Bringing arsenic-safe drinking water to rural California
09/21/22 — Berkeley engineers have created a simple, low-cost arsenic treatment system to help low-income communities access safer water (With video)
Health
Study finds medical procedure that rejuvenates old human blood
09/15/22 — Berkeley researchers find that plasmapheresis could advance our understanding of human aging, inform treatment of age-related diseases
Bringing biotech to market
08/17/22 — MTM alum advances medical technologies with two startups
Old blood ages young mice, finds Berkeley-led study
08/08/22 — New Scientist: The findings, published in Nature Metabolism, suggest that cellular aging isn't just a matter of wear and tear
Berkeley-led study identifies human lung proteins that can advance or thwart SARS-CoV-2 infections
07/26/22 — Findings may lead to targeted treatments
Civil engineers partner with Stockton students to build 120 air purifiers
04/26/22 — In honor of Earth Day, students from professor Tina Chow's CE 105 class joined with Edison High School to build and distribute air purifiers to the south Stockton community
Too good to be true
04/15/22 — A study has found that the use of online databases could introduce bias into AI algorithms developed for medical imaging.
Seeing red
04/15/22 — A study has found a strong association between present-day air pollution levels and historical patterns of redlining.
Q+A on wastewater testing
04/15/22 — Using a novel method to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus, researchers worked with public agencies to monitor infection levels in local wastewater samples.
Examining the effects of chlorinated drinking water on the gut microbiome
04/14/22 — New research shows no negative impact on children's digestive bacteria from chlorinated drinking water
Bay Area wastewater data suggests COVID hasn’t peaked everywhere
01/27/22 — SFGate: While indicators suggest COVID-19 cases are on the decline across the Bay Area, wastewater analyzed for SARS-CoV-2 at Berkeley Engineering professor Kara Nelson's lab suggests that three areas of the region may have yet to peak.
UC Berkeley partners with new Arc Institute to tackle complex diseases
12/21/21 — Patrick Hsu, Berkeley assistant professor of bioengineering, and Silvana Konermann, Stanford assistant professor of biochemistry, are founding researchers of a new institute that aims to accelerate breakthroughs in complex diseases.
Berkeley team detects omicron in Bay Area wastewater
12/09/21 — ABC7 News: A team led by Kara Nelson, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has identified the COVID-19 variant in samples of sewage from two California sites, one of them in the Bay Area.
Dean’s note: Engineering better health
11/15/21 — We’ve launched the Health Technologies Collaborative Lab to develop devices and systems that transform the way healthcare is managed and delivered.
Put to the test
11/15/21 — A method that uses a common machine learning algorithm can help detect cancer from a simple blood test, well before the first symptoms are present.
Dream on
11/15/21 — Researchers have developed a low-cost, non-electric, reusable warming device that can reduce infant mortality rates.
Super cool
11/15/21 — Using a method called isochoric supercooling, researchers revived human heart tissue after it had been preserved in a subfreezing state for days.
Where there’s smoke
11/15/21 — On wildfire days, taking steps like closing up houses and using indoor filtration can cut the infiltration of PM2.5 particulate matter into homes by half.
Block by block
11/15/21 — Research shows that levels of air pollution vary not only by region, such as between urban and rural areas, but by city block.
Could liposomes be the unsung heroes of the pandemic?
11/12/21 — Berkeley News: Berkeley engineers attached SARS-CoV-2 “spike” proteins to the surface of liposomes, creating lab-made mimics of the deadly virus as part of a process to enable efficient testing of antibody therapies.