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How can smart contact lenses monitor and treat eye conditions?

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At Purdue University , Dr Chi Hwan Lee is using his skills as a biomedical engineer to develop smart contact lenses that can both monitor the condition and deliver drugs to combat it. TALK LIKE A BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER. FIELD OF RESEARCH : Biomedical Engineering. ABOUT BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING.

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Can we engineer bacteria to regenerate tissues?

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Can we engineer bacteria to regenerate tissues? Published: Dr Christopher Contag , a biomedical engineer and microbiologist at Michigan State University in the US, is creating engineered endosymbionts – bacterial cells that can be delivered into cells of other organisms where they can persist and control cellular functions.

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STEM Calendar for the Month of May for Educators Everywhere

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May is a month brimming with significance in the realm of STEM, with a plethora of holidays and historic milestones that highlight the profound impact of science and technology on our lives and society as a whole.

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Science Like A Girl – Inventor and Author Arlyne Simon

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Her years as a keen observer have taken her from biomedical engineer to inventor to entrepreneur to author, and she is keeping her eyes and mind open for whatever might come next. She liked science, but didn’t picture herself wearing hard hats as a civil engineer like her father. They settled on chemistry.

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Using adsorbents to help society

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“Such a model will be an important engineering design tool to advance work in drug delivery, power production, energy storage, atmospheric water harvesting and carbon capture technologies,” says Yamil. Choose a university degree such as chemical engineering, chemistry, biomolecular engineering, biochemistry or biomedical engineering.

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Shining a light on the role of trace metals in neurodegenerative diseases

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However, changes in metal chemistry appear to be more marked in diseased brains than in healthy brains. Secondly, because a better description of how brain chemistry is changing in these disorders might create opportunities for better treatment.”. Moreover, these techniques can damage or change the metal chemistry within brain samples.

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Building and training human tendons in the lab

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PROFESSOR PIERRE-ALEXIS MOUTHUY Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK. Research project: Developing a humanoid bioreactor for tendon tissue engineering. Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UKRI-EPSRC) (grant number EP/S003509/1).