Category: News
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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.
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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.