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Biomedical engineer explores new use for synthetic platelets: treating inherited bleeding disorders
Even as biomedical engineer Anirban Sen Gupta refines artificial platelets to stem traumatic bleeding, he and his colleagues are seeking new uses for their synthetic solution. The latest application to show promise involves providing synthetic platelets to treat a genetic condition that prevents bl...
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Hairs that help fish feel–and humans hear
ӰƵ neurobiologist, team advance understanding of how zebrafish use hair cells to detect movement; findings apply to human hearing, balance By discovering how zebrafish use their hair cells to detect distant movement, a team of ӰƵ scientists ...
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Who’s liable in a ‘self-driving’ car crash?
ӰƵ law professor examines legal gray area when semi-autonomous vehicles are involved in accidents Police officers can often identify which driver is responsible for a traffic accident. But what about when a self-driving vehicle is involved? Which driver should be liab...
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CWRU School of Nursing awarded $2.56M grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation for age-friendly care program in MinuteClinic at CVS locations
Since late 2018, researchers at ӰƵ’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and MinuteClinic at CVS locations have jointly shaped a program to enhance care for older adults at the retailer’s pharmacies nationally. Now, with a new three-year, $2.56 million grant from The...
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CBS 60 Minutes to feature research by CWRU biomedical engineers Dustin Tyler, Bolu Ajiboye to restore sense of touch for amputees and people with paralysis
This weekend, the CBS News program 60 Minutes is scheduled to feature groundbreaking work led by ӰƵ researchers Dustin Tyler and A. Bolu Ajiboye—biomedical engineering pioneers who are bringing a renewed sense of touch to amputees and people with paralysis, using neuropr...
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National Science Foundation awards prestigious early-career grant to CWRU chemical engineer
Christine Duval investigating novel methods for separating elements for wind turbines, electric vehicles, smart phones, nuclear power ӰƵ scientist Christine Duval will investigate novel and more environmentally safe methods to separate so-called “rare-earth elements” us...
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‘Chunky dunk?’ Cleveland’s prehistoric sea monster may have been shorter, stouter, than once believed
ӰƵ scientist PhD student applies new calculations to reveal downsizing and chunky details about species from Devonian Period About 360 million years ago, in the shallow subtropical waters above what is now the city of Cleveland, an armor-plated fish many believed to be ...
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Q&A with a researcher who studies rare diseases
In 2012, physician-scientist and medical geneticist Atul Chopra met two patients with an extremely rare disease: marfanoid progeroid lipodystrophy (MPL). Known to cause extreme leanness in patients, the disease, Chopra believed, could also hold the key to one of the most enduring health challenges f...
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ӰƵ awarded $3M grant to advance MRI scan and software to analyze aggressive brain tumors more effectively
Research partnership involves academia and industry to develop and commercialize the technology Most medical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are inherently qualitative, which can lead to subjective analysis and inconsistent conclusions. But with a new five-year, $3.03 million grant from t...
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National Academy of Inventors names eight ӰƵ researchers to 2023 class of senior members
Represents most accepted from any member institution Eight researchers affiliated with ӰƵ have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)—the largest class ever from the university—and from any member institution since the academy began the awa...