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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BME technology allows amputees to control a robotic arm with their mind
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Prof. Zhi Yang and team have developed a more accurate, less invasive technology that allows amputees to move a robotic arm using their brain signals instead of their muscles.
BME PhD students awarded NSF commercialization grant
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The NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program has awarded $50,000 to two Biomedical Engineering PhD students and collaborators so they can commercialize an MRI innovation.
Feature tracking microfluidic analysis reveals differential roles of viscosity and friction in sickle cell blood
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Associate Professor Dave Wood and team developed a new method for analyzing patient-specific blood properties that can be applied to a wide range of hematological and vascular disorders.