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University of Minnesota launches Center for Medical Device Cybersecurity
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The University of Minnesota announced a new Center for Medical Device Cybersecurity (CMDC) that will foster university-industry-government collaborations to ensure that medical devices are both safe and secure from the growing number of cybersecurity threats.
New study provides clues to decades-old mystery about cell movement
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A new game-changing discovery about how cells move within their environment could have a major impact on fields from regenerative medicine to cancer research.
Bakken Medical Devices Center now part of the Institute for Engineering in Medicine
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The University of Minnesota announced that its Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center (BMDC), an internationally renowned center of excellence in the training and practice of medical technology innovation, is being incorporated within the University’s Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM).
Polymer ‘wafers’ placed under the tongue could deliver vaccines of the future
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A team of researchers, led by a University of Minnesota associate professor, have discovered a new way to effectively deliver and preserve vaccines for diseases via a small wafer placed under the tongue.
New research optimizes body’s own immune system to fight cancer
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A groundbreaking study shows how engineered immune cells used in new cancer therapies can overcome physical barriers to allow a patient’s own immune system to fight tumors.
Unique mini-microscope provides insight into complex brain functions
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Researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have developed a unique head-mounted mini-microscope device that allows them to image complex brain functions of freely moving mice. The study provides new insight into fundamental research that could improve human brain conditions.
Lab-created heart valves can grow with the recipient
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University of Minnesota lab-created heart valves made from real cells can grow with the recipient and are a step forward in reducing the need for repeated pediatric valve replacement surgeries.
University of Minnesota, UMN Hormel Institute, and Mayo Clinic collaborate on new citizen science project
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A University of Minnesota-Mayo Clinic partnership has joined with the Zooniverse citizen scientist platform and the Francis Crick Institute in London to leverage world-leading expertise in microscope imaging with the power of citizen science to study the relationship between structure and function in biology to better understand health and disease.
Apps curb pandemic spread and protect user privacy
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Mobile notification apps like COVIDawareMN quickly and efficiently alert those who may have been exposed to COVID-19 without tracking their movements or personal information—CSE professor Shashi Shekhar provides insight.
How can air filtration reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading in your home?
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Department of Mechanical Engineering professor Chris Hogan provides insight and strategies people can use to mitigate the spread of the disease in indoor spaces.