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UMN professor part of team that has received FDA approval for new tinnitus treatment
Posted May 17, 2023
A University of Minnesota Twin Cities researcher is part of an international team that has developed a new device that could help millions of people worldwide with tinnitus or “ringing of the ears.” The non-invasive device, called Lenire, is now available in the United States.
U of M researchers develop technique for rapid detection of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Chronic Wasting Disease
Posted May 1, 2023
University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers have developed a groundbreaking new diagnostic technique that will allow for faster and more accurate detection of neurodegenerative diseases that affect humans, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and similar diseases that affect animals, such as chronic wasting disease (CWD) and mad cow disease.
The sky’s the limit for biomedical engineering Ph.D. student Marcus Flowers
Posted March 21, 2023
College of Science and Engineering graduate student Marcus Flowers engineers the materials behind drug delivery, and his research applications span everything from stem cell therapy to cancer treatment.
CSE’s HumanFIRST Lab helps engineer systems with people in mind
Posted November 22, 2022
From creating a national standard for crash reporting to investigating healthcare disparities for women in the military, the College of Science and Engineering’s HumanFIRST Lab brings a community focus to engineering research.
Test flight
Posted November 1, 2022
Like pilots using a flight simulator to practice a perfect landing, a team led by University of Minnesota biomedical engineers is using disease simulators to evaluate potential cancer treatments.
University of Minnesota awarded $21M to lead research revealing effects of vagus nerve stimulation in humans
Posted October 26, 2022
University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers, including a biomedical engineering professor, are leading a comprehensive global clinical study that seeks to reveal the functional effects of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) across the human body.
Phenomenon behind cats' fur patterns may hold key to cancer recurrence
Posted October 17, 2022
University of Minnesota chemical engineering Ph.D. student Harish Venkatachalapathy’s research, which involves studying cellular noise and variability, could lead to better treatments for cancer.
Engineers discover process for synthetic material growth, enabling soft robots to grow like plants
Posted September 26, 2022
An interdisciplinary team of University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has developed a new, plant-inspired extrusion process that enables synthetic material growth, and the creation of a soft robot that builds its own solid body from liquid to navigate hard-to-reach places and complicated terrain.
Researchers combine data science and machine learning techniques to improve traditional MRI image reconstruction
Posted September 13, 2022
University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers have found a way to improve the performance of traditional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) reconstruction techniques, allowing for faster MRIs without relying on the use of newer deep learning methods.
Unique light-sensing 3D-printed device could help people with lupus
Posted September 8, 2022
A team of engineers and doctors at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have designed a unique 3D-printed light-sensing medical device that could help millions of people worldwide with lupus and other light-sensitive diseases.