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Fluorescence images of the brainstem obtained from nontumor mice after intranasal delivery (left) and FUSIN delivery (right). The brainstem, where the glioma was implanted, showed enhanced fluorescence signal by FUSIN compared with IN only.

Focused-ultrasound intranasal delivery promising in therapeutic agent delivery to brain tumor

Dezhuang Ye in Hong Chen’s lab tests novel method in brain tumor model.

02.18.2021

Imoukhuede named AIMBE Fellow

Princess Imoukhuede is one of 174 engineers to receive this honor in 2021.

02.15.2021

In results published in the January 2021 Journal of Biophotonics, Yifeng Zeng and a team of researchers found that OCT showed differences in the textures and patterns of normal and abnormal tissue, which are difficult to determine using traditional visual inspection.

Imaging method now used for eyes may boost colon cancer detection, diagnosis

Yifeng Zeng, a doctoral student in Quing Zhu's lab, has built a machine learning system that detects normal colorectal tissue from abnormal tissue.

02.15.2021

According to studies of National Institutes of Health research funding allocations, Black applicant award rates have stood at about 55 percent of that of white principal investigators of similar academic achievement. A group of biomedical engineers is bringing to the forefront the issue of federal funding inequity. (Image: Shutterstock)

Fighting racial inequity by funding Black scientists

Network of U.S. biomedical engineers calls to end funding discrimination.

01.26.2021

Silva paper named one of JACC’s 'most talked about' in 2020

The paper, which shared results of clinical trials using the Microsoft HoloLens headset and augmented reality during surgery, was one of JACC’s most popular papers online and on social media.

01.21.2021

Imoukhuede, Ottley named among ‘inspiring Black scientists in America’

McKelvey Engineering faculty members Princess Imoukhuede and Alvitta Ottley have been named among the 1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America by Cell Mentor.

01.04.2021

Three McKelvey Engineering faculty receive LEAP Awards

The awards, given by the Skandalaris Center, help faculty prepare their products for commercialization.

12.17.2020

In this illustration of the optical coherence tomography system, beams of red light shine on the hearts of fruit flies using parallel imaging, which allows for multiple beams to penetrate many flies simultaneously. The blue and orange represent activation or deactivation of different proteins in the heart. (Credit: Amanda Dicks and Anne Robinson in association with InPrint at Washington University in St. Louis.).

Colored light investigated to control irregular heartbeat noninvasively

A team led by Chao Zhou in biomedical engineering will use fruit flies to study a noninvasive stimulation and imaging technique to regulate an irregular heartbeat.

12.17.2020

Zhou to pursue novel imaging method with Stein Innovation Award from Research to Prevent Blindness

With this funding, Zhou and his team plan to develop an ultrahigh-speed parallel imaging optical coherence tomography (OCT) system for motion-free imaging in children.

12.14.2020

Targeting ultrasound at the brain for noninvasive diagnosis of brain cancer

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