Tag: bioengineering
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An artificial pancreas system could mean less hassle and fewer health complications for people with diabetes
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Second-hand smoke has long been known to be harmful, but the mechanism by which it inflicted its damage wasn’t clearly understood. Recent research here has gone a long way toward answering that question.
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Picking the right strain of a pathogen against which to develop a seasonal vaccine has always been an educated guess, and not always successful. Now UCSB researchers have found the key to creating vaccines effective against multiple strains.
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50 years ago, autism was little understood, and its casualties were relegated to institutions. Today, UCSB is leading the way both in understanding the mechanisms of the disease and in developing effective treatments for it.
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UCSB's Dean of Science talks with us about what brought him (back) to Santa Barbara and what he sees in the future for the sciences here.
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Bioengineering research teams at UCSB are developing some of the world’s most advanced and sophisticated techniques and devices for the detection and diagnosis of pathogens and harmful substances.
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Stem cells hold wide-ranging promise for therapies and cures
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Galen Stucky takes the chemistry of "boiling" rocks into new frontiers of first aid.
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The chemistry that guides – and might destroy – cancers.
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Developing battle-ready sensors – ultra-sensitive and able to “work in dirt.”
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