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Could biotechnology stop aging? The answer may be yes, no, or something in between, depending on who is being asked and what it means to “stop” aging. For those at one end of the spectrum— life extension seekers (including some deep-pocketed Silicon Valley investors)—the answer is “yes.” They believe biotechnology will lengthen human life spans to range anywhere from 1,000 years to forever. But for most, the answer is more nuanced and involves a dream of extended healthspan, rather than immortality.... Read more
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The Power of Light: Nobel Prize in Physics 2018
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists in the field of laser science: Dr. Arthur Ashkin for his invention of the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems, and Dr. Gérard Mourou and Dr. Donna Strickland for their method of generating highintensity, ultrashort optical pu... Read more
The Importance of Data Compression in the Field of Genomics
Genomic research is the driver of efforts to create personalized medicine and discover cures for cancer, rare diseases, and other serious health conditions. Thanks to the widespread availability of inexpensive genome sequencing technology, the field is expanding rapidly.... Read more
Gift of Sight: Stem-Cell Patches for Wet and Dry Macular Degeneration
For people who have relied on good eyesight for the first six or seven decades of their lives, the diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is devastating. This disease, which currently has no cure, can s... Read more
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Health Care in the Age of Interoperability: Part 4
The fourth in a series of articles on the dramatic transformation taking place in health informatics in large part because of the new Health Level 7 (HL7) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard.... Read more
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Languages and Disabilities: Is There Anything BME Can Help Out With? Some History, Too
The Indo-European Languages (IELs) are a family of several hundred related tongues and dialects. There are about 445 liv...
Written Communications
No matter if an engineer did the best job in the world with a design, if the person responsible for the design cannot communicate the design effectively, then the design effort was wasted. That’s the reason that I gave to my Transport Processes Design course students for requiring that they paid attention to communications in their desi... Read more
Biothermodynamics: Principles and Applications
This text, aimed primarily at students who have suffered through a one- or two-semester introduction to thermodynamics, offers an interesting insight into the application of these principles to inquiries involving biological and agricultural systems.... Read more
Preparing Students for Medical Device Innovation: Notes from BME-IDEA 2018
On Wednesday, October 17, 2018, I attended the BME-IDEA (Biomedical Engineering Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship Alliance) meeting in Atlanta, GA, USA. It was the 12th convening of this meeting which was first held in 2003...... Read more
Design Control for the Medical Device Industry, 2nd ed.
I was interested to review this text to see how it dealt with current Quality Systems regulations.... Read more
Adequate, Not Best
What almost all students and many faculty members don’t realize is that engineering design/application solutions are rarely the best.... Read more
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