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  • BMES Takes Over Curriculum Database
    The Biomedical Engineering Society is taking over The Whitaker Foundation's curriculum database to keep it going after the foundation closes in June. The new URL is: bmes.seas.wustl.edu

January 11, 2006 November 18, 2005 November 16, 2005 October 19, 2005 September 28, 2005
  • Grantsmanship Seminar
    The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering will hold its second regional Grantsmanship Seminar on October 17, 2005, at The George Washington University. The one day seminar will be hosted by the Washington Academy of Biomedical Engineering.

September 16, 2005 August 31, 2005
  • New International Program Announced
    The Whitaker Foundation, which has invested more than $720 million in biomedical engineering education and research, and the Institute of International Education, a world leader in international exchange programs, are launching an international fellows and scholars program for American biomedical engineers early in their careers.

August 26, 2005
  • Hand Held Medical Lab
    Biomedical engineers are designing a diagnostic laboratory the size of a paperback book that field workers could use to quickly and accurately diagnose malaria, measles, flu, and other disorders in remote villages of the developing world.

August 23, 2005
  • Infant Heart Pump
    Biomedical engineers and physicians at the Cleveland Clinic have developed a new ventricular assist device to treat end stage heart failure in newborns and children.

August 16, 2005 August 10, 2005 August 02, 2005 July 20, 2005
  • Investigator Directory and Experts Guide
    The Directory of Whitaker Investigators has been updated by The Whitaker Foundation. The directory includes an extensive list of keywords, making it possible to retrieve contact information for nearly 1,500 investigators based on areas of expertise.

July 02, 2005 May 23, 2005 May 18, 2005
  • CT Breast Scanner
    About 190 women are being enrolled in a clinical trial to see if computed tomography can detect breast cancer earlier, and with less discomfort, than standard mammography.

  • Coating for Implants
    With one side sticky and the other slick, a two sided coating developed by biomedical engineers has shown promise in the lab for prolonging the life and improving the performance of medical implants.

  • Nanotech Tumor Finder
    Biomedical engineers have used nanotechnology to find human melanoma tumors in mice while the growths are still invisible to conventional magnetic resonance imaging.

April 27, 2005
  • Device Assesses Brain Injury Risk in Sports
    Biomedical engineers have built a device to quickly detect mild traumatic brain injury in the heat of sports competition, on the battlefield, in the emergency room, and in other situations where time is of the essence.

April 26, 2005
  • Nanotechnology for Boosting Immunity
    Darrell Irvine is conducting basic studies on the molecular steps necessary for the human immune system to launch an attach against a foreign invader.

April 25, 2005
  • Robotic Arm Therapy
    A robotic arm that can be worn at home is being developed to help stroke survivors regain the ability to reach and grasp objects and perform basic tasks such as feed themselves.

April 21, 2005
  • Biomedical Engineering Education Summit Wrapup
    Final reports from The Whitaker Foundation's 2005 Biomedical Engineering Education Summit meeting in March have been posted to the foundation web site as ongoing resources for the biomedical engineering community. There is also an updated curriculum database and a showcase of educational innovations in biomedical engineering.

March 11, 2005 February 17, 2005 February 10, 2005 February 07, 2005 February 02, 2005 December 20, 2004 December 08, 2004 December 03, 2004
  • Nanotubes for Joints
    Stronger than steel, more durable than diamond, carbon nanotubes can be aligned to stimulate bone growth in a way that might make better and longer lasting artificial joints.

  • Radiation Therapy
    Researchers are combining diagnostic imaging with therapeutic imaging to improve radiation treatment for prostate cancer.

October 26, 2004
  • Biomedical Engineer Wins Genius Award
    Biomedical engineer Angela Belcher, whose laboratory viruses can manufacture wires that are billionths of a meter wide, has won a 2004 Genius Award from the MacArthur Foundation.

October 07, 2004
  • Improved Defibrillator Design
    Biomedical engineers have a new concept for implantable defibrillators that would be more comfortable for heart patients and more effective as lifesavers.

October 05, 2004 August 30, 2004
  • La Jolla Workshop Summaries
    Download PowerPoint summaries of the workshops held at the Whitaker annual conference in La Jolla earlier this month.

  • Quantum Dots Tag Prostate Cancer
    Quantum dots, tiny beads that glow in rainbow colors, can zero in with pinpoint accuracy on human prostate cancer.

August 12, 2004 July 23, 2004 July 20, 2004
  • George W. Thorn Dies
    George W. Thorn, M.D., a world-renowned physician who changed the way kidney disease is treated and whose vision inspired The Whitaker Foundation for nearly two decades, has died at the age of 98.

July 08, 2004
  • Annual Review Redux
    For the second year in a row, the Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering was the most cited of the 42 top biomedical engineering journals, according to the Institute for Scientific Information.

  • Circular Heart Pump
    A team of biomedical engineers from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have created a prototype for a potentially cheaper, safer, and more efficient heart pump.

  • Thought Guided Cursor
    Four adults have quickly learned to play a simple video game, and win, by using only their thoughts to control the computer.

May 19, 2004
  • Stem Cell Control
    Researchers have discovered a potentially powerful tool for controlling whether bone marrow stem cells grow into skin, fat, bone, or other cell types.

May 18, 2004
  • Students Shun Science
    U.S. preeminence in science and technology is being threatened by a lack of student interest, according to a report issued this month by the National Science Board.

May 13, 2004
  • Knee Cartilage Regrows
    With an eye toward reducing the need for knee replacement surgery, biomedical engineers have created a dual purpose scaffold that cushions a damaged joint while providing the support that cartilage cells need to generate new tissue.

May 04, 2004
  • Look at the Retina
    Ross Shonat is taking a closer look at the role of oxygen in diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of new blindness in adults.

April 20, 2004 April 19, 2004 April 14, 2004
  • Understanding Diabetes
    Biomedical engineers are beginning to understand some of the basic mechanisms underlying many of the complications of diabetes. The research may lead to new treatment strategies.

April 11, 2004 April 07, 2004 April 05, 2004 March 28, 2004 March 19, 2004 March 17, 2004 February 17, 2004 February 10, 2004 February 09, 2004 January 28, 2004 January 26, 2004 December 23, 2003 December 19, 2003
  • Drug Delivery Particles
    Researchers have taken cues from the way white blood cells heal injury and fight disease to produce a highly targeted system that might someday be used for drug delivery.

December 18, 2003 December 12, 2003
  • Breast Cancer Scanner
    A gamma camera has been customized to detect the earliest signs of breast cancer, before it can be felt as a lump or seen in a mammogram.

December 04, 2003 December 01, 2003
  • Jawbone Grows from Adult Stem Cells
    A Whitaker investigator has moved tissue engineering a step forward by successfully using a single population of adult stem cells to grow a knob of jawbone as a potential medical implant.

November 17, 2003 October 28, 2003
  • Thought Controlled Bionic Arm
    Biomedical engineers and surgeons at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago have attached a bionic arm that can be controlled by thought.

October 24, 2003 October 14, 2003 October 08, 2003 October 01, 2003 September 29, 2003
  • MISS Sorts Sperm Cells
    Biomedical engineers have developed a prototype lab on a chip for harvesting healthy sperm cells to increase male fertility.

September 26, 2003
  • Whitaker Grantees Among "Top 100"
    Five Whitaker Foundation investigators and a former Whitaker Fellow are among Technology Review's top 100 young innovators for 2003.

September 25, 2003
  • Bioengineered Bandage
    A bioengineered bandage developed at Virginia Commonwealth University would never have to be removed, so it could stop bleeding, speed healing, and eliminate the pain and reinjury caused by changing a conventional wound dressing.

September 24, 2003
  • George Thorn Honored
    George W. Thorn, M.D., a major figure in American medicine for 60 years and a close advisor of The Whitaker Foundation, has received the Massachusetts Medical Society?s Lifetime Achievement Award.

September 18, 2003 September 12, 2003 September 05, 2003
  • Sharper MicroPET Imaging
    Researchers have removed some of the fogginess from PET images of small laboratory animals with a new scanner that is eight times sharper than before.

September 04, 2003 August 12, 2003 July 14, 2003 June 25, 2003
  • Engineered Bone
    A new method of making tissue engineered bone speeds the healing of severe breaks in laboratory testing.

April 24, 2003 April 17, 2003 April 15, 2003 April 07, 2003 March 28, 2003
  • Contact Lenses
    A prototype contact lens has been developed and tested in the laboratory for delivering medicine directly to the eye. The drug seeps out from nanoparticles imbedded in the lens.

  • Goldwater Scholars
    Twice as many Goldwater Scholars this year are in biomedical engineering.

March 12, 2003
  • Brain Size in Premature Infants
    The brains of premature infants are smaller than those of full term babies, even when measured at the same developmental stage after birth, according to recent studies of brain images at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Woman?s Hospital.

March 06, 2003 March 03, 2003 February 27, 2003 February 25, 2003 February 24, 2003 February 13, 2003 February 02, 2003 January 30, 2003 January 17, 2003 January 16, 2003 January 15, 2003 January 12, 2003 January 10, 2003 December 30, 2002
  • New Beginning
    Whitaker Foundation President Peter Katona reviews the history of the foundation and its aspirations and envisions a bright future for biomedical engineering after the foundation closes.

November 27, 2002 November 26, 2002
  • Early Plaque Detection
    Bioengineers have used nanotechnology to see where blood vessel plaques are just beginning to form, well before they pose a risk of heart attack or stroke.

  • Predicting Evolution
    A new computer model has successfully predicted how one strain of a common bacterium will evolve over hundreds of generations.

November 25, 2002 November 18, 2002 November 15, 2002
  • Insulin Patch
    A needle free insulin delivery system worn as a patch on the skin has produced encouraging results as a prototype.

November 14, 2002 November 11, 2002 November 04, 2002
  • Attractive Chemistry
    Biomedical engineers have developed a tiny tool to study how chemicals attract cells, a key step in immunity, healing, and fighting the spread of cancer.

  • Virtual Stomach
    The first virtual stomach is providing unique insights into the way medicines are released from pills and capsules.

October 14, 2002 September 12, 2002
  • Nanomachines
    A biomedical engineer and a biologist have teamed up to create nanomachines that hone in on breast cancer tissue in live mice.

September 04, 2002 August 27, 2002 August 07, 2002 July 18, 2002 July 11, 2002 June 24, 2002 June 14, 2002
  • Direct Thought Control
    The desired ability to control the movement of prosthetic limbs with brain waves has edged a little closer to reality.

May 13, 2002 April 26, 2002
  • New Summer Program for Students
    The National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health have created a new program to support research training and education in bioengineering and bioinformatics.

April 23, 2002 April 22, 2002 April 19, 2002 April 11, 2002 March 21, 2002 March 19, 2002 March 18, 2002 March 07, 2002 February 01, 2002 January 31, 2002 January 14, 2002 January 06, 2002 December 21, 2001 December 20, 2001 December 19, 2001 December 11, 2001 December 10, 2001 December 04, 2001 December 03, 2001 November 28, 2001 November 19, 2001 November 01, 2001 October 25, 2001 October 15, 2001 October 11, 2001 October 08, 2001
  • La Jolla Slides
    Slides are now available for three of the presentations at the 2001 Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Research Conference in La Jolla.

September 20, 2001
  • Bioengineers Get Top Pay: Survey
    Bioengineering, bioinformatics and clinical research are among the top three paying areas of the life sciences, according to a new survey.

August 07, 2001 August 06, 2001 June 28, 2001 June 07, 2001 April 17, 2001 April 10, 2001 April 06, 2001 March 20, 2001 March 12, 2001 March 02, 2001
  • Summit Talks Online
    Plenary talks from The Whitaker Foundation's Biomedical Engineering Educational Summit have been synchronized with the slide presentations are are available online.

January 16, 2001 January 03, 2001 December 31, 2000 December 29, 2000 December 06, 2000 November 29, 2000 November 14, 2000 November 03, 2000 October 10, 2000 September 28, 2000 September 20, 2000 August 30, 2000 August 23, 2000 June 29, 2000 June 28, 2000 June 22, 2000 June 14, 2000 May 09, 2000 May 08, 2000 May 01, 2000 April 28, 2000 April 24, 2000 March 31, 2000 March 23, 2000 March 13, 2000
  • Next Wave
    Science Magazine's Resources for the Next Generation of Scientists, includes job market news, career transitions, and job hunting information.

March 07, 2000 March 06, 2000 March 02, 2000 February 29, 2000 February 24, 2000 February 10, 2000 February 08, 2000 February 07, 2000 January 27, 2000 January 24, 2000 January 21, 2000 January 19, 2000 January 07, 2000 January 05, 2000 December 19, 1999 November 30, 1999 November 26, 1999 November 22, 1999 November 18, 1999 November 15, 1999 November 09, 1999 November 06, 1999 October 28, 1999 October 27, 1999 October 23, 1999 October 07, 1999 September 23, 1999 September 11, 1999 August 04, 1999 July 14, 1999 July 07, 1999 June 22, 1999 June 06, 1999 May 26, 1999
  • Virtual Colon Cancer Screening
    A virtual reality test could cut the death rate for the second most common cancer by offering patients an acceptable screening method. The test is being developed and evaluated by biomedical engineers and others at several U.S. institutions

May 08, 1999
  • Twelve Students Win NIH Internships
    Twelve students have been selected for summer internships at the NIH under a new program supported by the foundation. This structured 10-week summer program provides an opportunity for undergraduate biomedical engineering students to participate in cutting-edge biomedical research projects in NIH laboratories.

August 17, 1998 August 09, 1998 July 25, 1998 July 14, 1998 July 04, 1998 June 05, 1998 April 29, 1998 March 02, 1998 February 16, 1998 January 16, 1998 January 05, 1998

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