BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS AT JOHNS HOPKINS REPORT THEY HAVE WORKED OUT A NONINVASIVE WAY TO RELEASE AND DELIVER CONCENTRATED AMOUNTS OF A DRUG TO THE BRAIN OF RATS IN A TEMPORARY,
IN 2017, MORE THAN A QUARTER MILLION WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH INVASIVE BREAST CANCER,
EACH YEAR, BIRTH DEFECTS, TRAUMA OR SURGERY LEAVE SOME 200,000 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT BONES IN THE HEAD OR FACE.
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER JENNIFER ELISSEEFF WAS WORKING ON A WAY TO PROMOTE HEALING IN TRAUMA PATIENTS WHEN A FRIEND OF A CANCER PATIENT VISITING ELISSEEFF’S LAB TOLD HER THAT SIMILAR APPROACHES WERE REPORTED TO FIGHT CANCER.
JULY 2016—IT WAS A REGULAR JANUARY DAY FOR JOHNS HOPKINS STEM CELL BIOLOGIST HONGJUN SONG WHEN THE LIGHT BULB CAME ON.
TTEC RESEARCHER HAI-QUAN MAO USES ELECTROSPINNING TO CREATE A WAY TO DELIVER INFECTION-PREVENTING DRUGS AFTER EYE SURGERY.
