Author: Michele Santillan
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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.
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How rod-shaped particles might distract an out-of-control immune response
When white blood cells don’t know when to stop, an injection of rod-shaped particles may draw them away from a site of excessive inflammation.
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Five BME Core Faculty and Five Affiliated/Associated Faculty Promoted
The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved a number of faculty promotions at their May meeting, including five core Biomedical Engineering faculty and five affiliated/associated Biomedical Engineering faculty
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Improved neural probe can pose precise questions without losing parts of the answers
It will now be possible to study brain activity when timing is important, such as the consolidation of memory.
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Congratulations U-M Biomedical Engineering 2020’s Graduates
U-M Biomedical Engineering would like to congratulate the BME ‘Class of 2020.’
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Lab-on-a-chip COVID-19 antibody test could offer rapid, accurate results
Our campus, like the global community, is contending with COVID-19 and working to adapt to a new normal. Many are rapidly working on solutions. See all COVID-19 developments from University of Michigan Engineering.
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Prof. Zhen Xu Receives Lockhart Memorial Prize from Focused Ultrasound Foundation
The $75,000 annual prize is awarded to an investigator to recognize outstanding contributions in advancing cancer treatment using focused ultrasound and the potential for continued achievements in the field.
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‘It’s like you have a hand again’
The approach involves tiny muscle grafts and machine learning algorithms borrowed from the brain-machine interface field.
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Aaron Morris Selected as a TED Fellow
University of Michigan Precision Health Scholar and Biomedical Engineering Postdoc to present at TED2020