Biomedical Engineering

The image shows regenerated hair follicles at the center of a wound. The hair follicles appear as tear drop structures, and they have Keratin 5 positive tips, which appear in green.

November 11, 2020

Wound-Healing Biomaterials Activate Immune System for Stronger Skin

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Khari Johnson in Barcelona in 2019

October 1, 2020

An Engineering Student’s Summer of Misinformation

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David Bradway, research scientist with Duke Biomedical Engineering, is attempting to run all of the streets in Durham. Photo by Stephen Schramm.

September 21, 2020

An Ambitious Mission: Running Every Street in Durham

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Splitters used in ventilators

September 4, 2020

FDA speeds review for Duke-designed split-ventilator

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Cameron McIntyre

August 27, 2020

Cameron McIntyre: Improving Deep Brain Stimulation Through Entrepreneurship

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Ashutosh Chilkoti has developed a single molecule, dual-drug therapy for diabetes that works well in mice for more than a week after a single injection

August 26, 2020

Type 2 Diabetes Drugs Work Better in Tethered Combination Therapy

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graphic of smart watch and covid virus

August 25, 2020

Early Detection of COVID-19: How Your Smartwatch Could Help

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Eric Richardson (left side in gray), Associate Professor of the Practice in Biomedical Engineering and Director of Duke Design Health, reviews projects with students and faculty.

August 11, 2020

Designing Better Healthcare at Duke

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A new method for identifying strains of bacteria and guessing their resistance to antibiotics uses an AI model to analyze their growth dynamics in culture.

August 6, 2020

AI May Offer a Better Way to ID Drug-Resistant Superbugs

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July 22, 2020

Silver-Plated Gold Nanostars Detect Early Cancer Biomarkers

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Kafui joined President Barack H. Obama and bipartisan congressional leadership for the signing of the 21st Century Cures Act on December 13, 2016. He is pictured betwee

July 21, 2020

Dr. Kafui Dzirasa: For Black Scientists, the Sorrow Is Also Personal

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photo of CovIdentify app

June 15, 2020

A COVID-19 Study for Early Detection Expands to Reach New Communities

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A fluorescence image of retinal layers taken with a confocal microscope from wild, healthy mice (right) and mice genetically bred to show symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease (left). The green represents amyloid deposits that are thought to correlate with Alzh

May 22, 2020

Retinal Texture Could Provide Early Biomarker Of Alzheimer’s Disease

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Jessilyn Dunn and Brinnae Bent

May 15, 2020

Here'e How to Make Smartwatch Health Data Useful for Research

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Research scientist Harvey Shi demonstrates a new virtual reality interface that doctors could soon use to help make medical decisions such as where to place stents on a patient-by-patient basis.

May 14, 2020

Virtual Reality Blood Flow Simulation To Improve Cardiovascular Interventions

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Eric Richardson wearing a PAPR hood

April 30, 2020

This COVID Response Team Reaches Into Every Corner of Duke

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