Of life and limb

When someone loses a limb to war, accident, or disease, she can get an artificial limb that restores some of her lost movement. But even the best prosthesis doesn’t restore the sense of touch. And touch is what lets you grip an egg tightly enough that it doesn’t fall...
“Hand-held optical imager for breast cancer imaging”

“Hand-held optical imager for breast cancer imaging”

Congratulations to Dr. Godavarty.  She has been awarded an R15 grant from National Cancer Institute at NIH.  The project titled “Hand-held optical imager for breast cancer imaging” is a 2-year grant with a total budget of $ 348K.  The grant is a competitive renewal of...
New award from the National Institutes of Health

New award from the National Institutes of Health

New award from the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (R21-EBRG) 1 R21 CA159073-01A1 Investigators: Anthony McGoron (PI), Yen-Chih Huang and Romila Manchanda from BME and Seza Gulec from the College of Medicine Duration 6/01/2011-5/31/2013 Amount...
FIU BME student donates bone marrow to California man

FIU BME student donates bone marrow to California man

Janelle Cunningham was recently featured on NBC Channel 6 News on April 25, 2011. As an FIU student and junior biomedical engineering major, the 22 year old has already played a major role in saving someone’s life. She signed up with the national bone marrow...