Tag: Biomedical Engineering
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Shoe-box size breath-analyzer spots deadly lung disease faster, more accurately than doctors
The device could also be used to detect other diseases such as pneumonia, sepsis, asthma and others associated with lung or systemic blood inflammation.
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Overuse, or one bad move? New view on ACL tears prompt questions on how athletes train
New research suggests a reevaluation of the way athletes train and prepare for competition.
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An EpiPen for spinal cord injuries
U-M researchers have designed nanoparticles that intercept immune cells on their way to the spinal cord and redirect them away from the injury.
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By Cannibalizing Nearby Stromal Stem Cells, Some Breast Cancer Cells Gain Invasion Advantage
Cancer biologists and engineers collaborated on a device that could help predict the likelihood of breast cancer metastasis.
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Making connections: Designing a new neural interface module
Restoring arm and hand function has been identified as a top priority among individuals with quadriplegia, and functional electrical stimulation (FES) may offer hope to some patients,
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Kirigami can spin terahertz rays in real time to peer into biological tissue
The rays used by airport scanners might have a future in medical imaging.
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Histotripsy: A potential approach to stroke treatment
The noninvasive technique uses focused ultrasound to create cavitational microbubbles that can break up tissue.
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Cancer is smarter than you think: Q&A with Geeta Mehta
Decoding the sophisticated inner workings of cancer may help us fight it.
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Making the invisible visible: New method opens unexplored realms for liquid biopsies
A new approach to RNA sequencing reveals thousands of previously inaccessible RNA fragments in blood plasma that might serve as disease- and organ-specific biomarkers
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Crackling and wheezing are more than just a sign of sickness
Re-thinking what stethoscopes tell us.