Biomedical Engineering

The team of Alanna Manfredini, Joanna Peng, Darienne Rogers and Amy Guan show their prototype for a low-cost colostomy bag

September 29, 2021

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The mixture of self-assembling polymers and antibiotics is cured on human intramedullary hip implants using a handheld light source.

September 27, 2021

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Duke鈥檚 newly developed OCT scanner is attached to a robotic arm that can move the scanner to perfectly align with a patient鈥檚 eyes. The scanner requires less than 10 seconds to scan and image each eye.

August 5, 2021

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August 3, 2021

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June 18, 2021

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Students talk with Ugandan pediatric surgeon Nasser Kakembo to go over the design of the surgical silo.

May 5, 2021

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With the ability to sense changes in pH, temperature and oil, this completely soft robot dubbed 'DraBot' could be the prototype for future environmental sentinels

March 25, 2021

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February 5, 2021

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Long, thin, well-defined muscle fibers (top left) are in shambles after prolonged inflammation (top right), but maintain their structure (bottom left) and strength (bottom right) when exercised during the inflammation.

January 25, 2021

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A diagram of the species of bacteria from an individual patient that are more likely to be found with tumor samples (blue) or normal tissue samples (yellow). The layout of the diagram shows the bacterial family tree, with node sizes proportional to the nu

January 13, 2021

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splitters for ventilators, created by 3-D printing

December 9, 2020

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CRISPR-based activation of gene networks implicated in human stem cells becoming neuronal cells led to the generation of cells with neuronal shapes and markers (left) and enhanced function and electrophysiological properties, including producing more acti

December 2, 2020

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