Tag: Biomedical Engineering
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A Better Way to Connect Arteries
How Coulter’s Newest Licensed Product Is Making Its Way from the Classroom to the Clinic
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Empowering Neural Engineering
A group of innovative, accomplished faculty is driving the field forward, working side-by-side with clinicians in the U-M Medical School to focus on translational applications to improve the lives of patients.
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The U-M-Coulter Partnership
A pivotal program helps catapult promising biomedical technologies from the lab to the marketplace
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Root causes: Bioelectronics to restore organ function
Bruns directs the U-M Peripheral Neural Engineering and Urodynamics (pNEURO) Lab, which develops bioelectronic interfaces with the peripheral nervous system to understand systems-level neurophysiology as well as to restore autonomic organ function.
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Kevlar-based artificial cartilage mimics the magic of the real thing
In spite of being 80 percent water, cartilage is tough stuff. Now, a synthetic material can pack even more H2O without compromising on strength
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New funding for high-fidelity nerve mapping research
NIH’s SPARC program seeks to research and develop how nerves interact with organs in order to develop treatments and therapies for diseases, including hypertension, heart failure, diabetes, and gastrointestinal disorders.
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BME PhD student Yiying Zhu wins 2016 ESB EDGE Award
The award is provided by the Endowment for the Basic Sciences (EBS).
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Closest look yet at killer T-cell activity could yield new approach to tackling antibiotic resistance
An in-depth look at the work of T-cells, the body’s bacteria killers, could provide a roadmap to effective drug treatments.
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Identifying New Targets in Cancer Metabolism and Treatment
Nagrath takes a systems biology approach, combining a metabolic isotope tracing technique with a computational framework, together known as 13C-based metabolic flux analysis.
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Bionic heart tissue: U-Michigan part of $20M center
Scar tissue left over from heart attacks creates dead zones that don’t beat. Bioengineered patches could fix that.