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Biomedical engineering

Michael Miller
Research matters
Earlier, better treatments for Alzheimer's disease
Published March 17, 2025
Federally funded research at Johns Hopkins offers new avenues for detecting brain disease long before it strikes
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Biology
Experimental protein booster for rare genetic diseases
Published March 11, 2025
Johns Hopkins scientists develop mRNA "booster" as potential new way to treat rare genetic diseases marked by too low levels of specific cellular proteins
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Voices
Science is worth standing up for
Published March 6, 2025
America's biomedical research engine has produced lifesaving treatments for cancer and other diseases. Cuts to funding harm the lives and futures of Americans.
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Robotics
Bionic hand grasps like a human
Published March 5, 2025
Pioneering prosthetic hand carefully conforms and adjusts its grasp to avoid damaging or mishandling whatever it holds
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Faculty honors
Hopkins scientists receive Presidential Early Career Awards
Published Jan 23, 2025
Biomedical engineering researchers Jean Fan, Casey Taylor among a select group of scientists and engineers recognized
EEG wave in human brain, brain wave patterns on electroencephalogram
Biomedical engineering
New tool uses routine EEGs to cut epilepsy misdiagnoses
Published Jan 22, 2025
EpiScalp could significantly reduce false positives and spare patients from medication side effects, driving restrictions, and other quality-of-life challenges linked to misdiagnoses
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Artificial intelligence
New AI cracks complex engineering problems faster than supercomputers
Published Dec 9, 2024
Shape-shifting technological solution by Hopkins researchers could be a game-changer for engineering designs
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Medicine
A visionary new tool for cataract surgery
Published Oct 31, 2024
Johns Hopkins scientists have pioneered a new color-changing hydrogel that could reduce complications from cataract surgery, one of the world's most commonly performed procedures
From left, Gloria Kalnitskaya, Eric McAlexander, and Selena Shirkin at the 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition
Entrepreneurship
Johns Hopkins team named runner-up in Collegiate Inventors Competition
Published Oct 25, 2024
Students take home $5,000 prize for fetal surgery innovation
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Artificial Intelligence
Can AI improve how we handle obesity care?
Published Oct 1, 2024
Using a cutting-edge technique, Hopkins researchers present a potential clinical tool to predict waist circumference and identify patients at risk for obesity complications