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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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JUL 27, 2023Technology
What if individuals with prosthetic limbs were able to feel sensations like heat and cold? This is what a recent study p ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 18, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Patient care can be hampered by a lack of diagnostic equipment. The techniques needed to run certain assays can be prohi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2023Cancer
Stem cells are valuable to a wide range of biomedical and pharmaceutical research applications because of their high sel ...JUN 30, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR gene editing system originated in bacteria, or prokaryotic cells. Now scientists have identified a similar sy ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
In an organism, different kinds of cells carry out various specialized functions. Scientists can grow and study a variet ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 26, 2023Genetics & Genomics
The first gene therapy that can treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Admi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
There are about 15 drops in one milliliter of blood. The viral load of an infected person could be anywhere from a few c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
At this year's International Society for Stem Cell Research meeting, it was announced that scientists engineered synthet ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
New work by Kobayashi, Kawakami, Nureki, and colleagues has revealed a fascinating way to trigger the most common class ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2023Microbiology
Last year, one person completed a trial of a CRISPR-based treatment for a rare type of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the 2010 US Census, there were 53,364 centenarians in the US, so around 1.73 of every 10,000 Americans live ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2023Technology
It’s been 20 years since Dr. Ed Damiano, who is a professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University, used h ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 29, 2023Genetics & Genomics
It's estimated that about 466 million people have some form of hearing loss, making it one of the most common sensor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Fragile X syndrome is the most commonly inherited form of developmental and intellectual disability. Now scientists may ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
What if sutures could actually promote wound healing? Scientists have designed so-called smart sutures that not only sti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Cells have to protect the genome, and there are mechanisms in place to repair DNA damage that does arise. But sometimes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 09, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Several neurological disorders have been associated with disrupted glucose metabolism in the brain, so this condition is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2023Technology
During cancer treatment, the administered drugs kill the tumors but often lead to undesirable side effects for the patie ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 17, 2023Immunology
Bacteria can live in a lot of unusual places, even in tumors in the human body. Scientists have now taken advantage of t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2023Technology
How small can robots get, and can they assist in human body needs? This is what a team of researchers led by the Univers ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 05, 2023Health & Medicine
Many people need lung transplants, and there is a major shortage of these organs in part because they are so difficult t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 04, 2023Immunology
A case of COVID-19 starts when SARS-CoV-2 infects cells in the nasal passages. Many experts and scientists have therefor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 02, 2023Genetics & Genomics
SMA is a leading cause of infant mortality. Most cases of the disease are caused by mutations in a gene called SMN1 that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 02, 2023Microbiology
Nature has designed some spectacular micromachines, such as the flagella that propel bacterial cells, or microbial injec ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2023
Technology
What if individuals with prosthetic limbs were able to feel sensations like heat and cold? This is what a recent study p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 18, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Patient care can be hampered by a lack of diagnostic equipment. The techniques needed to run certain assays can be prohi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2023
Cancer
Stem cells are valuable to a wide range of biomedical and pharmaceutical research applications because of their high sel
...
JUN 30, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR gene editing system originated in bacteria, or prokaryotic cells. Now scientists have identified a similar sy
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
In an organism, different kinds of cells carry out various specialized functions. Scientists can grow and study a variet
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
The first gene therapy that can treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Admi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are about 15 drops in one milliliter of blood. The viral load of an infected person could be anywhere from a few c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
At this year's International Society for Stem Cell Research meeting, it was announced that scientists engineered synthet
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work by Kobayashi, Kawakami, Nureki, and colleagues has revealed a fascinating way to trigger the most common class
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2023
Microbiology
Last year, one person completed a trial of a CRISPR-based treatment for a rare type of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the 2010 US Census, there were 53,364 centenarians in the US, so around 1.73 of every 10,000 Americans live
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2023
Technology
It’s been 20 years since Dr. Ed Damiano, who is a professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University, used h
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 29, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
It's estimated that about 466 million people have some form of hearing loss, making it one of the most common sensor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Fragile X syndrome is the most commonly inherited form of developmental and intellectual disability. Now scientists may
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
What if sutures could actually promote wound healing? Scientists have designed so-called smart sutures that not only sti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Cells have to protect the genome, and there are mechanisms in place to repair DNA damage that does arise. But sometimes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Several neurological disorders have been associated with disrupted glucose metabolism in the brain, so this condition is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2023
Technology
During cancer treatment, the administered drugs kill the tumors but often lead to undesirable side effects for the patie
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 17, 2023
Immunology
Bacteria can live in a lot of unusual places, even in tumors in the human body. Scientists have now taken advantage of t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2023
Technology
How small can robots get, and can they assist in human body needs? This is what a team of researchers led by the Univers
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 05, 2023
Health & Medicine
Many people need lung transplants, and there is a major shortage of these organs in part because they are so difficult t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2023
Immunology
A case of COVID-19 starts when SARS-CoV-2 infects cells in the nasal passages. Many experts and scientists have therefor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
SMA is a leading cause of infant mortality. Most cases of the disease are caused by mutations in a gene called SMN1 that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2023
Microbiology
Nature has designed some spectacular micromachines, such as the flagella that propel bacterial cells, or microbial injec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch