Research News
November 12, 2019
Low-Cost, Portable System Takes OCT Beyond Ophthalmology
Duke Engineers adapt OCT system to make it useful for minimally invasive joint surgery
October 31, 2019
Fixing Muscle and the Brain
Nenad Bursac and Tatiana Segura are engineering hydrogel microenvironments to physically and chemically support the growth of skeletal muscle and brain tissue
October 31, 2019
Programming Cell Behavior
With work spanning gene circuits, antibiotic resistance and the mathematical modeling of cellular networks, Lingchong You explores how to best to harness microbes for medical purposes
October 29, 2019
Big Ideas on a Small Surface
George Truskey and Shyni Varghese use custom lab-on-a-chip technologies to create novel models of tissues, organs and diseases
October 29, 2019
Turning Disordered Proteins into Stable, ‘Super-Sticky’ Materials
Improved protein control could lead to wound-healing gels and other applications
October 27, 2019
Zooming in on Neuronal Behavior
With novel approaches to studying neurons, Yiyang Gong and Michael Tadross seek to understand the body’s most complicated organ
October 25, 2019
The Body on Defense
In his lab at Duke, Joel Collier uses synthetic nanomaterials to boost the body’s natural defenses
October 25, 2019
Understanding Cells Under Pressure
Brenton Hoffman's lab explores how mechanical forces can shape and control our cells
October 22, 2019
Engineering Biology for Medicine Inaugural Conference Held at Duke
The new conference hosted by Duke Biomedical Engineering, Nature Biomedical Engineering and Nature Medicine created a collaborative environment to share innovative research