Jason Franz, PhD, professor of biomedical engineering at the UNC School of Medicine, has been awarded a $400,000 grant from NCInnovation to advance groundbreaking research involving wearable sensors and artificial intelligence to revolutionize rehabilitation for individuals with arthritis.

NIH highlights UNC Neurology researcher’s newly developed silent functional MRI (fMRI) technique created to improve biomedical research.

Led by UNC School of Medicine’s Weili Lin, PhD, researchers document cognitive milestones revealed in children from birth to toddlerhood in brain imaging study.

Rahima Benhabbour, PhD, a tenured associate professor of biomedical engineering, is developing the first 3D-printed intravaginal ring, revolutionizing how women receive treatments for infertility, HIV, menopause, and more.

A new study by researchers at the UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center at the UNC School of Medicine has identified 13 risk genes that can increase chances for developing osteoarthritis, jumpstarting research that could lead to new, targeted treatments.

Under the direction of assistant professor of radiology Li-Ming Hsu, the research demonstrates how long-term cocaine use affects brain functions, making recovery and stifling cravings more difficult.

Kristalyn Gallagher, DO, Kevin Chen, MD, and Shawn Gomez, EngScD, in the UNC School of Medicine have developed an AI model that can predict whether or not cancerous tissue has been fully removed from the body during breast cancer surgery.

A research team led by William Polacheck, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, has engineered a microfluidic model that mimics a rare genetic disorder affecting the structure of veins, arteries, capillaries, and lymphatic vessels.

Rahima Benhabbour, PhD, MSc, associate professor of Biomedical Engineering, led a successful effort to create an injectable implant that can release effective HIV PrEP medications into the body for six months in non-human primates.

Led by Pew-Thian Yap, PhD, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine created monthly infant brain atlases to help researchers analyze the developing brain to investigate neurological disorders and other conditions.

Wesley Legant, PhD, assistant professor in the UNC Department of Pharmacology and the UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, received a grant called "Observing Molecules in Context with 4Pi Lattice Light Sheet Nanoscopy" as part of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's (CZI) Dynamic Imaging projects.

Researchers led by Yevgeny Brudno, PhD, in the UNC-NCSU Joint Biomedical Engineering Department, have developed an implantable biotechnology that produces and releases CAR-T cells for attacking cancerous tumors.

Tag: Biomedical

UNC Biomedical Researcher Receives NCInnovation Grant to Transform Osteoarthritis Research

UNC Neurology’s Shih Developing Improved, Silent MRI for Better Brain Imaging

Study Reveals Key Roles in Developmental Milestones of the Brain in Children

Meet The Researcher Who Is Revolutionizing Women’s Health

Study Unveils 13 Genes That Increase Risk of Osteoarthritis

Research Shows Continued Cocaine Use Disrupts Communication Between Major Brain Networks

Researchers Develop AI Model to Improve Tumor Removal Accuracy During Breast Cancer Surgery

How a New Blood-Vessel-on-a-Chip Can Help Researchers Further Understand Vascular Malformations

CDC-UNC Collaboration Yields Potential Long-term HIV Protection

Researchers Unveil New Collection of Human Brain Atlases that Charts the Early Developing Brain in Fine Detail

Wesley Legant, PhD Receives CZI Grant for Team Project on Lattice Light Sheet Nanoscopy

Implant Churns Out CAR-T Cells to Combat Cancer in Animal Models