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UAB researchers want to create new treatments for these banes of cardiovascular disease.
A UAB symposium on cardiovascular tissue engineering brought together some of the best in the business in this rapidly developing field of translational medicine.
Biomedical engineering students Jervaughn Hunter and Nikea McMullen are developing a contamination-free stethoscope cover to prevent a common source of infection.
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Twelve School of Medicine faculty were recently honored as winners of the UAB Graduate Dean's Excellence in Mentorship Award.
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- school of medicine
- department of pharmacology and toxicology
- department of medicine
- division of infectious diseases
- division of gerontology, geriatrics, and palliative care
- division of pulmonary, allergy and critical care medicine
- division of nephrology
- division of cardiovascular disease
- department of pediatrics
- division of pediatric infectious diseases
- department of surgery
- division of cardiothoracic surgery
- department of pathology
- department of neurobiology
- department of biomedical engineering
Cardiac muscle patches in this proof-of-concept research may represent an important step toward the clinical use of 3-D-printing technology, as researchers have grown heart tissue by seeding a mix of human cells onto a 1-micron-resolution scaffold made with a 3-D printer.
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The collaboration among UAB, University of Wisconsin and Duke University will use bioengineered stem cells and bioengineered tissue to treat heart failure after heart attacks.
Victor J. Dzau, M.D., an expert in cardiovascular medicine and genetics, will present at the 2016 Frontiers of Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Seminar at UAB on Friday, August 19.
A robotic 3-D printer will build the tissue through computer-assisted design and computer-assisted manufacturing, but using living cells as the pieces of the structure.
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UAB awarded Gates Foundation Grand Challenge awards to address maternal-fetal health in South Africa
UAB receives two grants from the Gates Foundation to address pregnancy-related problems in developing countries.
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Karim Budhwani, a materials science and engineering (MSE) and biomedical engineering (BME) graduate student, presented to the Alabama Commission for Higher Education (ACHE) on December 4, 2015 in Montgomery, Ala.
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