Parkinson’s disease patients whose symptoms such as tremor, muscle stiffness and slowed movement make it tough to hold an eating utensil steady have few options for relief outside of a hospital or clinic. Medication can help, but over time it tends to become less effective. To give these patients another in-home option, Johns Hopkins graduate […]
Johns Hopkins student-built devices have won two of the top three awards in a national contest that recognizes innovative biomedical engineering designs.
From a new test for glaucoma to an improved device to aid in resuscitating newborns at the time of birth, the projects presented by student teams during at Biomedical Engineering Design Day 2013 exemplified innovation, creativity, and bold thinking.
Maryland corporation established to accelerate commercialization of new technologies awards nearly $300,000 to JHU projects
Graduate students develop simple test to easily, accurately diagnose the underlying cause of fever.
Hopkins Engineering students blog from Asia and Africa as they study world’s pressing health care needs.
The winning design, Cyropop, is a low-cost device that uses dry ice to treat cervical pre-cancerous lesions in low-resource settings.
