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Biomedical engineering

COVID-19

Student team develops ventilator alternative for COVID-19 patients

Published Nov 11, 2020

Their leak-proof mask design could be used with common CPAP machines to support the treatment of COVID-19 patients

Engineering

Cross-disciplinary team will design, develop devices to better treat spinal cord injuries

Published Nov 11, 2020

Funded through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the project will bring together experts from across Johns Hopkins to create solutions that work on the battlefield and on the frontlines of health care

A model wears the ClearMask, and her smile is fully visible

Alumni

ClearMask makes and sells 11 million masks internationally

Published Oct 19, 2020

With FDA clearance, maximum barrier protection, and supply chain advantages, the business founded by Johns Hopkins alumni improves the standard of care for patients around the world

Faculty news

Synthetic biologist wins prestigious Packard Fellowship

Published Oct 15, 2020

Reza Kalhor, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, edits the genetic code to enable cells to record their own growth—a key to unlocking the origins of developmental abnormalities

Everyday glucose monitors can detect COVID-19 antibodies

Published Sept 24, 2020

A patent-pending system developed by Hopkins researchers could be deployed rapidly and inexpensively around the world to improve pandemic surveillance

Biomedical engineering

Septic shock starts earlier than understood and develops distinct levels of patient risk

Published Sept 23, 2020

Study finds that hospitals could categorize patients based on risk and develop early monitoring systems to detect early stages of septic shock

Genetics

New genetic analysis method could advance personal genomics

Published Sept 10, 2020

Biomedical engineer Alexis Battle develops software that, if paired with expanded sample collection practices, could help identify more causes of genetic disorders