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qHDMI differentiates radial scars from invasive breast cancer
Azra Alizad | Via Aunt Minnie | October 16, 2025Quantitative angiogenesis-based ultrasound biomarkers can differentiate between radial scar lesions and breast cancer, suggest findings published October 14 in The Breast. A team led by Azra Alizad, MD, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, reported differences in microvessel structure between radial scars and invasive ductal carcinoma. They also identified several biomarkers tied to differences […]
Regenerated Cellulose Membrane Shown to Outperform Chromatography Columns in Purifying mRNA Therapies
Georges Belfort | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | October 16, 2025Scientists based in New York have developed a new technique for removing impurities from mRNA therapies. The researchers, from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), found that their regenerated cellulose (RC) membrane outperformed commercial chromatography columns in removing impurities. The membrane was faster and more efficient, helping to speed up and hopefully reduce the costs of […]
Human Organ Chip technology sets stage for pan-influenza A CRISPR RNA therapies
Natalie Artzi | Via Harvard University | October 16, 2025Human lung alveolus chip infection model enables investigation of viral replication, inflammatory responses, and genetic off-target effects of a novel pan-influenza CRISPR therapy The Influenza A virus (IAV) has been the cause of six major flu pandemics, responsible for 50 to 100 million deaths globally. In the U.S. alone, it is estimated that, despite seasonally […]
Human Organ Chip technology sets stage for pan-influenza A CRISPR RNA therapies
Donald Ingber | Via Harvard University | October 16, 2025Human lung alveolus chip infection model enables investigation of viral replication, inflammatory responses, and genetic off-target effects of a novel pan-influenza CRISPR therapy The Influenza A virus (IAV) has been the cause of six major flu pandemics, responsible for 50 to 100 million deaths globally. In the U.S. alone, it is estimated that, despite seasonally […]
Smartphone imaging system shows promise for early oral cancer detection in dental clinics
Rebecca Richards-Kortum | Via Medical Xpress | October 16, 2025Oral cancer remains a serious health concern, often diagnosed too late for effective treatment, even though the mouth is easily accessible for routine examination. Dentists and dental hygienists are frequently the first to spot suspicious lesions, but many lack the specialized training to distinguish between benign and potentially malignant conditions. To address this gap, researchers […]
AIMBE Fellows, Priyabrata Mukherjee and Resham Bhattacharya are hosting 2026 Web of Life Conference
Priyo Mukherjee | Via OUHSC | October 15, 2025Major diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disorders, neurodegeneration, and diabetes and risk factors such as obesity, and aging are often studied and treated in isolation. Yet, each of them may be related, causally or otherwise, to one another. Therefore, facilitating crosstalk among these different disciplines fosters multidisciplinary collaboration and helps devise innovative and effective approaches […]
AIMBE Fellows, Resham Bhattacharya and Priyabrata Mukherjee are hosting 2026 Web of Life Conference
Resham Bhattacharya | Via OUHSC | October 15, 2025Major diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disorders, neurodegeneration, and diabetes and risk factors such as obesity, and aging are often studied and treated in isolation. Yet, each of them may be related, causally or otherwise, to one another. Therefore, facilitating crosstalk among these different disciplines fosters multidisciplinary collaboration and helps devise innovative and effective approaches […]
The Society of Women Engineers Recognizes Azad Madni
Azad Madni | Via University of Southern California | September 12, 2025Madni to receive the 2025 Rodney Chipp Memorial Award from SWE The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) has recognized Azad Madni, a University Professor of Astronautics, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, and Education, with the 2025 Rodney Chipp Memorial Award. The award will be presented at SWE’s annual conference, WE25, which will be held from October […]
Predicting where a deadly brain cancer might go next
Jennifer Munson | Via Virginia Tech | September 9, 2025Jennifer Munson, a cancer researcher at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, describes a novel method for identifying where glioblastoma is likely to recur based on fluid moving through and near the tumor. Glioblastoma is a devastatingly effective brain cancer. Doctors can cut it out or blast it with radiation, but that only buys […]
Researchers glimpse the inner workings of protein language models
Bonnie Berger | Via MIT | August 18, 2025A new approach can reveal the features AI models use to predict proteins that might make good drug or vaccine targets. Within the past few years, models that can predict the structure or function of proteins have been widely used for a variety of biological applications, such as identifying drug targets and designing new therapeutic […]
Virus Cloaked in Bacteria Kills Tumor Cells from Within
Tal Danino | Via Inside Precision Medicine | August 15, 2025Columbia Engineering say they have developed a new cancer therapy which pairs an engineered bacteria and an oncolytic virus to deliver a viral load directly into tumors to destroy them, while simultaneously evading the body’s immune defenses. The new therapy, described in Nature Biomedical Engineering, pairs the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium, with Senecavirus A (SVA), a […]
AI-Designed Molecules Show Potent Activity Against Resistant Bacteria
James Collins | Via GEN | August 14, 2025Using generative artificial intelligence (generative AI), scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and their collaborators elsewhere designed novel antibiotics capable of combating two challenging infections: drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae and multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Details of the work are published in a new Cell paper titled “A generative deep learning approach to de novo antibiotic […]
AAPS Elevates Eight Members to Fellow Status
Heidi Mansour | Via AAPS | August 8, 2025Fellows Program Recognizes Scientific Impact, Leadership, and Service AAPS is pleased to announce that eight members have been selected for elevation to Fellow status in recognition of their professional excellence and sustained superior impact in fields relevant to AAPS’ mission: advancing the capacity of pharmaceutical scientists to develop products and therapies that improve global health. […]
Breakthrough gene therapy reverses genetic deafness across age groups
Fan-Gang Zeng | Via News-Medical.Net | July 22, 2025Using gene therapy to treat hereditary deafness is safe and effective in both children and adults, according to new findings from a multicenter clinical trial. “Cochlear implantation has been the only treatment for deafness, but it does not address the root cause,” says Fan-Gang Zeng, PhD, an esteemed hearing scientist in the Department of Otolaryngology […]
RPI’s Ge Wang Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovations in Medical Imaging
Ge Wang | Via Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | July 22, 2025Award celebrates decades of life-saving research and mentorship in biomedical imaging Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is proud to announce that Ge Wang, Ph.D., Clark & Crossan Endowed Chair Professor and Director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at RPI, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Edith H. Quimby Award for Lifetime Achievement in Medical […]
Elise Morgan Named BU College of Engineering Dean
Elise Morgan | Via Boston University | July 17, 2025Longtime faculty member who served as dean ad interim for two years assumes permanent leadership The new dean of the Boston University College of Engineering is a familiar face: Elise Morgan, interim dean since July 2023 and a long-standing and deeply respected member of the ENG faculty, will take over the role permanently starting August […]
New method enables recovery of hearts from deceased organ donors after circulatory death
Matthew Bacchetta | Via News-Medical.Net | July 16, 2025Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have developed a groundbreaking new method for the recovery of hearts from deceased organ donors after circulatory death (DCD). The method (rapid recovery with extended ultra-oxygenated preservation [REUP]), which involves flushing the donor heart with a cold oxygenated preservation solution after death, avoids the disadvantages of two existing preservation methods, […]
In-body CAR-T cell generation proves effective, safe in mice in Stanford Medicine-led study
Katherine Ferrara | Via Stanford Medicine | July 16, 2025mRNA bundled in lipid nanoparticles trains T cells in mice to eliminate cancer. Coupled with noninvasive imaging, researchers tracked the in situ CAR-T cells to assess their effectiveness and safety. CAR-T cell therapy has transformed the treatment of many blood cancers since it was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2017 for […]