Author: Michele Santillan
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‘Nightmare bacteria:’ Michigan Engineers discuss how to combat antibiotic resistance
Drug-resistant bugs are on the rise and new approaches are needed.
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No sponge left behind: tags for surgical equipment
A simple, easy-to-implement technology could prevent the debilitating injuries that can occur when organs are damaged by surgical tools left in the body.
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Carlos Aguilar wins highly competitive 2018 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award
The 3M award recognizes outstanding faculty on the basis of research, experience, teaching and academic leadership.
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A Better Way to Connect Arteries
How Coulter’s Newest Licensed Product Is Making Its Way from the Classroom to the Clinic
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Empowering Neural Engineering
A group of innovative, accomplished faculty is driving the field forward, working side-by-side with clinicians in the U-M Medical School to focus on translational applications to improve the lives of patients.
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Root causes: Bioelectronics to restore organ function
Bruns directs the U-M Peripheral Neural Engineering and Urodynamics (pNEURO) Lab, which develops bioelectronic interfaces with the peripheral nervous system to understand systems-level neurophysiology as well as to restore autonomic organ function.
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Kevlar-based artificial cartilage mimics the magic of the real thing
In spite of being 80 percent water, cartilage is tough stuff. Now, a synthetic material can pack even more H2O without compromising on strength
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New funding for high-fidelity nerve mapping research
NIH’s SPARC program seeks to research and develop how nerves interact with organs in order to develop treatments and therapies for diseases, including hypertension, heart failure, diabetes, and gastrointestinal disorders.
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BME PhD student Yiying Zhu wins 2016 ESB EDGE Award
The award is provided by the Endowment for the Basic Sciences (EBS).
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Closest look yet at killer T-cell activity could yield new approach to tackling antibiotic resistance
An in-depth look at the work of T-cells, the body’s bacteria killers, could provide a roadmap to effective drug treatments.