Author: Michele Santillan
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How to end discrimination in health research funding
Network of U.S. biomedical engineering researchers calls to end funding disparities between Black and white scientists.
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Research Team Awarded $2M NIH Grant for Breath Analyzer that Detects and Monitors COVID-19, COVID-19 Induced Lung Injury
The grant, awarded as part of the NIH “SCENT” program, will further propel the ongoing work Fan and his team have been conducting with gas chromatography technology in the setting of life-threatening lung diseases.
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Treating autoimmune disorders with an inhaler, rather than an IV
Research in mice shows efficact for multiple sclerosis.
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Undergrads awarded by NASA, European Space Agency for project predicting COVID hotspots
The team earned the Best Use of Science award at the NASA Space Apps COVID-19 Challenge for their machine learning model that can predict hotspots for COVID outbreaks
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Researchers Argue for a More Systematic Use of Mathematical Models To Study Neurotechnologies
Study calls into question rush to use brain stimulation technology to treat Parkinson’s and pain disorders.
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Lab-on-a-chip offers faster means of identifying best plasma donors in COVID fight
University of Michigan collaboration with Hackensack Meridian CDI offers new pathway to identify antibodies.
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New treatments for deadly lung disease could be revealed by 3D modeling
Traditional 2D research may rule out better treatment options.
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Brain interface pioneers find meaningful signal in the grey matter noise
Drastically reducing the power and computation needed to identify our intentions, researchers open up a future of advanced therapies and machines enabled by our thoughts.
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Improving Flexible Neural Probe Delivery Published in Nature: Microsystems & Nanoengineering
The new shuttle could hopefully be used to deliver neural probes that improve accuracy with less damage and disruption to the nervous system circuitry.
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Study Suggests Method to Starve Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Rather than attacking cancer cells directly, new cell-model research probes weaknesses in pancreatic cancer’s interactions with other cells to obtain nutrients needed for tumor growth.