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Newswise: How the combination of advanced ultrasound and AI could upgrade cancer diagnostics
Released: 6-Jun-2023 9:20 AM EDT
How the combination of advanced ultrasound and AI could upgrade cancer diagnostics
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Researchers have shown that an automated cancer diagnostic method, which pairs cutting-edge ultrasound techniques with artificial intelligence, can accurately diagnose thyroid cancer, of which there are more than 40,000 new cases every year.

   
Newswise: Discovery of Skin Cell Function Could Open Doors to Improved Burn Healing
Released: 18-May-2023 3:25 PM EDT
Discovery of Skin Cell Function Could Open Doors to Improved Burn Healing
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Tissue engineering research has shown that a skin cell type could be a new therapeutic target to accelerate the healing of burns and possibly other wounds.

Newswise: Finger on the pulse of drug delivery
Released: 18-May-2023 2:15 PM EDT
Finger on the pulse of drug delivery
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Researchers from Rice University have created drug-filled microparticles that can be engineered to degrade and release their therapeutic cargo days or weeks after administration. By combining multiple microparticles with different degradation times into a single injection, the researchers could develop a drug formulation that delivers many doses over time.

   
Newswise:Video Embedded at-home-videos-to-assess-musculoskeletal-health
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Released: 21-Apr-2023 12:55 PM EDT
At-home videos to assess musculoskeletal health
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

NIH-funded researchers developed an online tool that can analyze self-collected, at-home videos with a smartphone. When deployed in a nationwide study, the tool could predict physical health and osteoarthritis of the knee or hip.

Newswise: Packaging mRNA for the pancreas
Released: 31-Mar-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Packaging mRNA for the pancreas
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are developing lipid nanoparticles that are designed to carry mRNA specifically to the pancreas. Their study in mice could pave the way for novel therapies for intractable pancreatic diseases, such as diabetes and cancer.

Newswise: Can bioengineered bacteria make cancer treatments better?
Released: 6-Mar-2023 12:45 PM EST
Can bioengineered bacteria make cancer treatments better?
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Bioengineers from Columbia University are developing a pipeline to systematically evaluate how bacterial treatments might synergize with existing anti-cancer therapies in preclinical models.

Newswise: A stretchable, wearable patch for cardiac ultrasound
Released: 25-Jan-2023 2:30 PM EST
A stretchable, wearable patch for cardiac ultrasound
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

After years of research, an NIH-funded team has developed a wearable cardiac ultrasound imager that can non-invasively capture real-time images of the human heart. The prototype patch, which is about the size of a postage stamp, can be worn during exercise, providing valuable cardiac information when the heart is under stress.

Newswise: NIH launches intramural bioengineering center to foster technology collaboration across the agency
Released: 25-Jan-2023 11:05 AM EST
NIH launches intramural bioengineering center to foster technology collaboration across the agency
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

NIBIB has established the Center for Biomedical Engineering Technology Acceleration—BETA Center, a new intramural research program to solve a range of medicine’s most pressing problems. The BETA Center will serve the wider NIH intramural research program as a biotechnology resource and catalyst for NIH research discoveries.

Newswise: Let’s clear things up: how do glassfrogs achieve transparency?
Released: 13-Jan-2023 11:05 AM EST
Let’s clear things up: how do glassfrogs achieve transparency?
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Using state-of-the-art imaging technology, NIH-funded researchers have found the secret behind the glassfrog’s ability to become transparent, an effective form of camouflage. Future research may provide insights into disorders related to blood clotting or stroke in humans.

Newswise: NIH launches Home Test to Treat, a pilot COVID-19 telehealth program
Released: 5-Jan-2023 3:00 PM EST
NIH launches Home Test to Treat, a pilot COVID-19 telehealth program
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

NIH, in collaboration with the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response at HHS, has launched the Home Test to Treat program, an entirely virtual community health intervention that will provide free COVID-19 health services—at-home rapid tests, telehealth sessions and at-home treatments—in selected communities.

   
Newswise: Injectable, radioactive gel synergizes with chemotherapy to shrink pancreatic tumors
Released: 20-Dec-2022 12:25 PM EST
Injectable, radioactive gel synergizes with chemotherapy to shrink pancreatic tumors
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

NIBIB-funded researchers are developing a new method to treat pancreatic cancer. In their study, they combined an injectable radioactive gel with systemic chemotherapy in multiple mouse models of the disease. The treatment resulted in tumor regression in all evaluated models, an unprecedented result for this genetically diverse and aggressive type of cancer.

Newswise: Temporary “tattoos” that measure blood pressure
Released: 28-Nov-2022 1:20 PM EST
Temporary “tattoos” that measure blood pressure
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

NIBIB-funded researchers are fine-tuning a wearable, cuffless blood pressure monitor. Made of graphene, one of the thinnest materials in the world, the device is worn on the underside of the wrist and can measure blood pressure with comparable accuracy to a standard blood pressure cuff.

Newswise: NIH establishes website for self-reporting COVID-19 test results
Released: 22-Nov-2022 12:00 PM EST
NIH establishes website for self-reporting COVID-19 test results
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Reporting a positive or negative test result just became easier through a new website from the National Institutes of Health. MakeMyTestCount.org, developed through NIH’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx®) Tech program, allows users to anonymously report the results of any brand of at-home COVID-19 test.

Newswise: NIH MedTech program aims to accelerate medical devices to treat, diagnose nervous system disorders
Released: 21-Nov-2022 10:45 AM EST
NIH MedTech program aims to accelerate medical devices to treat, diagnose nervous system disorders
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

The National Institutes of Health has awarded research funding for seven pilot projects developing early stage, yet groundbreaking neuro-technologies. The innovative projects would enable new medical devices to diagnose and treat both acute and chronic disorders, from neuropathic pain to mental illness.

   
Newswise: Cosmic radiation detection takes front seat during NASA’s Artemis I space mission
Released: 10-Nov-2022 2:05 PM EST
Cosmic radiation detection takes front seat during NASA’s Artemis I space mission
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

When it blasts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Artemis I will carry two anthropomorphic mannequins strapped into its crew module. The mannequins are part of a project aided by a team of Duke University bioengineers with support from NIBIB.

Newswise: Study finds that artificial intelligence can determine race from medical images
Released: 19-Oct-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Study finds that artificial intelligence can determine race from medical images
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Researchers have found that AI models could accurately predict self-reported race in several types of medical images, suggesting that race information could be unknowingly incorporated into image analysis models.

Newswise: Tissue chip developments: what’s the 411?
Released: 4-Oct-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Tissue chip developments: what’s the 411?
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

NIBIB-funded researchers have developed an interlinked tissue chip system that can model four mature organs in their perspective environments simultaneously. These multi-organ tissue chips could represent a new way to evaluate diseases or drugs that affect multiple different tissues.

Released: 27-Sep-2022 11:05 AM EDT
New NIH MedTech program aims to accelerate medical devices to treat, diagnose nervous system disorders
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

The National Institutes of Health, through its Blueprint MedTech program, has established two incubator hubs and launched a funding solicitation in support of commercially viable, clinically focused neurotechnology solutions to diagnose and treat disorders of the nervous system.

   
Released: 15-Sep-2022 11:05 AM EDT
NIH-funded team develops method to identify future SARS-CoV-2 mutations that could affect rapid antigen test performance
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health has shown that commercially available rapid antigen tests can detect past and present variants of concern and has identified potential mutations that may impact test performance in the future.

   
Newswise: NIH announces winners of 2022 DEBUT Challenge
Released: 26-Aug-2022 9:20 AM EDT
NIH announces winners of 2022 DEBUT Challenge
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

The NIH announces the winners of the DEBUT Challenge with prizes totaling $130,000



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