NIH announces awards to advance tech for HIV viral load...
NIH has awarded more than $4 million in funds and support services to three diagnostic technology developers as part of RADx ® Tech’s Advanced Platforms for HIV Viral Load Monitoring...
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Building a multilayered drug delivery system that’s activated by ultrasound
Releasing a drug selectively in specific locations in the body, including the brain, has been challenging. Researchers at the University of Utah have tackled the problem by designing ultrasound-sensitive nanoparticles...
Need a research hypothesis? Ask AI.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers developed AI frameworks to identify evidence-driven hypotheses that could advance biologically inspired materials. Source: MIT News More Source link
Engineering a smile
With the help of some of nature’s best engineers, NIBIB-funded researchers have developed technology to regrow damaged facial nerves. More Source link
Gene editing tool reduces Alzheimer’s plaque precursor in mice
A new gene editing tool that helps cellular machinery skip parts of genes responsible for diseases has been applied to reduce the formation of amyloid-beta plaque precursors in a mouse...
Enter the Physicianeers – How They Will Transform Healthcare
Former NIBIB Director Dr. Roderic I. Pettigrew’s viewpoint article in JAMA discusses the integration of medicine and engineering to transform how disease is prevented, diagnosed, and treated. JAMA More Source...
Major breakthrough for ‘smart cell’ design
Rice University bioengineers have developed a new construction kit for building custom sense-and-respond circuits in human cells. The research, published in the journal Science, represents a major breakthrough in the...
From Sci-Fi Fears to Medical Miracles
AI, specifically, machine learning, can help improve the quality of these MRI images, making it easier for doctors to diagnose patients. Machine learning involves training AI on a lot of...
Seeing eye to eye: building a cost-effective tool to visualize...
In an effort to greatly expand accessibility, this compact fluorescence-guided surgery system, evaluated in mice, is crafted from cost-effective and off-the-shelf components. More Source link
President Biden honors nearly 400 federally funded early-career scientists
Five NIBIB grantees received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: Ambika Goel Bajpayee, Northeastern University; Samira Kiani, University of Pittsburgh; Kanaka Rajan, Harvard Medical School; Parisa Rashidi,...
