Mary-Ann Mycek named next BME Chair

July 15, 2021

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.

Carbon fiber brain-implant electrodes show promise in animal study

July 14, 2021

A tiny, implantable carbon fiber electrode developed at the University of Michigan and demonstrated in rats has the potential to provide a long-term brain-computer interface that can capture the scope and nuance of electrical signals over lengthy periods of time.

Blood test shows promise for predicting treatment response in metastatic HPV-positive throat cancer

June 24, 2021

A sensitive blood test being developed by a team of researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center shows promise for predicting whether patients with metastatic HPV-positive throat cancer will respond to treatment months earlier than standard imaging scans.