Category: Campus and Community
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Mary-Ann Mycek named next BME Chair
Mary-Ann Mycek has been named the new interim chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, effective July 1, 2021. Mycek, who joined U-M’s BME faculty in 2003, will be the sixth chair of the department.
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Incoming BME Assistant Professor Aaron Morris’ ‘TED Talk’ released
How Your Body Could Become Its Own Diagnostic Lab
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Tumors partially destroyed with sound don’t come back, in rats
Technique pioneered at the University of Michigan could improve outcomes for cancer and neurological conditions.
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Recovery from muscle loss injuries hindered by immune cell conflicts
Studies in mice show how two of the body’s natural injury responders conflict following traumatic muscle injuries.
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How well do boosters work? Depends on your genes
Computer modeling links a person’s genes to whether producing more antibodies will help them fight off the disease.
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New $13.8M center at U-M will study infectious disease, pandemic preparedness
The multidisciplinary research team will synergize efforts across the university.
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BME Led Team Receives 2021 Precision Heath Investigators Award
The awards— each of $200k over 2 years—support new, collaborative research projects rooted in precision health to advance science and develop health innovations.
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Individual finger control for advanced prostheses demonstrated in primates
University of Michigan researchers used a computer-generated hand to mirror the motions of the monkeys as they reached for the animated dots—providing data that the team used to train their algorithm for interpreting brain signals.
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Predicting how well a vaccine will work for you
A conventional approach to HIV vaccination does not induce immune responses in everyone equally, and a new computer model shows why.
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Low levels of electrical current can block pain
The method could be an alternative to opioids and other medication.