Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers developed AI frameworks to identify evidence-driven hypotheses that could advance biologically inspired materials. Source: MIT News
Science Highlights · December 23, 2024
With the help of some of nature’s best engineers, NIBIB-funded researchers have developed technology to regrow damaged facial nerves.
Science Highlights · December 20, 2024
Releasing a drug selectively in specific locations in the body, including the brain, has been challenging. Researchers at the University of Utah have tackled the problem by designing ultrasound-sensitive nanoparticles that release a drug at the targeted site when activated by focused ultrasound.
Science Highlights · December 19, 2024
NIH has awarded more than $4 million in funds and support services to three diagnostic technology developers as part of RADx ® Tech’s Advanced Platforms for HIV Viral Load Monitoring program.
Science Highlights · December 17, 2024
Researchers use multiorgan tissue chips to study the impacts of space radiation on human physiology to support the astronauts of tomorrow.
NIBIB in the News · December 12, 2024
Researchers at Boston University and the Wyss Institute at Harvard University have invented a new approach to biologically engineering tissue structures called ESCAPE (engineered sacrificial capillary pumps for evacuation). Source: Wyss Institute/Harvard University News
NIBIB in the News · December 11, 2024
Parinaz Fathi, a Rockville native who graduated from the University of Maryland in 2015 before moving on to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to complete her Ph.D.in 2020, has been named tot he 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 List in the Science category. Source: The MoCo Show
NIBIB in the News · December 5, 2024
Parinaz Fathi ’15 (mechanical engineering) was featured on the Science list. She developed VIPER (Vital Injury Protein Evaluation for Recovery), a powerful tool that can predict survival in cases of traumatic injury. Source: Maryland Today
NIBIB in the News · December 2, 2024
AnemiaPhone, a technology developed by a multidisciplinary team of Cornell researchers to accurately, quickly and cheaply assess iron deficiency, has been transferred to the Indian Council of Medical Research of the government of India for integration into its programs for anemia, women’s health, and maternal and child health throughout the country. Source: Cornell Chronicle