Engineering Human Heart Tissue for Scientific Study
September 26, 2024 – from Feinberg Scientific Advances
Northwestern Medicine scientists measure heart contraction and electrical activity in engineered human heart tissues
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Investigators Discover New Therapeutic Target for Pediatric Brain Cancers
August 19, 2024 – from Feinberg Clinical Breakthroughs
Northwestern Medicine investigators target a protein that increases pediatric brain cancer survival
New Biomaterial Regrows Damaged Cartilage in Joints
August 6, 2024 – from McCormick Engineering News
A crucial component in joints, cartilage is notoriously difficult to repair
Developing Multifunctional Transistors for Mimicking Biology
July 31, 2024 – from McCormick Engineering News
Researchers used tunable polymer transistors with off-on-off outputs that can make artificial spiking neurons
Transporting Precious Cargo Using the Body's Own Delivery System
July 16, 2024 – from McCormick Engineering News
Advances ‘get us one step closer to the ultimate goal of targeted biological drug delivery’
Process stores carbon dioxide in concrete without strength loss
June 26, 2024 – from Northwestern Now
Carbonated concrete offers potential to offset emissions from cement manufacturing
A New Way to Stabilize Perovskite Solar Cells
June 17, 2024 – from McCormick Engineering News
Researchers used stable materials alleviate the issue of cations moving within a material
3D Printing and Citrate Biomaterials Could Allow Dissolvable Stents
June 14, 2024 – from McCormick Engineering News
Professors Guillermo Ameer and Cheng Sun developed a stent showing similar efficacy to commercial versions
A Sharpened Focus for Seeing with Electricity
May 1, 2024 – from McCormick Engineering News
New algorithm improves resolution of resistivity maps
Researchers Take a Step Closer to Better, More Affordable Solar Cells
April 11, 2024 – from McCormick Engineering News
Innovative technique leads to perovskite-based solar cells with record-breaking efficiency
Novel Mechanism Supports Antitumor Response and T-cell Survival
April 8, 2024 – from Feinberg Disease Discoveries
Northwestern Medicine study discovers molecular mechanisms supporting antitumor response and cell survival in cytotoxic immune cells
Implantable Sensor Enables Patients and Physicians to Monitor Bladder Function
April 1, 2024 – from Feinberg Clinical Breakthroughs
Gotta go? New bladder device lets you know
Using cancer’s strength to fight against it
February 6, 2024 – from Northwestern Now
New technique made human T cells 100 times more potent at killing cancer cells
Using Liquid Crystals to Scale-up Perovskite Solar Cells
January 26, 2024 – from McCormick Engineering News
Researchers created a technique that led to improved efficiency for large-area perovskite solar modules