NEWS & EVENTS
NIBIB-funded researchers - developers of a novel microneedle patch immunization technology - have received funding to move the technology closer to use for worldwide polio vaccination. Mark Prausnitz and his team at the Georgia Institute of Technology have received $2.5 million in grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to advance the development of the patch specifically for polio immunization, and for a Phase I clinical trial in humans. Read more at the Georgia Tech News Center.
How do you keep an artificial limb attached to the body? What lab-grown organ have scientists successfully transplanted into patients? You can find the answer to these questions and many more while playing Want to Be a Bioengineer? a game for middle and high school students, designed by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), part of the National Institutes of Health.
NIBIB-funded scientists have developed a novel technique to improve cancer and stroke treatment in deep sites based on oxygen levels in the tumor or site of the stroke. The new technique of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance can detect high oxygen levels in disease sites that are deep inside the body. The periods of high oxygen are a window for optimized treatment success. Read more at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
NIBIB-funded researchers have developed a device that uses acoustic waves to move small objects. The technique is being used to position samples of crystals that were previously too small to handle to allow their structure to be analyzed with X-ray crystallography. The technique significantly expands the scope of what is now possible with X-ray crystallography. Read more at Newswise.
A research team including NIBIB-funded researchers has identified a stem cell in the bone marrow of mice that is capable of regenerating both bone and cartilage. The newly identified bone stem cell appears to be critical for skeletal development and could be used for novel treatment approaches for osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and bone fractures. Find more information and a video at the Columbia University Medical Center Newsroom.