With these nanoparticles, a simple test could diagnose bacterial pneumonia
Results could also indicate whether antibiotics have successfully treated the infection. Pneumonia, a respiratory disease that kills about 50,000 people in the United States every year, can be caused by many different microbes, including bacteria and viruses. Rapid detection of pneumonia is critical for effective treatment, especially in hospital-acquired cases…
Read MoreForbes 30 Under 30 lists HST alums Tyler Clites and Cheryl Cui
For their promising work in the life sciences, HST alums Tyler Clites ’17 and Cheryl Cui ’18 were two of Forbes magazine’s 2019 30 Under 30 for healthcare. Clites, a postdoctoral associate at MIT, is currently focused on designing prosthetic limbs that communicate directly with the nervous system. Cui is…
Read MoreIMES Director Elazer Edelman honored for work in biomedical research
On October 26, IMES Director Elazer Edelman was recognized by the Massachusetts Society for Medical Research (MSMR) for his contributions to the field. Selections were made on the occasion of National Biomedical Research Day on October 21. At a celebration at The Union Club in downtown Boston, Edelman along with…
Read MoreMachine-learning system could aid critical decisions in sepsis care
Researchers from MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a predictive model that could guide clinicians in deciding when to give potentially life-saving drugs to patients being treated for sepsis in the emergency room. Sepsis is one of the most frequent causes of admission, and one of the most…
Read MoreClaudia Varela and Markus Horvath win Athanasiou ABME Student Award
At the inaugural Athanasiou ABME Student Award Session held on October 19 during the Biomedical Engineering Society’s annual meeting in Atlanta, GA, HST MEMP PhD candidates Claudia Varela and Markus Horvath were recognized for their paper, “Towards alternative approaches for coupling of a soft robotic sleeve to the heart.” All…
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