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Promising research to study how a natural supplement can restore the function of an aging heart
Two UW professors are collaborating to study mitochondrial damage in the heart and treatment with the natural supplement urolithin A (UA).
Events
Kim Woodrow granted the Partners in Safety Award
Congratulations to Bioengineering Professor Kim Woodrow for receiving the [...]
Unraveling the mysteries of malaria: A breakthrough study in 3D brain microvessel models
Malaria, a mosquito-borne disease caused by Plasmodium parasites, is [...]
Paul Kinahan and Cross-Organizational Team Awarded ARPA-H Funding
In an important development for biomedical imaging research, Paul [...]
Featured Publications
Engineering a multicellular vascular niche to model hematopoietic cell trafficking
Assistant Professor Ying Zheng and colleagues developed an engineered human vascular marrow niche to examine the three-dimensional cell interactions that direct hematopoietic cell trafficking. The platform provides a tool to advance study of the interactions between endothelial cells, marrow-derived fibroblasts and hematopoeitic cells that comprise the marrow vascular niche, and has potential for use in testing therapeutics and personalized medicine.
Development of switchable polymers to address the dilemma of stability and cargo release in polycationic nucleic acid carriers
The researchers report a pH-sensitive polymer, p(PMA-PMBA)-b-p(OEGMA-DMAEMA) (SP), and its successful use in vitro and in vivo gene transfer. The polymer addresses the dilemma of stability and cargo release in gene delivery, and may have broad potential therapeutic agent delivery applications.
Single-use paper-based hydrogen fuel cells for point-of-care diagnostic applications
The researchers demonstrate a stand-along power source that integrates a paper-based hydrogen fuel cell with a customized chemical heater that produces hydrogen in-situ upon the addition of a liquid. Their approach could power portable diagnostics and enable functionality such as device timing, actuation and signal quantification.
