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Sound plus electrical body stimulation to treat chronic pain

Study finds that sound plus electrical body stimulation has potential to treat chronic pain

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A new neuromodulation technique from Professor Hubert Lim and team activated the brain’s somatosensory cortex and could potentially help those who suffer from chronic pain.

Scan of vaccines being delivered through the nose

New method of nasal vaccine delivery could lead to better vaccines for HIV and COVID-19

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Promising vaccine technology from assistant professor Brittany Hartwell and team has generated strong immune responses in mice and primates.

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Prof. Sarkar and team develop new tool that will allow for more personalized cell therapies

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The new quantitative approach gives scientists and engineers more control over the DNA editing process.

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UMN awarded $3.7M to prepare for clinical trials of lab-created pediatric heart vessels that grow with the recipients

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Prof. Robert Tranquillo and team have received a $3.7 million grant over the next four years from the U.S. Department of Defense to prepare for a human clinical trial of artificial blood vessels bioengineered in the lab that grow with the patient.

Cancer cells

Research finds cancer cells can migrate toward certain ‘sweet spot’ environments

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Prof. David Odde and team have found that cancer cells can gravitate toward certain mechanical “sweet spot” environments, providing new insights into how cancer invades the body.

Hubert Lim

BME professor part of team that has published results of second large-scale study for tinnitus treatment

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At least 80 percent of participants experienced a reduction in their tinnitus symptoms after 12 weeks of treatment.

Carly Donahue and Sam Boland

Big wins for BME PhD students at SB3C

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BME students won two of the six divisions of the PhD student paper competition at the 2022 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference.

Chuddy Emukah, Parker Jenkins, and Efraín Torres holding a giant $2K check

Student team successfully pitches biomedical innovation with commercialization potential

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A team of University of Minnesota graduate students — including two from the Department of Biomedical Engineering’s PhD program — won a competition that recognized the business potential of their MRI innovation.

intranasal vaccine that can bypass multiple barriers in the nasal cavity

Prof. Hartwell wins award for biomedical research image

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The image showcases Hartwell’s work on developing an intranasal vaccine that can bypass multiple barriers in the nasal cavity to activate a “frontline” defense of immune cells and antibodies in the mucosa that protect against mucosally-transmitted pathogens. 

Meghan Griffin

BME PhD student awarded a Tau Beta Pi fellowship

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The engineering honor society selected 31 engineering students — including only 7 biomedical engineering students — from 278 applicants.