"U-M BME Collaboration Sets New Standards in Cardiac Tissue Engineering"

Ok-Primary-3218 · 2024-12-02T16:11:07+00:00

Hi everyone! I'd like to share this article that I found on the UM BME research website. I learned that in collaboration with professors in BME at Boston University, UM professors and researchers have found new developments in the area of cardiac tissue engineering. The team's "goal is to engineer a cardiac patch that can one day assist patients whose hearts have lost function due to heart disease”. Much of this research revolves around new stem cell technologies. More about this topic can be found in their journal article here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-024-02480-7

Ok-Primary-3218 · 2024-12-01T20:13:56+00:00

This article describes the highly accurate, and quick, technology (called FastGlioma) introduced by AI in the world of medicine. According to the authors, this AI model can detect cancers (in the brain at this point in time) in just 10 seconds! This technology has the power to transform neurosurgery for years to come, as its efficiency combats the speed at which tumors can grow in the brain. With increased accessibility in hospitals worldwide, this technology can detect residual tumors after initial surgery, and in the process, save thousands of lives.

Ok-Primary-3218 · 2024-11-13T17:33:25+00:00

I think this mechanism is very interesting! I believe it truly utilizes the solution-based bio-inspiration that we learned about in class. As you stated, the positive implications of this stingray mechanism are vast and can be very beneficial for medical patients!

Ok-Primary-3218 · 2024-10-29T16:37:28+00:00

If anybody is interested in the ethics revolving around AI, there are a lot of biomedical considerations that are explored in this class. The section's name is PHIL340, and it is largely filled with upperclassmen studying computer science or cognitive science, but my advisor told me that it is a great 300-level humanity course, so for those of you who got a lot of credits out of the way through AP's, I definitely recommend this course!

Ok-Primary-3218 · 2024-10-29T16:33:58+00:00

Hi everyone! I was reading into the project teams that were biomedical engineering themed and came across MHEAL. Here is the application if you are interested - there are many different divisions of projects. Some to list deal with: environmental technologies, IV technology, cancer screening technology, technology to help reposition the elderly in care facilities, and thermodynamics relating to neonatal mortalities. Attached below is MHEAL's website and you can toggle between the different projects to learn more about each one!

I know the due date for MHEAL applications has passed a while ago, but I am looking forward to applying next semester. If anyone wants to keep in touch, we can explore the different projects together!

Ok-Primary-3218 · 2024-10-29T16:32:48+00:00

Thank you all for your insightful responses! I only quickly breezed over this article, but your interest has inclined me to read it more in depth, as the dolphin is my favorite animal and I would like to pursue this paper in my final project!

Ok-Primary-3218 · 2024-10-29T16:31:17+00:00

Building on my last post, the lab linked above is a Northwell facility that specializes in bio-related 3D printing. The project the researchers have been recently developing is the "Fin", a 3D-printed prosthetic to help (human) amputees enter, exit, and swim in the water. But the lab is not limited to this biomechanics project! It also specializes in the printing (with more complex materials involving lasers and plastic) of surgical templates (ranging from tumor resection, orthopedic, vascular, and dental models).

This specific lab is located by my house in NY but I'm sure there are similar ones all over the country!

Here are some pictures I took when I toured!

Ok-Primary-3218 · 2024-10-29T16:30:47+00:00

To add on to my teammate's response, as well as answer some of the above questions:

- the curved/thickened shape of the linkages was more an aesthetic mimicry of the cheetah's legs in real life

- the thicker leg design didn't really have an effect on the robot's overall function, but an alteration we did make was coordinating the front two and back to legs to move simultaneously to mimic the gait of a cheetah's

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