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A new platform for more effective cancer drug testing using aptamer sensors
UW BioE researchers led by Tran Nguyen, post-doctoral fellow with the Albert Folch lab, has developed a new platform that uses microdissected tumor biopsies.
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Orsborn lab awarded NIH grant to improve brain-computer interfaces for movement disorders
Amy Orsborn, Clare Boothe Luce assistant professor of Electrical [...]
Faculty Promotions: Mike Averkiou and Azadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad
The UW Department of Bioengineering is excited to announce [...]
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Featured Publications
Exclusion zone and heterogeneous water structure at ambient temperature
Professor Gerald Pollack and colleagues report the formation of a ‘three-dimensional cell-like structured exclusion zone’ in water prepared by two different methods. Based on their findings of an electric potential difference between the heterogeneous structured water and the ordinary water, the researchers propose a new model to explain the relationship between heterogeneous, structured water and its electrical properties.
Facile fabrication of tissue-engineered constructs using nanopatterned cell sheets and magnetic levitation
The researchers describe a novel method for fabricating scaffold-free tissue-engineered constructs using thermoresponsive nanofabricated substrates (TNFS) and magnetic levitation.
Acoustic micro-tapping for non-contact 4D imaging of tissue elasticity
The researchers demonstrate acoustic micro-tapping – the use of focused ultrasound propagating in air to generate transient mechanical waves – as a non-invasive approach to dynamic elastography for mapping the elasticity of biological tissue without any physical contact. They propose to use it with 4-D phase-sensitive optical coherence tomography to create a tool for ophthalmology, dermatology and other applications where direct contact with the tissue being studied may be undesirable.
