Advance in Immune Cell Screening Uncovers Receptors that Target Prostate Cancer
Apr 16, 2024 Originally posted on UCLA Newsroom FINDINGS A recent UCLA study demonstrates a new process for screening T cells, part of the body’s natural defenses, for characteristics vital to the success of cell-based treatments. The method filters T cells based on...
Tempo Therapeutics Secures Series A Financing to Advance Cutting-Edge Tissue Scaffold Products into Clinical Trials
SAN DIEGO, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tempo Therapeutics, Inc ("Tempo") a leading innovator in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, today announced the successful completion of its $12 million Series A equity financing round, led by Galaxy-Sirius Partners...
Speaking without vocal cords, thanks to a new AI-assisted wearable device
UCLA Newsroom Christine Wei-li Lee March 14, 2024 Key takeaways Bioengineers at UCLA have invented a thin, flexible device that adheres to the neck and translates the muscle movements of the larynx into audible speech. The device is trained through machine learning to...
UCLA Samueli to lead $4 million cell research project funded by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Christine Wei-li Lee | February 29, 2024 Key takeaways The grant will fund a three-year collaboration among researchers at UCLA, USC and Caltech to advance cell and tissue engineering technologies. The project, led by UCLA’s Dino Di Carlo, will engineer, manipulate...
UCLA Bioengineers Develop Artificial Skin to Outfit Underwater Robots with a Sense of Touch
Feb 5, 2024 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Autonomous robots have been used for underwater exploration, but they are limited by the lack of human dexterity. Without a sense of touch, it is difficult for these robots to accomplish a variety of tasks requiring fine motor skills....
Viral protein fragments may unlock mystery behind serious COVID-19 outcomes
Wayne Lewis January 29, 2024 Key takeaways There remains no clear explanation for why COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, can result in severe outcomes or death while other coronaviruses just cause common colds, or why COVID-19 symptoms persist after the coronavirus that...
UCLA Bioengineering Student Receives 2024 AHA Predoctoral Fellowship
UCLA Bioengineering Student, Guorui (Gary) Chen, has received the prestigious 2024 AHA Predoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association (AHA). This esteemed fellowship aims to enhance the integrated research of promising students pursuing careers as...
Tracking down tuberculosis
Improvements in screening and diagnosis could help to eradicate this curable disease. By Neil Savage Growing up in Burundi, a country of 13 million people in East Africa, Mireille Kamariza was familiar with the devastating effects of tuberculosis (TB). “It’s a long...
UCLA Samueli Bioengineering Professor Named Optica Fellow
Jan 9, 2024 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Liang Gao, an associate professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, was elected as a fellow of Optica, an international professional society for advancing optics and photonics. Gao, who leads...