Department of Biomedical Engineering

Apr 28, 2021

Pericardial injection effective, less invasive way to get regenerative therapies to heart

Injecting hydrogels containing stem cell or exosome therapeutics directly into the pericardial cavity could be a less invasive, less costly and more effective means of treating cardiac injury, according to new research from NC State and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

May 27, 2014

‘Nanodaisies’ deliver drug cocktail to cancer cells

Biomedical engineering researchers have developed daisy-shaped, nanoscale structures that are made predominantly of anti-cancer drugs and are capable of introducing a “cocktail” of multiple drugs into cancer cells. 

May 13, 2014

New method sneaks drugs into cancer cells before triggering release

Biomedical engineering researchers have developed an anti-cancer drug delivery method that essentially smuggles the drug into a cancer cell before triggering its release. 

May 13, 2014

Ligler to chair panel for National Academies of Science

Dr. Frances Ligler, Lampe Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Joint NC State-UNC Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been selected to chair the Panel on Review of the Material Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). 

May 13, 2014

Ligler receives honorary doctorate from the Agricultural University of Athens

Dr. Frances Ligler, Lampe Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Joint NC State/UNC Department of Biomedical Engineering, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the Agricultural University of Athens in Athens, Greece, in recognition of her outstanding lifetime achievements in science. 

Apr 24, 2014

New ultrasound device may aid in detecting risk for heart attack, stroke

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed an ultrasound device that could help identify arterial plaque that is at high risk of breaking off and causing heart attack or stroke. 

Mar 14, 2014

Surface characteristics influence cellular growth on semiconductor material

Changing the texture and surface characteristics of a semiconductor material at the nanoscale can influence the way that neural cells grow on the material. 

Mar 14, 2014

Heat-Based technique offers new way to measure microscopic particles

Researchers have developed a new heat-based technique for counting and measuring the size of microscopic particles. The technique is less expensive than light-based techniques and can be used on a wider array of materials than electricity-based techniques. 

Mar 11, 2014

New technique uses ATP as trigger for targeted anti-cancer drug delivery

Biomedical engineering researchers have developed a new technique that uses adenosine-5’-triphosphate (ATP), the so-called “energy molecule,” to trigger the release of anti-cancer drugs directly into cancer cells.