A shape-shifting robotic catheter could make heart surgery safer
“Based on an octopus-inspired device previously created by Ranzani, it incorporates a [MORE]
Promoting liver regeneration
“[Researchers at Boston University] propose vascular-endothelial-growth-factor A (VEGFA) as a therapeutic means to accelerate biliary epithelial-cell (BEC)-to-hepatocyte conversion. [MORE]
From left, team members Qijun Liu of Boston University, Maria Eugenia Inda of MIT, and Miguel Jimenez of MIT pose [MORE]
Bionic pancreas improves type 1 diabetes management
“Compared to other available artificial pancreas technologies, the bionic pancreas requires less user input [MORE]
New miniature heart could help speed heart disease cures
Boston University engineers “demonstrate how high-precision fabrication can enable scaled-down modeling of [MORE]
Funky Helmet Enhances MRI Brain Scans
“A team of engineers and radiologists at Boston University created a helmet that can dramatically [MORE]
Images from lensless computational microendoscope
A collaboration between optical engineers in Boston and Baltimore have designed a minimally invasive, lens-free, computational [MORE]
Salt Sensitivity
Most people have heard the caution about dietary salt increasing blood pressure, and the blanket advice that all people [MORE]
Paper-Based Diagnostics for Ebola
A researcher at Boston University has printed single strands of DNA onto a specially treated paper substrate. [MORE]
Diabetes Bionic Pancreas
Edward Damiano, PhD, a biomedical engineer at Boston University, developed this artificial pancreas for his son who suffers [MORE]
The April 14th issue of Science Translational Medicine has a research article describing how bioengineers at Boston University and [MORE]