FDA Clears Bionic Pancreas Developed in BU Lab for People with Type 1 Diabetes
The iLet Bionic Pancreas, which automates insulin delivery to manage the chronic disease, was invented in Ed Damiano’s biomedical engineering lab—and inspired by his son
Taking in the Trash
With food scraps instead of fossil fuels, a BU bioreactor project is modeling sustainable manufacturing.
Novel Cancer Diagnostic Earns Hao a PhRMA Grant
Liangliang Hao has earned a grant from the PhRMA Foundation for her proposal to develop a rapid point-of-care test that will predict the efficacy of some cancer treatment.
Three More AIMBE Fellows from ENG
Yang, Joseph-McCarthy, Dunlop elected to prestigious biomedical society
Bringing Hope to Ben
On a lifelong mission to help a childhood friend, Tim O’Shea is working on a new way to repair spinal cords.
BU Researchers Receive over $1 Million Each in Funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Furthering dynamic imaging research.
Seeing a Way to Combat Cancer
In the fight to treat ovarian cancer, innovative chemical imaging techniques developed by Professor Ji-Xin Cheng (ECE, BME, MSE) are fast becoming valuable tools, as reported in two high-impact journals in the space of two months.
Bionic Pancreas Better for Managing Type 1 Diabetes
Your pancreas is like a little digestive engine, working hard to keep your body fueled and running. Just six inches long, it’s responsible for turning lunch into the energy that gets you through the afternoon and making sure your blood sugars stay balanced.
Nia Earns NIH Award for Ground-Breaking Lung Research Technology
Assistant Professor Hadi Nia (BME, MSE) has earned the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award. Granting him nearly $2.5 million, the award will empower Nia to pursue novel models and tools to image the lung in real time and at cellular resolution. He will probe the links between the physics, biology, and […]
PRISM highlights ENG’s Pioneering Data Science Curriculum
As the data revolution transforms industry and society, engineering schools are rethinking the basics.