or Crohn's disease are thought to impact around 7 million people, who have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA and private space infrastructure developer, Axiom Space, recently announced the approval for Axiom-4, which will be
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc