Research
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Ren ‘Shaking Up’ Biofilm Research
Department Head Dacheng Ren is engineering active biomaterials that inhibit biofilms, a dangerous type of bacterial infection that can form on medical devices like catheters.
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Good and Crouch Investigate Biomarkers of Fontan Failure
Assistant Professors Bryan Good and Colleen Crouch are hunting for early signs of Fontan failure, a lethal condition in adults who received lifesaving heart surgery as infants.
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Millet’s Undergraduate Students Publish in ‘Biosensors’
Students Joshua Hilner and Allison Turner worked with Dr. Lary Millet to refine and publish a reusable method to monitor pH before or during cell digestion protocols.
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Million Dollar NSF Grant Helps Tan Develop ‘Smart’ Surgical Camera
BME Professor Jindong Tan is using a $1 million NSF grant to try and develop a fully insertable wireless robotic imaging device to be used during minimally invasive laparoscopic surgeries.
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One Glass-Ceramic Sandwich, Extra X-Rays
UTSI researchers patented a new glass-ceramic scintillator configuration that improves medical imaging without increasing radiation dosage.
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Professor Jindong Tan’s Research Makes News
Professor Jindong Tan‘s research around Guide Glass was featured on WBIR. The new research has the potential to help blind people “see”. Check out the video.