Category: Research
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U-M BME Expands Pre-health Advising for Engineering Students Pursuing Careers in Medicine, Health Care
A new advising pilot housed in Biomedical Engineering is helping U-M engineering students and alumni navigate medical, dental, PA, PT, optometry, veterinary and other health professional pathways with more structure, coaching and support.
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U-M BME Awards $950K in Funding to Nine Multidisciplinary Teams via the Coulter Translational Research Partnership Program
Outcomes of previous Coulter funding and support include more than $2B raised in angel or venture capital by startups developing Coulter funded technologies or generated through sale of companies commercializing Coulter funded technologies.
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Kenneth Bader Joins U-M BME in the Histotripsy Center
Dr. Bader will focus on advancing non- and minimally invasive ultrasound-based treatments for cardiovascular disease and cancer, while deepening understanding of how tissues respond to histotripsy.
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Machine learning platform predicts how microbes may influence colon cancer drug response
U-M BME researchers developed an interpretable AI framework to identify drug combinations that may work better or worse depending on the bacteria present in the tumor microenvironment.
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BME’s Recent Summer Workshops @ Michigan Highlighed Engineering in Cardiovascular Medicine
This two-day workshop brought together leaders in cardiovascular tissue engineering, computational modeling and AI, targeted therapies, and medical devices to advance collaboration across engineering and clinical care.
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U-M BME to Expand AI Engineering Education with New Master’s Pathway
A new Master’s of Engineering degree in Artificial Intelligence Engineering will prepare biomedical engineers to apply AI and machine learning to real-world challenges in health, medicine, and biotechnology.
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U-M engineers advance a new way to “listen” for light inside the body
A scalable optical ultrasound sensor array could help make photoacoustic imaging sharper, smaller and more clinically practical
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Symposium Highlights Breakthroughs in Neural Engineering
This year’s presentations spanned from brain-computer interfaces and deep brain stimulation to regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces, spinal cord repair, machine learning, neural recording technologies, and neuroimaging.
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Nanoparticle Therapy May Help Steer Immune Cells Toward Healing in Pulmonary Fibrosis
New research from U-M researchers suggests that nanoparticles delivered through the bloodstream can influence circulating immune cells called monocytes, encouraging them to enter the lung and adopt behaviors associated with resolving fibrosis rather than intensifying it.
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Nanoparticles Can Prevent Scars and Spark Nerve Regeneration in Spinal Cord Injuries
By deploying targeted therapeutic nanoparticles, the research team has successfully reprogrammed immune cells at the injury—not just halting damage, but actively driving a pro-regenerative response that prevented scar formation and stimulated nerve regrowth.