Diagnostic Tools Engineered for Early Detection

Red blood cells not only carry oxygen from one part of the body to another, they also act as sponges in the circulatory system, soaking up toxins such as poisons… Read More

In response to a pressing need for more ventilators to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients, a team led by Johns Hopkins University engineers is developing and prototyping a 3D-printed splitter… Read More

Both a science and a technology, microfluidics offer promising solutions to diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in the medical field. By combining biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, nanotechnology, and more, microfluidics allows… Read More

Sung Hoon Kang, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, is developing 3D-printed cardiovascular implants that can change shape to keep up with the growth of their… Read More

Above image: Confocal microscopy image of human embryonic kidney cells. Nanoparticles filled with human immunoglobulin were delivered to the cells. The cell nucleus is blue, endosomes (which sequester materials taken… Read More