Science Highlights

NIBIB-funded researchers created a new 3D bioprinted tumor model in a laboratory dish to screen anticancer drugs and study the spread of cancer.

An NIH-funded team has developed a technique called implosion fabrication to build impressively small and intricate components on the nanoscale.

A million Americans with injury or age-related disabilities need someone to help them eat. Now engineers have taught a robot to pick up food with a fork and gingerly deliver it to a person’s mouth.

Biomedical engineers have developed a smartphone app for anemia screening that can assess blood hemoglobin levels through the window of the user’s fingernail.

Many cancer treatments kill cells throughout the body and cause severe side effects but new work by NIBIB researcher Xiaoyuan ‘Shawn’ Chen, Ph.D., and his team could solve this problem by creating a way to release those toxic compounds only when and where doctors desire.

Researchers funded by NIBIB have designed neuron-like probes that can be implanted and remain viable for long-term use to study and treat the brain.

An NIH-funded team at the University of Colorado (UC) has assembled a clearer picture of the molecular activity that occurs when nanoparticles injected into the body are marked for immune system attack.

NIBIB-funded engineers are designing aortic heart valve replacements made of polymers rather than animal heart tissues. The goal is to optimize valve performance and enable increased use of a minimally-invasive method for valve replacement over open heart surgery.

Researchers are making amazing progress in developing new imaging approaches that provide us with jaw-dropping views of a wide range of biological systems, including the incredibly complex neural networks within the mammalian brain. 

Nanogenerator’s electrical pulses provide beneficial outcomes with no side effects – rat study.