Biomedical Engineering Content / Biomedical Engineering Content for ٺƵ en Novel Dynamic Imaging Technology Captures the Body’s Immune Response to COVID-19 /news/novel-dynamic-imaging-technology-captures-bodys-immune-response-covid-19 <p>A team of ٺƵ scientists used&nbsp;<a href="https://explorer.ucdavis.edu/about-explorer">dynamic total-body positron emission tomography (PET)</a>&nbsp;to provide the first imaging of the human body’s immune response to COVID-19 infection in recovering patients. Their work, published in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adh7968?af=R">Science Advances</a>, could lead to a better understanding of how the body’s immune system responds to viral infections and develops long-term protection against re-infection.</p> October 19, 2023 - 1:18pm Andy Fell /news/novel-dynamic-imaging-technology-captures-bodys-immune-response-covid-19 New Light-Activated Technique to Track Protein Interactions /blog/new-light-activated-technique-track-protein-interactions <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Biomedical engineers at ٺƵ have come up with a <a href="https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261430">new tool for tracing interactions between proteins</a>. The new, light-activated tool could have wide applications in cell biology. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> October 11, 2023 - 10:10am Andy Fell /blog/new-light-activated-technique-track-protein-interactions Engineered Bone Marrow Shows Promise for Developing Cancer Treatment /blog/engineered-bone-marrow-shows-promise-developing-cancer-treatment The development of engineered bone marrow is revolutionizing research and treatment for osteosarcoma, the most common malignant bone cancer in children. September 15, 2023 - 3:15pm Andy Fell /blog/engineered-bone-marrow-shows-promise-developing-cancer-treatment Bringing COVID-19 Data into Focus /news/bringing-covid-19-data-focus <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Using an approach based on computer vision technology, researchers can work back from COVID-19 mortality data to see how infection rates changed on the day a lockdown or similar measure was introduced. The approach could be generally useful in future epidemics and pandemics. The work is published July 14 in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf0673">Science Advances</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> July 14, 2023 - 1:53pm Andy Fell /news/bringing-covid-19-data-focus 'Lava Lamp' Vesicles Show How Cells Could Self-organize /blog/lava-lamp-vesicles-show-how-cells-could-self-organize Experiments with cell-sized vesicles show how liquids inside can spontaneously separate and form mosaics of droplets. These changes also affect the outside of the vesicle. The experiments could help us understand how biological processes emerge from physical and chemical effects. July 11, 2023 - 10:50am Andy Fell /blog/lava-lamp-vesicles-show-how-cells-could-self-organize Cyborg Cells Could Be Tools for Health and Environment /health/news/cyborg-cells-could-be-tools-health-and-environment <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Biomedical engineers at the University of California, Davis, have created semi-living “cyborg cells.” Retaining the capabilities of living cells, but unable to replicate, the cyborg cells could have a wide range of applications, from producing therapeutic drugs to cleaning up pollution. The work was published Jan. 11 in <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202204175">Advanced Science</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> January 18, 2023 - 11:00am Andy Fell /health/news/cyborg-cells-could-be-tools-health-and-environment Treating Cancer by Sticking Cells in Place /health/news/treating-cancer-sticking-cells-place <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Future treatments for advanced cancer could work by sticking cancer cells in place and preventing their spread around the body. A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and the University of Washington shows how an antibody strengthens bonds between cells. The work is published Aug. 3 in <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2204473119">Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> August 03, 2022 - 12:00pm Andy Fell /health/news/treating-cancer-sticking-cells-place NIH Grant Creates National Center at ٺƵ /health/news/national-institute-health-grant-creates-national-center-uc-davis <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>A new center that stands to transform surgical procedures and brain monitoring on a national scale using light-based, artificial intelligence-informed technologies will soon be part of <a href="https://aggiesquare.ucdavis.edu">Aggie Square</a> at the University of California, Davis, thanks to a recent $6.3 million P41 grant from NIH’s </span><a href="https://www.nibib.nih.gov/research-funding/national-centers-biomedical-imaging-and-bioengineering"><span>National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering</span></a><span>.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> July 12, 2022 - 11:00am Andy Fell /health/news/national-institute-health-grant-creates-national-center-uc-davis Detector Advance Could Lead to Cheaper, Easier Medical Scans /health/news/detector-advance-could-lead-cheaper-easier-medical-scans <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Researchers in the U.S. and Japan have demonstrated the first experimental cross-sectional medical image that doesn’t require tomography, a mathematical process used to reconstruct images in CT and PET scans . The work, published Oct. 14 in <a href="https://rdcu.be/cAnxv">Nature Photonics</a>, could lead to cheaper, easier and more accurate medical imaging. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> October 29, 2021 - 11:00am Andy Fell /health/news/detector-advance-could-lead-cheaper-easier-medical-scans 50 Years of CT Scans and the Future of Medical Imaging /blog/50-years-ct-scans-and-future-medical-imaging <p>October 1st, 2021 marks the 50th&nbsp;anniversary of the first computed tomography (CT) scan of a patient, performed at a hospital in the U.K. The half-century is being marked with an&nbsp;<a href="https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/PT.3.4834">article in Physics Today</a>&nbsp;by ٺƵ radiologist&nbsp;<a href="https://bme.ucdavis.edu/people/john-boone">John Boone</a>&nbsp;and Cynthia McCollough at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.</p> September 10, 2021 - 8:01am Andy Fell /blog/50-years-ct-scans-and-future-medical-imaging