Human heart organoids allow researchers to study the developing heart while avoiding the ethical issues of using human embryos and the imperfections of animal models.
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From breast implants to prosthetic knees, implants can trigger a foreign body response that results in your body rejecting them. Suppressing an immune cell gene could reduce this risk.
Recent research suggests blood vessels are the key to why fingers and toes turn pruny and pale after being submerged for a while.
Revisions to the CDC’s developmental milestone checklists removed crawling as a skill that babies pick up at a typical age. A biomedical engineer describes how more research may clarify its role.
Key to diagnosing foetal alcohol syndrome is an assessment of certain facial features. A 3D facial scan is expensive but 2D images may offer a solution.
Unlike humans, many animals are able to regenerate their limbs after losing them. Giving the body the right conditions for regrowth might allow people to recover lost limbs as well.
A biomedical engineer explains how human-made materials inserted in the body hold hope to repair painful injuries more efficiently than bone grafts.
Heart disease can change the genetic structure of heart cells. Understanding the role that mechanical forces play in these changes could lead to improvements in artificial tissue design.
She believed and advocated that Africa needs to find solutions to its own problems and worked tirelessly to build biomedical engineering capacity across the continent.
An effective oxygen system requires prompt recognition of who needs oxygen, a reliable oxygen supply and safe delivery to those who need it.
Engineering students in Malawi and Tanzania have used the materials and tools available to them to build ventilators, personal protective equipment and UV disinfection systems.
An optical sensor that can detect individual molecules promises early detection of diseases and environmental contamination.
The most interesting thing is how free Gertrude is to move around while the implanted chip collects the data.
A cutting edge new research project is developing Lego-like bricks made from biomaterials to replace bone fragments in shattered limbs.
Researchers are starting to understand why the bones of diabetic people are more prone to fractures.
Are more technologically advanced prosthetics and orthotics actually better for improving health? Or do we just think they are better? And most importantly, how do we figure it out?
Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine is based on three key requirements working together: signals from body tissues and organs, responding stem cells, and scaffolds.
Health care relies on increasingly sophisticated devices for implanting into the body or monitoring it. Yet most med school graduates are not versed in engineering. That needs to change.
African countries need to start producing and developing their own medical devices. Suitably skilled biomedical engineers are needed for this sort of innovation to take root.
One professor explains how war in Iran led her to a career in biomedical engineering - a rapidly growing field that offers students exciting opportunities to serve humanity.
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Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Biomechanics, Kennesaw State University
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Senior Research Officer, Neuroscience Research Australia
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Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, George Washington University
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Professor of Ethics, Keele University
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Assistant Professor in Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore
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Professor, Chalmers University of Technology
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Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University
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Lecturer in Applied Organic Chemistry, University of Surrey
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Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University
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Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Manitoba
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Professor & Research Chair - Biomedical Engineering & Innovation, University of Cape Town
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PhD candidate (Cognitive Neuroscience/ Neuroengineering), The University of Queensland
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Professor of Bioethics, University of Sydney
