Safe to drink
11/05/20 — Professor Ashok Gadgil has found an affordable, scalable way to remove arsenic from drinking water.
Health
The way it moves
11/05/20 — Bioengineers have determined how tumor cells adhere to and move through brain tissue.
Young again
11/05/20 — Diluting the blood plasma of older mice has rejuvenating effects on the body, bioengineering researchers have learned.
Berkeley Engineering takes on COVID-19
11/05/20 — In response to the pandemic, engineers at Berkeley pivoted their research to help test, treat and heal a growing number of patients.
Tracking COVID-19 in our sewers
10/29/20 — Berkeley civil engineers have developed a rapid, low-cost and effective method to test for the presence of the coronavirus in wastewater flowing through municipal sewer systems
UC Berkeley accelerates bio-preservation research as part of $26M NSF center
08/04/20 — The Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-Bio) center could dramatically expand organ transplant options
Fung Institute responds to COVID-19
07/14/20 — How various members of the Fung Institute community take initiative to support COVID-19 response
Berkeley team creates respiratory devices from sleep apnea machines
07/07/20 — Resourceful and affordable, about 600 apparatuses from Grace O'Connell's lab head to Ecuador this month
Robot see, robot do, AI-style
06/17/20 Engadget — Berkeley Engineering researchers, in collaboration with an Intel team, have taught a surgical robot to suture by showing it surgical videos of actual doctors.
Diluting blood plasma rejuvenates tissue, reverses aging in mice
06/15/20 — A new study led bu bioengineering professor Irina Conboy suggests that plasma exchange could be the key to unlocking the body’s regenerative capacities
Using neural dust to eavesdrop on our organs
06/11/20 — In this TEDMED talk, EECS professor Michel Maharbiz describes using extremely miniaturized implants to get a closer look at organs in real time
Scientists invent new ways to peer into the earliest stages of life
04/30/20 — Thanks to research led by Amy Herr, scientists can examine the crucial period when RNA molecules tell cells what they should do
Putting coronavirus antibody tests to the test
04/25/20 Berkeley News — Berkeley bioengineer Patrick Hsu and colleagues at UCSF found flaws in many of the 14 serology tests evaluated.
Low-cost, readily deployable respirators could help frontline healthcare workers
04/15/20 — Engineers develop powered air-purifying respirators that can be rapidly manufactured using widely available components
Double duty
04/14/20 — A pill developed to treat radiation poisoning may also be effective in protecting MRI patients from the potentially toxic effects of gadolinium.
Good for the image
04/14/20 — Using a type of deep learning known as a fully convolutional neural network, a new computer algorithm can recognize abnormal CT scans.
Turning sleep apnea machines into ventilators
04/02/20 — Converting CPAP and BiPAP machines safely could add tens of thousands to COVID-19 ventilator supply
Controlling ventilators from a distance
04/02/20 — Professor Michel Maharbiz is working with medical device makers to allow hospital staff to remotely monitor and adjust patients' ventilators
Returning used N95 masks to duty quickly — and safely
04/02/20 — Professor Amy Herr is part of a research consortium that seeks to provide scientific consensus on face mask sterilization methods
Getting the right equipment to the right people
04/02/20 — Professor Bin Yu and her team are developing models to connect hospitals with needed supplies