Here are a few interesting discoveries relevant to biomedical engineering that you might find intriguing:
- The Daily Mail highlights a treatment to cure blindness using stem cells from a patient's good eye. The procedure only works for those who have properly functioning stem cells in one eye, but the results show a successful movement towards regenerative medicine.
- MIT has developed special gold nanoparticles that attach to tumors and convert infrared radiation to heat that destroy tumors without harming the surrounding tissue. They claim higher precision than physical removal and chemotherapy.
- The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has developed synthetic red blood cells that closely mimic the physical and functional properties of erythrocytes. Their goal is to create an effective drug delivery agent, however, synthetic blood will also prove useful during blood shortages or in places like the battlefront.
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