Biomedical Engineering

Transparent and strong. The new glass made of peptide droplets

The superpowers of the new glass

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have for the first time created glass that knows how to repair itself and is formed spontaneously by simple contact with water
Dr. Catherine Vandorna. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion spokesperson

This is how the bone marrow reacts to injuries and infections

Dr. Kathryn Vandorna from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion has developed a new method that allows the monitoring of the formation of immune blood cells in the bone marrow. For this purpose, she used tiny magnetic particles of iron oxide, which
Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

Scientific discovery: researchers have seen phenomena from quantum mechanics in the movement of pendulums

The new system makes it possible to observe the phenomena that occur inside special "topological" materials by photographing the movement of pendulums using a normal camera
Micro-reservoirs of lipid assemblies (liposomes) dispersed in the bulk of the gel - the diameter of the smallest ones is about 100 nanometers

Inspirational cartilage

Weizmann Institute scientists have created innovative materials inspired by the lubrication model of our joints. The result may be real news for the biomedical industry
xSPEN imaging of the optic nerve. Including the inhomogeneity in the imaging process itself. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

Challenging and resonant

Has a solution been found for fragile X syndrome?

Illustration: Patrick J. Lynch.

A new wireless pacemaker may prevent common complications

Illustration: pixabay.

Hand by order

A nanocapsule of nucleic acids and peptides that releases the medicine inside in response to defined enzymes. (1) in the first step the peptide undergoes cross-linking on the surface of the nanoparticle; (2) In the next step, a defined enzyme recognizes the peptide cross-linking group, (3) and in the last step, the enzyme's release leads to the release of the drug or the nucleic acids that were locked inside the capsule. Courtesy: Joseph Luciani/UConn.

An innovative system for delivering drugs in the body

Illustration: pixabay.

Clean the blood

fireflies Their lighting mechanism can be used to develop important tools in the field of medicine. Photo: Uqbar is back.

The genetics of the firefly

Follow-up studies that will lead to the application of spinal cord rehabilitation technology in humans. Illustration: BruceBlaus, Wikimedia.

Researchers were able to restore the spinal cord of paralyzed rats

Dr. Joachim Bahar. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion Spokesperson.

keep pace

Building an entire brain in a lab dish is impossible, but scientists do build cellular tissue that closely resembles the developing embryonic brain. Image: pixabay.com.

build a brain in the lab

Prof. Amir Landsberg. Source: Technion spokesmen.

New avenues in medicine

Schematic diagram of the system and the DNA molecules conjugated to a synthetic molecule that pulls them through the hole. Right: an example of the optical signal (in two colors) indicating the level of methylation. Courtesy of the Technion.

Unimolecular cancer diagnosis

Zebrafish brain imaging results. Left: Optical fluorescence microscopy imaging provides only a blurred image limited to the surface. Right: The optoacoustic FONT approach, on the other hand, provides a high-resolution XNUMXD image and detailed information on the activity of the neurons (orange dots) in real time, all over the brain. Photo: Helmholtz Center, Munich.

A window to the depths of the mind

Modern operating room. Photo: shutterstock

The differences and similarities between the professions: medical engineering, medical technologist, and biomedical engineering

electrodes

A new method for making electrodes

A device for rapid testing of a drop of blood. Photo: University of Arizona

A new diagnostic tool for disease detection

Cancer cells that have been treated with anti-cancer agents. Yale University

An innovative method for examining cancer proteins

Lung on a chip. Image courtesy of Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering

Development of a human lung on a chip

LCD monitors no longer die in vain

Waste from LCD TVs to prevent bacterial infections

This three-dimensional surface demonstrates on a nanometer scale the same ripples and folds that fishing nets demonstrate on a macroscopic scale. Photo: Adam Feinberg, Harvard University.

Creating nanofibers inspired by nature

Glazed lysosome bead. Photo by Deborah Rickard, Pratt School of Engineering

A new method for turning proteins into glass

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Doctoral student on the go - part four

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Developing an automatic system for diagnosing heart diseases