What Is BU Doing on the Moon?
It’s official: Boston University is out of this world. A telescope developed and built in a BU lab has landed on the moon.
Category: BU Research
ENG’s Mark Grinstaff One of Six Researchers to Receive NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Awards
Biomedical engineer and his team will use the funds to develop a new vaccine technology.
What Causes Osteoarthritis? BU Researchers Win $46 Million Grant to Pursue Answers and Find New Treatments
National Institute on Aging award to support research that aims to reduce need for knee and hip replacement surgeries
Innocent Mole or Skin Cancer? FDA Clears Device with BU-Developed Technology That Makes Detection Easier
DermaSensor uses optical technique pioneered by BU biomedical engineer Irving J. Bigio and could cut number of missed cancers by half.
BU Researchers Helped Develop the First FDA-Approved Gene Therapies to Treat Sickle Cell Disease
For the tens of thousands of people with sickle cell disease, a group of painful inherited blood disorders, there’s new hope for a cure.
They Created a More Hygienic Toilet Seat. Here’s the Poop
Benjamin Franklin once said that the only certainties in life are death and taxes, but we might add a third: dirty public bathrooms.
FDA Clears Bionic Pancreas Developed in BU Lab for People with Type 1 Diabetes
The iLet Bionic Pancreas is billed as the “first and only automated insulin-delivery system that determines 100 percent of all insulin doses.”
Announcing Hariri Institute Fellows and Focused Research Program Awards
13 Fellows and Four Focused Research Programs Awarded.
Xin Zhang to Compete for STAT Madness All-Star Award
Xin Zhang, an ENG professor of mechanical engineering, will showcase a metamaterial designed to boost MRI scans at the STAT Breakthrough Summit.
Immune Cells Engineered to Battle Cancer Can Be Turned “On” or “Off”
T cells, a type of white blood cell that defends the body from invaders, can be modified by scientists to attack cancer cells. Researchers at Boston University are developing a way to make this revolutionary cancer treatment safer for patients.