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May 31, 2011
Bioengineered Medical Devices in Finals for $100K UC San Diego Entrepreneur Challenge
From hospital-borne infections that cause nearly 20,000 deaths each year to a debilitating dry eye disease that can lead to blindness, engineering students at the University of California, San Diego are developing medical devices that promise to lower costs, improve patient care and save lives. So it’s not surprising that two student teams from the UC San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering are in the running for $100K prize as finalists in the 5th Annual UC San Diego Entrepreneur Challenge on June 1. Full Story
May 25, 2011
Nanoengineers Invent New Biomaterial That More Closely Mimics Human Tissue
A new biomaterial designed for repairing damaged human tissue doesn’t wrinkle up when it is stretched. The invention from nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego marks a significant breakthrough in tissue engineering because it more closely mimics the properties of native human tissue. Full Story
May 24, 2011
As Gravity Wanes and Pressures Gain, It's Pain and Bane for the Brain
A group of students from the University of California, San Diego and Grossmont Community College have designed a set of experiments to precisely measure intracranial pressures in microgravity using a contraption that mimics the circulatory system of the human brain. Full Story
May 12, 2011
Southern California Wireless Health Innovators Win Funding for Inventions
Southern California researchers working on wireless health technologies recently won commercialization support and research funding through the TATRC/Qualcomm Wireless Health Innovation Challenge. The awards will support UC San Diego work on artificial retinas made from nanowires, a UCLA system that helps people re-learn to walk after a traumatic injury, and USC tools that enable doctors to monitor and modify – from afar – drugs administered by infusion pumps. Full Story
May 4, 2011
Nearly 30 Percent of New CIRM Awards go to UC San Diego Stem Cell Researchers
UC San Diego scientist garnered 8 of the total 27 of Basic Biology III awards announced today by the Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee (ICOC) of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Bioengineering professor Kun Zhang from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is among the 8 campus awardees. Full Story
April 19, 2011
Research Expo 2011: a Snapshot of the Jacobs School of Engineering
From robots to UAVs, railway safety, social networks and grocery shopping technology for the blind, engineering graduate students at the University of California, San Diego presented their latest research to industry, potential investors and to fellow students and faculty at Research Expo on April 14, 2011. Full Story
April 11, 2011
Improving Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Through Advanced Optical Imaging
UC San Diego bioengineering grad student Carolyn Schutt may be on to something big, something that will help revolutionize the way physicians diagnose and treat cancer. Full Story
April 6, 2011
Future Computer Vision Tools to Aid Medical Research and Healthcare
Boris Babenko believes there are huge opportunities for integrating computer science, and in particular computer vision, into health care and medical research, making life easier for researchers, physicians and ultimately patients. Full Story
March 1, 2011
Mutations Found In Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Ordinary human cells reprogrammed as induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) may ultimately revolutionize personalized medicine by creating new and diverse therapies unique to individual patients, but important and unanswered questions have persisted about the safety of these cells, in particular whether their genetic material is altered during the reprogramming process. Full Story
February 23, 2011
Nanoparticles Increase Survival after Blood Loss
In anadvance that could improve battlefield and trauma care, scientists at University of California San Diego and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have used tiny particles called nanoparticles to improve survival after life-threatening blood loss. Nanoparticles containing nitric oxide (NO) were infused into the bloodstream of hamsters, where they helped maintain blood circulation and protect vital organs. The research was reported in the February 21 online edition of the journal Resuscitation. Full Story