This RSS news feed maintained by uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 20 UW news releases about Bioengineering. http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByAuthorId&departmentID=141&numToShow=20 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2009 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:57:01 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Tissue engineers were able to grow stem cell patches with rudimentary blood vessels, beating contractions, and a stiffness resembling heart tissue. The patches were viable after transplant to rodent hearts. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52494 Health and Medicine Leila Gray (leilag@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52494 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:15:00 GMT For the first time, researchers combine nanoparticles used for medical imaging and therapy in one tiny package. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51016 Science Technology Health and Medicine Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51016 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:41:00 GMT Reporters and photographers are invited to attend the UW's Brain Awareness Week open house on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47905 Community Education Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47905 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:06:31 GMT Matthew O'Donnell, dean of the University of Washington's College of Engineering and professor in the department of bioengineering, and David Auth, a UW affiliate professor in bioengineering, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47076 Campus Health and Medicine Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47076 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:54:00 GMT Researchers have created a credit-card sized tool can be stored for months and then used to test for malaria--part of a larger project to develop high-tech tools for global health. The prototype dehydrated the reagents to store them without refrigeration, and delivered a diagnosis in just nine minutes. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=46484 Science Technology Health and Medicine Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=46484 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:52:10 GMT Researchers at the University of Washington have updated a traditional Chinese medicine to create a compound that is more than 1,200 times more specific in killing certain kinds of cancer cells than currently available drugs, heralding the possibility of a more effective chemotherapy drug with minimal side effects. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44335 Science Health and Medicine Rachel Tompa (rtompa@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44335 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:49:27 GMT Fluorescent nanoparticles, called quantum dots, are dramatically better than existing methods for delivering a gene-silencing tool into cells. The quantum-dot chaperones help impede the cell's production of a given protein. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=42430 Science Health and Medicine Technology Quinn Eastman (qeastma@emory.edu) and Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=42430 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:31:00 GMT The first experiment using ultrasound to treat lung injuries shows promising results. High-intensity ultrasound rays stopped air and blood leaks in punctured lungs. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36364 Science Health and Medicine Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36364 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:24:00 GMT When human heart muscle cells derived from embryonic stem cells are implanted into a rat after a heart attack, they can help rebuild the animal's heart muscle and improve function of the organ, scientists report in the September issue of Nature Biotechnology. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36329 Science Health and Medicine Justin Reedy (jreedy@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36329 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:24:14 GMT The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health has awarded $10.2 million over five years to a bioengineering research partnership at the University of Washington devoted to heart muscle regeneration through tissue engineering and embryonic stem cell research. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28772 Science Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (clareh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28772 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:00:00 GMT David Auth, former UW professor of electrical engineering, has been awarded the 2006 Inventor of the Year Award. The award recognizes Auth's pioneering work to improve surgical care through less invasive technologies. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27237 Health and Medicine Craig Degginger (craigd@u.washington.edu ) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27237 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:00:00 GMT Bacteria have hair-like protrusions with a sticky protein on the tip that lets them cling to surfaces. The coiled, bungee cord-like structure of the protrusions helps the bacteria hang on tightly, even under rough fluid flow inside the body, researchers report in the journal PLoS Biology. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=26436 Science Health and Medicine Justin Reedy (jreedy@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=26436 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:00:00 GMT A derivative of the sweet wormwood plant used since ancient times to fight malaria and shown to precisely target and kill cancer cells may someday aid in stopping breast cancer before it gets a toehold, according to a study by a pair of UW bioengineers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21353 Health and Medicine Science Rob Harrill (rharrill@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21353 Mon, 19 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT UW bioengineering has received a $2.9 million national award aimed at smoothing the path to bringing promising technologies from the laboratory into clinical practice. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13504 Science Health and Medicine Rob Harrill (rharrill@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13504 Thu, 10 Nov 2005 07:00:00 GMT The University of Washington has once again topped the nation in biomedical engineering research funding from the National Institutes of Health with $20.06 million from the federal agency. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12632 Science Health and Medicine Rob Harrill (rharrill@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12632 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 07:00:00 GMT The University of Washington has been awarded a $15.4 million grant as lead partner of a regional group to develop a portable device that promises to bring the technological power of a modern medical diagnostic center to remote regions of the world. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11066 Science Rob Harrill (rharrill@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11066 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 GMT Researchers at the UW have blended the past with the present in the fight against cancer, synthesizing a promising new compound from an ancient Chinese remedy that uses cancer cells' rapacious appetite for iron to make them a target. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8139 Science Rob Harrill (rharrill@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8139 Tue, 08 Feb 2005 07:00:00 GMT A group of promising cancer fighting compounds derived from a substance used in ancient Chinese medicine will be developed for potential use in humans, UW officials announced this week. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5826 Science Rob Harrill (rharrill@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5826 Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:00:00 GMT Prolonged exposure to low-level magnetic fields, similar to those emitted by such common household appliances as blow dryers, electric blankets and razors, can cause damage to brain cell DNA, according to new study. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8217 Science Rob Harrill (rharrill@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8217 Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:00:00 GMT Gerald Pollack's latest work, "Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life: A New, Unifying Approach to Cell Function," challenges the traditional notion that cells are tiny watery reservoirs held intact by membranes that keep cell contents from mixing with surrounding fluid. Rather, the membrane isn't key to cell integrity because the water inside the cell isn't normal water - it's organized by proteins to form a gel that maintains cellular integrity and offers convincing - and simple - explanations for a wide array of cell functions. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12517 Science Rob Harrill (rharrill@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12517 Wed, 25 Apr 2001 07:00:00 GMT Bioengineering researchers at the University of Washington will lead a multi-million-dollar effort to grow functional human heart tissue. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3345 Science Health and Medicine Rob Harrill (rharrill@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3345 Mon, 22 May 2000 07:00:00 GMT