2023Genetically engineered humanScientistsSenior ResearcherTissues in the humaGenetic2022ResearchEmbryonicBlood vesselsFactors and Ergonomics SocietyPopulationsPostdoctoralBiomedicalNIOSHBiology1990sStudyCellsBiologicalAdvancementsDignityStructures8,000AssociateHealthUniversityNeuralFacultyStanfordTeamLaboratoriesWorkPractitionersSomedayMimicDisciplinesTissue EngineeringProfessorGeneUltimatelyFellowshipsPhysiologyDevelopFoundBodySurgeonsCognitionDesignCognitiveArtificialCollagenReproductiveMysteriousStudies
20232
- The seniors behind GAMIX hold certificates for the 2023 Sandia Engineering Design Award at the Unversity Credit Union Center during the Engineering Design Showcase. (ucdavis.edu)
- Biomedical engineering seniors at the University of California, Davis, have received the 2023 Sandia Engineering Design Award for a capstone project that may transform how doctors treat elevated intracranial pressure, a severe condition where pressure continues to develop in someone's head due to a tumor, brain infection or neurological injury. (ucdavis.edu)
Genetically engineered human2
- To do so, they genetically engineered human embryonic kidney cells to express reflectin, and sure enough it worked. (fanaticalfuturist.com)
- To steer immune cells, the scientists genetically engineered human neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that fights infections, and macrophages, immune cells that engulf and absorb foreign, dead or damaged cells. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
Scientists13
- Scientists and researchers around the world are constantly trying to unravel the mysteries of the world. (ubergizmo.com)
- And now scientists at the University of California, Irvine have managed to recreate that in human cells for the first time, granting them tuneable transparency. (fanaticalfuturist.com)
- Scientists have found a way to induce cells to form parallel tube-like structures that could one day serve as tiny engineered blood vessels. (sciencedaily.com)
- This data set ( BIO-ML ), which is available to other researchers who want to use it, should help to shed light on the dynamics of microbial populations in the human gut and may help scientists develop new treatments for a variety of diseases, says Eric Alm, director of MIT's Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics and a professor of biological engineering and of civil and environmental engineering at MIT. (scitechdaily.com)
- Humans have trillions of bacterial cells in their digestive tracts, and while scientists believe that these populations change and evolve over time, there has been little opportunity to observe this. (scitechdaily.com)
- October 15, 2014 (Los Altos, CA) - Today, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation named 18 of the nation's most innovative early-career scientists and engineers as recipients of the 2014 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering. (packard.org)
- The Packard Fellowships are an investment in an elite group of scientists and engineers who have demonstrated vision for the future of their fields and for the betterment of our society," said Lynn Orr, Keleen and Carlton Beal Professor at Stanford University, and Chairman of the Packard Fellowships Advisory Panel. (packard.org)
- The Packard Fellowships Advisory Panel , a group of 12 internationally-recognized scientists and engineers, evaluates the nominations and recommends Fellows for approval by the Packard Foundation Board of Trustees. (packard.org)
- Giving talented scientists and engineers the freedom to experiment and explore can drive innovation and discovery. (packard.org)
- Since 1988, the Foundation has awarded $346 million to support 523 scientists and engineers from 52 top national universities. (packard.org)
- We are committed to training highly qualified personnel who will become our next-generation scholars, leaders, scientists, engineers and industrial entrepreneurs. (uwindsor.ca)
- During the 1940s, engineers dominated the ranks of CDC scientists. (cdc.gov)
- is one of the longest-running instruments supporting co-operation among scientists and researchers across Europe. (lu.se)
Senior Researcher1
- Senior Researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Alejandro Fuentes, has published a new article that focuses on how the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' approach protects indigenous peoples' human rights. (lu.se)
Tissues in the huma2
- It provides a new way to create nano-based systems with what we hope will provide a novel way to someday engineer tissues in the human body. (sciencedaily.com)
- 27 Jun, 2007 06:08 pm Stem cells have the potential to become all the cells and tissues in the human body. (scitizen.com)
Genetic15
- With a new genetic tool to study how flies detect scents, researchers take a step toward developing techniques to repair the faulty wiring behind human brain disorders. (stanford.edu)
- Researchers work toward developing new and powerful tools for understanding the genetic blueprints that wire the human brain. (stanford.edu)
- Researchers observed the genetic expression and development of proteins, which are specific to this type of cell. (ucla.edu)
- Squid have a huge number of secret skills, and now thanks to genetic engineering humans could one day have those same skills too. (fanaticalfuturist.com)
- 10 Oct, 2007 12:18 pm The field of functional genomics explores the various functions of genetic sequences within the human genome. (scitizen.com)
- Researchers identify nearly 8,000 strains of bacteria, while also clarifying their genetic and metabolic context. (scitechdaily.com)
- Her body has been made a little less pig-like, with four genetic modifications that make her organs more likely to be accepted when transplanted into a human. (technologyreview.com)
- Genetic engineering is the altering of the genetic material of living cells in order to make them capable of producing new substances or performing new functions. (faqs.org)
- When the genetic material within the living cells, i.e. genes are working properly, the human body can develop and function smoothly. (faqs.org)
- The technique ofgenetic transfer developed by Berg, Boyer, and Cohen, described below, is fundamentally what is being used in most animal genetic engineering today. (faqs.org)
- Because intelligence is such a strong genetic trait, rapidly advancing genetics research could result in the ability to create a class of super-intelligent humans one-thousand times higher in IQ than today's most brilliant thinkers. (bigthink.com)
- These variants, called alleles, could then be selected for by the parents of a soon-to-be-conceived child, and possibly genetic engineering could be done on adults to boost their intelligence. (bigthink.com)
- These results indicate that chimpanzees exhibit a species-wide genetic susceptibility to rhinovirus C and that this virus, heretofore considered a uniquely human pathogen, can cross primate species barriers and threatens wild apes. (cdc.gov)
- What would the impact be on human rights if the genetic variants associated with IQ are discovered? (lu.se)
- Several participants reported interest among the scientific and medical communities of their countries and regions in the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer techniques to produce cloned human embryos for time-limited basic research on ageing and genetic diseases. (who.int)
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Research49
- The study was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health, the American Geriatrics Society Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Award and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. (ucla.edu)
- If you would like to give to a specific research program or support the work of a particular researcher, contact our fundraising team today. (edu.au)
- From 1979 to 1988, Woods worked as a senior engineer at the Westinghouse Research and Development Center where he worked on improving control room equipment interfaces for power plants. (wikipedia.org)
- National Research Council committees on Dependable Software, 2006 Defense Science Board Task Force on Autonomy, 2012 FAA Human Factors and Cockpit Automation Team, 2013 Autonomy in Civil Aviation, 2014 Woods is one of the founders of the field of resilience engineering. (wikipedia.org)
- Noor Jajo, a research assistant in professor Francesco Biondi's Human Systems lab, sits behind the wheel of a Tesla used in recent research into driver attentiveness in semi-autonomous vehicles. (uwindsor.ca)
- Research out of the faculties of engineering and human kinetics aims to better understand the potential for driver distraction in autonomous vehicles. (uwindsor.ca)
- Leading the project are research assistant Prarthana Pillai, engineering professor Bala Balasingam, kinesiology professor Francesco Biondi, and research assistant Noor Jajo. (uwindsor.ca)
- The School of Engineering offers research-led degrees in a wide range of research disciplines in a highly stimulating academic environment. (kent.ac.uk)
- The Mechanical Engineering Group in School of Engineering offers a Masters by Research (MRes) as well as a PhD programme in Mechanical Engineering . (kent.ac.uk)
- The MRes and PhD research-led degrees in the Mechanical Engineering Group will allow you to undertake cutting-edge projects in advanced fields of Mechanical Engineering. (kent.ac.uk)
- We also offer research students the possibility of attending international conferences organised by Mechanical Engineering societies to present their work. (kent.ac.uk)
- The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center saw the promise in this collaboration and has provided funding and guidance for the researchers to pursue their ideas together. (scienceblog.com)
- The partnership joins CISCOR, which has worked extensively with control and guidance of autonomous vehicles, with the University of Pittsburgh's Human Engineering Research Laboratories. (scienceblog.com)
- The partnership began when Collins heard a presentation by Professor Rory Cooper, director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories and chairman of Pitt's rehabilitation science and technology department. (scienceblog.com)
- Collins approached him about working together, and the two of them began developing ideas with other collaborators at the National Science Foundation-sponsored Quality of Life Technology Center, an engineering research center affiliated with the Human Engineering Research Laboratories that Cooper co-directs. (scienceblog.com)
- The project is part of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology sub-portfolio, recently managed by Craig Carignan, within the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center's Advanced Prosthetics and Human Performance research portfolio. (scienceblog.com)
- The Human Engineering Research Laboratories and the Pittsburgh VA center are considered among the top wheelchair testers in the United States, and are playing critical roles in developing international wheelchair standards," Carignan said. (scienceblog.com)
- 8 Feb, 2008 06:09 pm Six years ago, biomedical engineer Michael King was exploring the strange rolling motion of white blood cells when his research took a radical turn. (scitizen.com)
- 21 Nov, 2007 10:54 am A huge advancement in stem cell research--and a stake in the heart of human cloning--was announced yesterday. (scitizen.com)
- 6 Sep, 2007 12:57 pm British authorities decided yesterday to permit research that uses animal eggs to create human stem cells because of the limited supply of human eggs. (scitizen.com)
- 14 Jun, 2007 06:46 pm Rudolf Jaenisch, a pioneer of transgenic science at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass. explains how researchers have manipulated. (scitizen.com)
- I'm convinced that enriching biobanks with a large diversity of strains from individuals living diverse lifestyles is essential for future advancements in human microbiome research," says Mathilde Poyet, a senior postdoc at MIT and one of the lead authors of the study. (scitechdaily.com)
- 2021 - 2026 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant. (mcgill.ca)
- Core to the research of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute is the application of engineering expertise to the complex structures and systems in human and animal biology and physiology. (auckland.ac.nz)
- For more than 50 years, NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) has studied what happens to the human body in space. (nasa.gov)
- With the launch of the health- and fitness-focused Apple Watch fast approaching, Apple continues to bolster its internal research teams focused on analyzing the human body, representing a new and different direction for the tech giant. (appleinsider.com)
- The Fellowships program was inspired by David Packard's commitment to strengthen university-based science and engineering programs in the United States, recognizing that the success of the Hewlett-Packard Company, which he cofounded, was derived in large measure from research and development in university laboratories. (packard.org)
- Packard Fellows must be faculty members who are eligible to serve as principal investigators on research in the natural and physical sciences or engineering, and must be within the first three years of their faculty careers. (packard.org)
- Ten researchers from China and Cambodia are participating in a hands-on workshop to develop skills for human rights research. (lu.se)
- Jonas Borell is a psychologist conducting research at the Faculty of Engineering into the impact of the indoor environment on human health. (lu.se)
- Engineering research at CDC has a broad stakeholder base. (cdc.gov)
- In recent years, cell therapy has transitioned from animal research to early human studies. (bvsalud.org)
- NIOSH, in partnership with stakeholders in the mining and surface drilling industries, conducted research to develop engineering controls to reduce workplace noise exposure. (cdc.gov)
- Research and education in human geography addresses social, cultural, political and economic processes of change and their spatial expressions and consequences for people at different scales, whether local, regional or global. (lu.se)
- All our teachers are active researchers in their fields to the mutual benefit of both teaching and research. (lu.se)
- The Human Ecology Division applies an anthropological and inter-disciplinary definition of its research field. (lu.se)
- Research and education at the division deals with human-environmental relations in different cultural contexts. (lu.se)
- The research project is a collaboration between preclinical, clinical researchers and a company, an efficient way for creating synergies in research. (lu.se)
- 5. In 2001, France and Germany requested the United Nations General Assembly to develop international conventions on human reproductive cloning, therapeutic cloning and research on stem cells. (who.int)
- The Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction organized a second interregional and interdisciplinary meeting on cloning (Geneva, 24 October 1997), in conjunction with a regular session of its Scientific and Ethical Review Group. (who.int)
- To facilitate discussion, it was agreed to distinguish between human cloning for reproductive purposes, that is to produce a human individual, and human cloning for nonreproductive purposes, that is to produce embryos for basic and applied research. (who.int)
- Some countries have proposed a total ban on any research involving the cloning of human embryos. (who.int)
- However, many of these countries, and others, prohibit the production of human embryos specifically for research. (who.int)
- During World War II, the Japanese operated a secret biological warfare research facility in Manchuria and carried out human experiments on Chinese prisoners. (medscape.com)
- More than 70 participants were in attendance to learn about the latest research in three key areas of Japanese innovation for ageing populations, including academics and students, researchers, health practitioners, local government, industry, media, and private citizens of Hyogo prefecture. (who.int)
- NIH a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. (lu.se)
- The Foundation also supports cooperative research between universities and industry, US participation in international scientific and engineering efforts, and educational activities at every academic level. (lu.se)
- Smite is a professor of Software Engineering at Blekinge Institute of Technology and a part-time research scientist at SINTEF in Norway. (lu.se)
- She leads research efforts focusing on human aspects of software engineering (remote and distributed work, virtual collaboration, teamwork, self-organisation, well-being) in close collaboration with Ericsson, Spotify, Telenor, Storebrand, SONY and other companies. (lu.se)
Embryonic2
- 18 Sep, 2007 12:13 pm Rice University researchers have engineered musculoskeletal cartilages with human embryonic stem cells, with the hope of eventually using the neotissue. (scitizen.com)
- 6 Jun, 2007 07:00 pm Researchers have reprogrammed skin cells into embryonic stem cells. (scitizen.com)
Blood vessels2
- Smooth muscle cells are found within the human body in the walls of hollow organs like blood vessels, bladder and intestines and contract and expand to help transport blood, urine, and waste through the body's system. (ucla.edu)
- Engineered blood vessels could one day be transplanted into tissues such as the kidneys, liver, heart or any other organs that require large amounts of vascular tissue, which moves nutrients, gases and waste to and from cells. (sciencedaily.com)
Factors and Ergonomics Society3
- Woods has previously been president of the Resilience Engineering Association (2011-2013), and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (1998-1999). (wikipedia.org)
- He is a fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. (wikipedia.org)
- In a 2017 survey done by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society , it was suggested that starting salaries in the field of human factors (for earners with less than 5 years of experience) range from $72,000 to $100,000 per year -for those with a master's degree, the average starting salary is $78,000 per year. (mtu.edu)
Populations6
- The researchers collected stool samples from about 90 people, for up to two years, allowing them to gain insight into how microbial populations change over time within individuals. (scitechdaily.com)
- Analyzing how microbial populations changed over time within single hosts allowed the researchers to discover some novel interactions between strains. (scitechdaily.com)
- Increased risk of cancer and degenerative diseases , such as heart disease and cataracts, have been observed in human populations exposed to radiation on Earth. (nasa.gov)
- More than 160 distinct rhinovirus genotypes have been identified in human populations globally, and extensive antigenic heterogeneity limits cross-protective immunity ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
- The origin of rhinovirus C and the spread of the protective allele among modern human populations is thought to have occurred ≈8,000 years ago ( 9 ). (cdc.gov)
- Anthroponotic (i.e., of human origin) respiratory viruses have caused notable mortality rates in wild chimpanzee populations ( 11 - 14 ), and molecular testing of both postmortem and noninvasive (fecal) samples from wild apes during respiratory disease outbreaks have implicated human paramyxoviruses (family Paramyxoviridae ) as anthroponotic causes ( 11 - 14 ). (cdc.gov)
Postdoctoral2
- Before joining the faculty at Desautels, Prof Doré was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. (mcgill.ca)
- The human heart actually has multiple layers of helically aligned muscles with different angles of alignment," said Huibin Chang, a postdoctoral fellow at SEAS and co-first author of the paper. (eurekalert.org)
Biomedical2
- Their achievement marks the second consecutive year that a team of biomedical engineers has earned the recognition of Sandia National Laboratories, which sponsors and issues the award at the annual Engineering Design Showcase, a culminating event for students in the College of Engineering to present their senior design projects to the public. (ucdavis.edu)
- Summary information is provided here on the outcome of the meetings held during the last three months of 1997, in which the ethical, scientific and social implications of cloning were discussed in relation to the potential biomedical applications of this technique in such areas of human health as reproductive health, xenotransplantation and medical genetics. (who.int)
NIOSH4
- Most CDC engineers are located in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). (cdc.gov)
- CDC engineers at NIOSH Hamilton Laboratories have worked in industrial ventilation, isolation and containment, contaminant control, indoor environmental quality, and computational fluid dynamic modeling. (cdc.gov)
- NIOSH engineers have studied control of respirable silica dust in nearly a dozen industries---in one example, employee exposure to respirable silica dust was reduced approximately 87% after a china manufacturing plant implemented its dust-control recommendations. (cdc.gov)
- NIOSH staff give students a glimpse into the type of work conducted at NIOSH and the students' work provides real benefit to NIOSH researchers. (cdc.gov)
Biology3
- Now, researchers at Stanford led by professor of biology Liqun Luo and professor of bioengineering and of applied physics Stephen Quake have taken a significant step forward in that direction by making a detailed cell-by-cell gene blueprint of the fruit fly's olfactory neurons. (stanford.edu)
- Marimikel Charrier et al, Engineering the S-Layer of Caulobacter crescentus as a Foundation for Stable, High-Density, 2D Living Materials, ACS Synthetic Biology (2018). (phys.org)
- Occasionally, journals that cover topics correlated to the health care area may be selected, such as Sanitary Engineering, Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Biology and Veterinary, if considered to be of interest to this field, that is, if there are unfolding of these sciences to human health, for example, human diseases caused by animal vectors. (bvs.br)
1990s1
- Then, in the 1990s, researchers and biotech companies turned to pigs as the donor of choice. (technologyreview.com)
Study15
- Over time, researchers want to use a similar approach to study the far more complex cellular makeup of the human brain, and maybe one day even repair the miswiring in brain disorders. (stanford.edu)
- The study may help lead to the use of fat stem cells for smooth muscle tissue engineering and repair. (ucla.edu)
- They even created a special feeding station that could wirelessly charge these trackers and remove them magnetically if needed, but it seems that a few days into the study, the researchers discovered a female magpie removing the harness of the tracker off one of the younger birds. (ubergizmo.com)
- For the new study, the UC Irvine team attempted to introduce that ability into human cells. (fanaticalfuturist.com)
- In this new study, the University of Oxford researchers fabricated a two-layered brain tissue by 3D printing human neural stem cells. (ox.ac.uk)
- Human factors (also referred to as human factors psychology and human factors engineering ) is an applied field of study that examines human abilities, limitations, behaviors, and processes in order to inform human-centered designs (those which include the human perspective throughout the design process). (mtu.edu)
- For example, a decade ago researchers from Macquarie University conducted a study that was "the first to. (icr.org)
- The researchers wanted to study how massages affect muscle damage since it wasn't known how massages affected cellular function. (scitechdaily.com)
- We built a set of bacteria that can irreversibly attach a variety of hard or soft materials like biopolymers or semiconducting nanoparticles to the cell surface without damaging the cells," said Marimikel Charrier, scientific engineering associate and lead author of the study. (phys.org)
- More than 16,000 students from all 50 states and 71 countries engage with an award-winning faculty in top-ranked programs in business, engineering, law, health and human services, liberal arts and the sciences across more than 200 programs of study. (unh.edu)
- Anthropometry is the study of measurements and proportions of the human body, covering a wide range of subjects from body dimensions and weight to ergonomics, comfort and posture. (appleinsider.com)
- The study of neural cell-engineered substrate interactions in vitro. (ukaachen.de)
- It "democratizes" human movement analysis, said senior study author Scott Delp, PhD, professor of bioengineering and mechanical engineering at Stanford. (medscape.com)
- In one case, researcher Reed Gurchiek (a former Stanford postdoc and current professor at Clemson University) used the app to study hamstring strain injuries during sprinting and found that these muscles lengthen faster during acceleration compared with running at a constant speed. (medscape.com)
- Researchers who study industrial practice and practitioners oftentimes have to trade important qualities and make difficult compromises. (lu.se)
Cells35
- The Stanford researchers focused on cells in the olfactory, or smelling, and sensing quadrants of the fly brain. (stanford.edu)
- To see the entire repertoire of genes expressed in these cells, the Stanford team used a method pioneered by Quake that enables researchers to sequence all the messenger RNA in a cell. (stanford.edu)
- Ultimately, the researchers would like to create a blueprint for the human nervous system, but their first step has to be to identify the component cells of the human brain. (stanford.edu)
- This is particularly challenging because although cells can be defined by function, physiology, anatomy and gene expression, researchers have had a hard time unifying these properties. (stanford.edu)
- Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA today announced they have collaborated to transform adult stem cells taken from human adipose - or fat tissue - into smooth muscle cells, which help the normal function of a multitude of organs like the intestine, bladder and arteries. (ucla.edu)
- She is also starting to use smooth muscle cells for tissue engineering in the urinary tract, including the urethra. (ucla.edu)
- This project showed that it's possible to develop human cells with stimuli-responsive optical properties inspired by leucophores in cephalopods, and it shows that these amazing reflectin proteins can maintain their properties in foreign cellular environments," says Gorodetsky. (fanaticalfuturist.com)
- Researchers have produced an engineered tissue representing a simplified cerebral cortex by 3D printing human stem cells. (ox.ac.uk)
- The researchers demonstrated for the first time that neural cells can be 3D printed to mimic the architecture of the cerebral cortex. (ox.ac.uk)
- The cortical structure was made from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), which have the potential to produce the cell types found in most human tissues. (ox.ac.uk)
- This indicates that the human and mouse cells were communicating with each other, demonstrating functional as well as structural integration. (ox.ac.uk)
- Berkeley Lab researchers built a set of bacteria that can irreversibly attach a variety of hard or soft materials like biopolymers or semiconducting nanoparticles to the cell surface without damaging the cells. (phys.org)
- Now, a team of researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed a platform to mimic this self-assembly ability by engineering living cells to act as a starting point for building composite materials. (phys.org)
- Engineered living materials (ELMs) use living cells as "materials scaffolds" and are a new class of material that might open the door to self-healing materials and other advanced applications in bioelectronics, biosensing, and smart materials. (phys.org)
- The researchers found that they can control the cells' development by growing them on a surface with nano-scale patterning. (sciencedaily.com)
- The cells can sense (the patterns), and they end up elongated in the direction of those grooves," said Christopher Bettinger, MIT graduate student in materials science and engineering and lead author of the paper. (sciencedaily.com)
- Once the band structures form, the researchers apply a commonly used gel that induces cells to form three-dimensional tubes. (sciencedaily.com)
- Unlike cells grown on a flat surface, which form a network of capillary tubes extending in random directions, cells grown on the nano-patterned surface form capillaries aligned in the direction chosen by the researchers. (sciencedaily.com)
- The researchers believe the technique works best with EPCs because they are relatively immature cells. (sciencedaily.com)
- The ESK1 monoclonal antibody was engineered to recognize WT1 peptides brought to the surface of cancer cells. (mskcc.org)
- Monoclonal antibodies are molecules that can be engineered to target specific proteins on cancer cells. (mskcc.org)
- Working with cell cultures, the researchers began by genetically engineering human cells to express a fluorescent protein when the DNA that normally activates the LDLr gene is active. (sciencenews.org)
- In China, researchers have transplanted insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells from gene-edited pigs into people with diabetes. (technologyreview.com)
- ABOVE: These cultured human lung epithelial cells have taken up particles (yellow) that carry mRNA encoding green fluorescent protein. (the-scientist.com)
- Now, bioengineers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed the first biohybrid model of human ventricles with helically aligned beating cardiac cells, and have shown that muscle alignment does, in fact, dramatically increases how much blood the ventricle can pump with each contraction. (eurekalert.org)
- To test Sallin's theory, the SEAS researchers used the FRJS system to control the alignment of spun fibers on which they could grow cardiac cells. (eurekalert.org)
- They engineered the cells to produce cryptochrome, a flavonoid compound found in many plants, which is activated by blue light. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
- 2010) Expansion of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells: serum-reduced medium is better than conventional medium. (ukaachen.de)
- The key elements of tissue engineering are stem cells, morphogen, and a scaffold of extracellular matrix. (bvsalud.org)
- The possible donor-host rejection of human ES cells is another concern 3 . (bvsalud.org)
- This explains why researchers are now focusing attention on developing stem cell therapies using postnatal stem cells donated by the patients themselves or their close relatives. (bvsalud.org)
- To date, four types of human dental stem cells have been isolated and characterized: (i) dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) 12 (ii) stem cells from exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHED) 21 (iii) stem cells from apical papilla (SCAP) 31 (iv) periodontal ligament stem cells (PDLSCs) 28 . (bvsalud.org)
- This model that has been developed with our collaborators will fill an important gap for current and future drug screening efforts for the upper or lower airways using human airway cells", says Sinem Tas, associate researcher. (lu.se)
- This model will allow the researchers to directly infect human airway cells ex vivo with a SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus, as well as examining the potential efficacy of drugs in cells derived from patients with underlying co-morbidities known to increase Covid-19-associated disease severity and mortality. (lu.se)
- Together with an industrial partner Cellevate, an innovative biotech company based in Lund, the researchers developed a new method for medium-high throughput drug screening of human airway cells which allows several hundred compounds to be evaluated on cells from individual patients. (lu.se)
Biological4
- The team engineered RsaA with a biological "lock and key" system to precisely control where and how densely materials attach to the cell surface . (phys.org)
- Langer and Vacanti 19 defined tissue engineering as an interdisciplinary field that applies the principles of engineering and life sciences toward the development of biological substitutes that restore, maintain, or improve tissue function. (bvsalud.org)
- The purpose of this article is to review the biological principles of tissue engineering and the hurdles that must be overcome to develop regenerative endodontic procedures. (bvsalud.org)
- Biological warfare became more sophisticated against both animals and humans during the 20th century. (medscape.com)
Advancements1
- Thanks to revolutionary surgical and engineering advancements that seamlessly merge humans with machines, this breakthrough offers new hope and possibilities for people with amputations worldwide. (sciencedaily.com)
Dignity4
- The use of the technique of nuclear transfer for reproduction of human beings is surrounded by strong ethical concerns and controversies and is considered a threat to human dignity. (who.int)
- General Assembly the adoption of a declaration on human cloning by which Member States were called upon to prohibit all forms of human cloning inasmuch as they are incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human life. (who.int)
- This technique is surrounded by strong ethical concerns and is considered a threat to human dignity. (who.int)
- The rationale for the total and partial bans is usually based on concerns about the violation of human dignity. (who.int)
Structures4
- Here, researchers will test the stability of the Earth and strengthen the structures that we plant upon it. (blogspot.com)
- Researchers use a range of imaging techniques to gain insight into how these structures and systems work and as shown in this story their work can blend science and art. (auckland.ac.nz)
- To build a human heart from the ground up, researchers need to replicate the unique structures that make up the heart. (eurekalert.org)
- Developed at SEAS by Kit Parker's Disease Biophysics Group , FRJS fibers direct cell alignment, allowing for the formation of controlled tissue engineered structures. (eurekalert.org)
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- MIT researchers have collected and preserved samples of nearly 8,000 strains of bacteria found in the human digestive tract. (scitechdaily.com)
Associate2
- Rodriguez turned to associate professor of bioengineering Dr. Benjamin Wu at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science for help. (ucla.edu)
- Like all techniques, inaudible sounds can be used in different ways, but "with this knowledge of how it can be used negatively, we can develop strategies to prevent it," said Roy Choudhury, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. (phys.org)
Health9
- Having worked in public health, I was familiar with how chemicals had effects on the human body and on animals. (bibliotecapleyades.net)
- Our researchers are safeguarding the health of our environment, and the social, cultural and economic fabric of our communities, by developing policy and technologies that enhance the human experience while mitigating the adverse effects of a changing world. (uwindsor.ca)
- Researchers first reviewed 2014-2018 telephone survey results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System , a CDC program that collects state-based information about health-related behavior, long-term illness, and healthcare use. (cdc.gov)
- Model Health , a startup affiliated with the Stanford researchers, provides licenses for commercial use and clinical practice. (medscape.com)
- Engineering solutions remain a cornerstone of the traditional 'hierarchy of controls' approach to reducing public health hazards ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
- 3. Creating awareness among ministries of health in the African Region will provide them with critical and relevant information on the reproductive cloning of human beings and its implications to the health status of the general population. (who.int)
- The participants reviewed information from their organizations, countries and regions, which included statements made by governments and professional societies, general articles, and reports of official meetings and public debates, illustrating attitudes and responses to the potential uses of cloning in the area of human health. (who.int)
- It appeared that the nature and extent of public information and debate on cloning and its potential advantages and disadvantages in the area of human health varied around the world. (who.int)
- Professor Zhi-wei Luo of Kobe University presented examples of some of the leading innovations in robotics that he and his colleagues have engineered for the health and independence of older adults. (who.int)
University14
- In an interview with The Conversation , Dominique Potvin, an Animal Ecology professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast revealed how a mischief of magpies had actually displayed a rare cooperative behavior which saw the birds help each other get rid of the trackers the researchers had placed on them. (ubergizmo.com)
- In 1979, he received his PhD at Purdue University in cognitive psychology, where he studied human perception and attention. (wikipedia.org)
- A breakthrough technique developed by University of Oxford researchers could one day provide tailored repairs for those who suffer brain injuries. (ox.ac.uk)
- Senior author Dr Linna Zhou (Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford) said: 'Our droplet printing technique provides a means to engineer living 3D tissues with desired architectures, which brings us closer to the creation of personalized implantation treatments for brain injury. (ox.ac.uk)
- A group of engineering students at Purdue University built a Rube Goldberg machine that depicts a history of the universe, in about a minute. (improbable.com)
- To address this problem, researchers at the Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering are working on technology that will enable electric-powered wheelchairs to detect hazardous terrain and automatically adjust their control settings to maneuver more safely. (scienceblog.com)
- However, researchers at the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the University of Illinois have designed a sound that is completely inaudible to humans (40 kHz or above) yet is audible to any microphone. (phys.org)
- In the outskirts of Munich, Germany, researchers at the Center for Innovative Medical Models Facility of Ludwig-Maximilians University are breeding genetically modified pigs, hoping to eventually use organs from their descendants for human transplants. (technologyreview.com)
- Built by the people of this state, with help from generous donors, it represents a major investment in the future of the University of California system, a system which I deem to be one of the diadems in the crown of human civilization. (blogspot.com)
- Philip Bell is Professor and Chair of Learning Sciences & Human Development in the College of Education at the University of Washington where he holds the Shauna C. Larson Endowed Chair in Learning Sciences. (narst.org)
- Mechanical engineers at Canada's University of Sherbrooke developed landing technology for quadcopter drones that enables them to land on inclined surfaces. (acm.org)
- DURHAM, N.H.-Researchers with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire monitoring the reintroduction of New England cottontails raised in captivity into the wild used DNA to find the reintroduced rabbits survived and bred in the wild over multiple years. (unh.edu)
- Everyday, across our campus, our nation and globally, University of Windsor researchers are making a difference. (uwindsor.ca)
- Colin found his internship rewarding and stated, "As an undergraduate engineering student at the Catholic University of America as well as a firefighter in the Washington D.C. metro area, it was a privilege to be able to work on a project which combined my two areas of interest. (cdc.gov)
Neural2
- 2010) Cell-cell interactions of human neural progenitor-derived astrocytes within a microstructured 3D-scaffold. (ukaachen.de)
- I also collaborate with neural stem cell researchers on developing an interface between computer chips and living neurons. (lu.se)
Faculty1
- Birgitta Nordquist is also a researcher at the Faculty of Engineering, and an expert on ventilation technology. (lu.se)
Stanford1
- Stanford University's human performance lab sits next to its physical therapy clinic, so orthopedic surgeons often stop by to request biomechanical analyses for their patients, such as athletes with repeat injuries. (medscape.com)
Team6
- A multidisciplinary team of surgeons and engineers has circumvented this problem by reconfiguring the residual limb and integrating sensors and a skeletal implant to connect with a prosthesis electrically and mechanically. (sciencedaily.com)
- Now, a team of researchers with GlaxoSmithKline in Les Ulis, France, has found another way of reducing cholesterol. (sciencenews.org)
- Grace Baird of senior design team GAMIX presents to staff from Sandia National Laboratories at the Engineering Design Showcase on June 8. (ucdavis.edu)
- The team would go on to win the competitive Sandia Engineering Design Award for their capstone project. (ucdavis.edu)
- British researchers and a team from Google found that teaching people how to spot misinformation made people more skeptical of it. (acm.org)
- Professor Luo and his team developed human-like robotic nurses, capable of sensing and processing information about the patient as well as the strength and care needed to help a disabled older adult to sit up or move. (who.int)
Laboratories1
- The award celebrates outstanding projects that support Sandia National Laboratories' national security mission or one of the National Academy of Engineering's 14 grand challenges of engineering, which range from enhancing virtual reality to advancing personalized learning. (ucdavis.edu)
Work13
- In the wake of the Three Mile Island accident, Woods and Erik Hollnagel proposed a new approach to thinking about human-computer interaction (HCI) in the domain of supervisory control, Cognitive Systems Engineering (CSE) that focuses on the interaction between people, technological artifacts, and work. (wikipedia.org)
- The work will provide a unique opportunity to explore the workings of the human cortex and, in the long term, it will offer hope to individuals who sustain brain injuries. (ox.ac.uk)
- Simply put, human factors strives to make technology work better with humans. (mtu.edu)
- From better cell phones to safer cars, we see the work of human factors professionals every day. (mtu.edu)
- He's also done contract work for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and as a hazardous materials expert, he's worked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the United States Navy (USN), and the United States Coast Guard (USCG). (bibliotecapleyades.net)
- The mammoth and magnificent Structural & Materials Engineering Building whose every trait and design feature should help unleash the creativity of those who work within. (blogspot.com)
- Another is that our students are very dedicated to converting their ideas into engineering solutions and making these solutions work. (ucdavis.edu)
- This work is a major step forward for organ biofabrication and brings us closer to our ultimate goal of building a human heart for transplant," said Parker, the Tarr Family Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics at SEAS and senior author of the paper. (eurekalert.org)
- In particular, the advertisement for the position makes note that the candidate will work in biometric analysis, referring to technologies that use aspects of the human body to securely identify a person. (appleinsider.com)
- Rational Acoustics received the award for their efforts to manage sound exposure risk for those who work at or attend live concerts, such as audio engineers, event staff, and concert attendees. (cdc.gov)
- The researcher collected and analyzed information on how a policy was instituted in the work place. (cdc.gov)
- CDC engineering work has focused on innovative solutions for controlling air contaminants. (cdc.gov)
- Like other researchers around the world, we need to work day and night to develop new therapies to stop the virus and bring daily life back to normal again", says Sinem Tas. (lu.se)
Practitioners1
- Core skills of human factors practitioners are frequently listed among critical skills companies need. (mtu.edu)
Someday1
- For humans, an aerosol could someday be engineered that could carry therapeutic mRNA to help treat conditions such as cystic fibrosis. (the-scientist.com)
Mimic2
- The researchers now intend to further refine the droplet printing technique to create complex multi-layered cerebral cortex tissues that more realistically mimic the human brain's architecture. (ox.ac.uk)
- However, current lab models that are used for virus infection do not mimic the human respiratory tract, which is thought to be one of the first sites of coronavirus entry. (lu.se)
Disciplines3
- The project involves twelve researchers from disciplines in the social sciences and engineering. (lu.se)
- The Department of Human Geography houses two disciplines, Human Geography and Human Ecology. (lu.se)
- Emphasis is placed on novel collaborations that bring together scientist from different disciplines (e.g. from chemistry, physics, computer science, engineering) to focus on problems in the life sciences. (lu.se)
Tissue Engineering5
- Growing tissue on a patterned surface allows researchers a much greater degree of control over the results than the classic tissue engineering technique of mixing cell types with different growth factors and hoping that a useful type of tissue is produced, said Bettinger. (sciencedaily.com)
- That is why tissue engineering, ultimately including the wholesale fabrication of an entire human heart for transplant, is so important for the future of cardiac medicine. (eurekalert.org)
- 2010) Tissue Engineering: Central Nervous System. (ukaachen.de)
- In Tissue Engineering. (ukaachen.de)
- One novel approach to restore tooth structure is based on regenerative endodontic procedures by application of tissue engineering. (bvsalud.org)
Professor4
- Emmanuel Collins is the John H. Seely Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the college and director of Florida State's Center for Intelligent Systems, Control and Robotics ( http://www.eng.fsu.edu/ciscor/ ) (CISCOR). (scienceblog.com)
- Microphones are in millions of devices, including all of our smartphones," said Hassanieh, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. (phys.org)
- This was an incredible opportunity for these students to gain an understanding of the impact engineering can have on the lives of people around the world," said Bobb Stokes, professor and department head of civil engineering. (k-state.edu)
- The opportunities here are endless," said Eni Halilaj , PhD, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon who was not involved in creating the app. (medscape.com)
Gene3
- Gene function discoveries provide researchers. (scitizen.com)
- On a farm in Bavaria, German researchers are using gene editing to create pigs that could provide organs to save thousands of lives. (technologyreview.com)
- And at Massachusetts General Hospital, researchers announced in October that they had used gene-edited pig skin as a temporary wound covering for a person with severe burns. (technologyreview.com)
Ultimately1
- This paper features how researchers use DHM to assess and ultimately decrease the occupational risk and threats faced by underground coal mine machine operators. (cdc.gov)
Fellowships1
- Packard Fellows have gone on to achieve significant accomplishments, receiving additional awards and honors that include the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Fields Medal, the Alan T. Waterman Award, MacArthur Fellowships and elections to the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. (packard.org)
Physiology1
- I answer these questions by studying the physiology of the brain directly, with nanoelectrodes 1000 times thinner than a human hair. (lu.se)
Develop4
- The single cell sequencing technologies developed by Quake and his collaborators have become widely used and are the basis of international efforts to develop a comprehensive atlas of human and mouse cell types. (stanford.edu)
- The researchers on this project are excellent investigators, and we are looking forward to the solution they develop. (scienceblog.com)
- I also collaborate with engineers in hi-tech industry to develop robust artificial vision systems. (lu.se)
- Thus, repurposing drugs, which are already tested and have known safety profiles in humans, is a promising strategy to develop therapies for COVID-19. (lu.se)
Found4
- For most of their analysis, the researchers focused on microbes found in about a dozen individuals who had provided samples over an extended period, up to two years. (scitechdaily.com)
- In one case, the researchers found three related strains of Bacteroides vulgatus coexisting within a host, all of which appeared to have diverged from one ancestor strain within the host. (scitechdaily.com)
- The researchers also measured the quantities of many metabolites found in the stool samples. (scitechdaily.com)
- We are often surprised by our own results: We have found several properties that we assumed were unique to the human brain right there inside the tiny brain of dragonflies and other insects! (lu.se)
Body4
- The researchers focused on a particular species of squid called Doryteuthis opalescens, which can change a stripe along its body from white to transparent. (fanaticalfuturist.com)
- For decades, evolutionists pointed to dozens of 'useless artifacts' of the human body to make their questionable case for evolution. (icr.org)
- The simple answer is: No. NASA is researching risks for Mars missions which are grouped into five human spaceflight hazards related to the stressors they place on the body. (nasa.gov)
- Footage of human movement, recorded by two smartphones, gets uploaded to the cloud, where an algorithm identifies a set of points on the body. (medscape.com)
Surgeons1
- But when it comes to life-or-death organs, like hearts and livers, transplant surgeons still must rely on human parts. (technologyreview.com)
Cognition3
- Brain injuries, including those caused by trauma, stroke and surgery for brain tumours, typically result in significant damage to the cerebral cortex (the outer layer of the human brain), leading to difficulties in cognition, movement and communication. (ox.ac.uk)
- Besides their potential for repairing brain injuries, these engineered tissues might be used in drug evaluation, studies of brain development, and to improve our understanding of the basis of cognition. (ox.ac.uk)
- He has a background in human cognition and development, science education, computer science, and electrical engineering. (narst.org)
Design8
- The design of mechanical assembly products has become a complex task in which design engineers have to rely on Computer Aided Design, software to correctly assess pricing and performance of their product. (uantwerpen.be)
- This problem is especially relevant with the ever-increasing complexity of assembly products and the current tendency of mixing human operators and collaborative robots (cobots) in the assembly processes, in which design flaws become more likely, further emphasizing the need for supporting tools. (uantwerpen.be)
- Civil engineering seniors Jennifer Sommerfeld and Noura Saadi attended the American Society of Civil Engineers/Engineers Without Borders Design Global Engineer conference and workshop Oct. 4-10 in Panama City, Panama. (k-state.edu)
- Workshop classes designed to prepare students to better understand the Engineers Without Borders process in project design and implementation in developing communities began on Oct. 4. (k-state.edu)
- Researchers are using what they learn to design procedures, devices, and strategies to keep astronauts safe and healthy throughout their missions. (nasa.gov)
- NASA engineers use the lessons learned to better design spacecraft and improve the fit and functions of spacesuits. (nasa.gov)
- Universal design is a field with similar goals as the industrial/human factors engineering and safety profession. (cdc.gov)
- An overview of one notion to the systems approach to design and how human factors engineering fits into it. (cdc.gov)
Cognitive2
- He is one of the founding researchers of the fields of cognitive systems engineering and resilience engineering. (wikipedia.org)
- In this approach, a set of interacting human and software agents are viewed as a joint cognitive system, where the overall system itself is seen as performing cognitive tasks. (wikipedia.org)
Artificial1
- Researchers used artificial intelligence to correlate cellular cytoskeleton structure with the position of nuclei. (acm.org)
Collagen1
- It would take more than 100 years to 3D print every bit of collagen in the human heart at this resolution. (eurekalert.org)
Reproductive4
- Epidemiologic modeling estimated the basic reproductive number ( R 0 ) for the epidemic as 1.83, consistent with the common cold in humans. (cdc.gov)
- 2. Over the years, the international community has tried without success to build a consensus on an international convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings. (who.int)
- 7. The WHO Regional Committee for Africa is invited to review this document for information and guidance concerning reproductive cloning of human beings. (who.int)
- 3. Media reports on nuclear transfer are usually about one form, reproductive nuclear transfer, also known as reproductive cloning of human beings . (who.int)
Mysterious1
- A lot about human mobility remains mysterious. (medscape.com)
Studies4
- David D. Woods is an American safety systems researcher who studies human coordination and automation issues in a wide range safety-critical fields such as nuclear power, aviation, space operations, critical care medicine, and software services. (wikipedia.org)
- What is unique about the PEIRE project is that we will simultaneously be conducting technical measurements of the indoor climate and behavioural science studies of human satisfaction. (lu.se)
- During the spring and summer, the flats will be renovated and, next year, the researchers will return to repeat their studies, hopefully with the same families. (lu.se)
- Amelia Earhart Fellowship program helps talented women, pursuing advanced studies in the typically male-dominated fields of aerospace-related sciences and aerospace-related engineering, achieve their educational goals. (lu.se)