Category Archives: Biomedical Engineering

A category of articles I’ve read that relate to Biomedical Engineering directly.

Injectable Implants

This article I found interesting due to the two uses of such a technology. The article talks about a new injectable implant developed by BME’s at Johns Hopkins University. The team has developed a implants out of a combination of … Continue reading

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Fingerprint Scanner to Thwart Zombies

I thought this article was kind of funny with all the talk of zombies and the added photo, but I can understand the real applications of fingerprint scanners telling the difference between dead and living tissue. Sounds a bit scary … Continue reading

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Missing Gene Helps Mice Run for Hours

This is an article I found on the Science Magazine website. Apparently scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have removed a gene from mice that have caused them to be capable of running six times further than normal mice do. … Continue reading

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Synthetic Trachea Transplant

An interesting story from earlier this month about a synthetic wind pipe being implanted in a patient. The cool thing about this is that it was created with the patient’s own stem cells so it should not cause any type … Continue reading

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