McKelvey School of Engineering

NIH awards Brent nearly $2M
on June 9, 2021 at 7:00 am
Michael Brent will use yeast, a single-cell organism that shares many functional components with human cells, to develop a quantitative model that ...
New technology predicts effectiveness of chemotherapy after one treatment
on June 3, 2021 at 10:07 pm
While early detection of breast cancer is critical, early prediction of how well the neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment before surgery is working also may provide a window of opportunity when ...
New tech predicts chemotherapy effectiveness after one treatment
on June 3, 2021 at 11:14 am
While early detection of breast cancer is critical, early prediction of how well the neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment before surgery is working also may provide a window of opportunity when ...
Activating Neurons in the Brain with a Combo of Ultrasound & Genetics
on June 3, 2021 at 6:16 am
Devices that can stimulate deep regions of the brain have been in development as treatment options for disorders like epilepsy and Parkinson's disease, | Genetics And Genomics ...
Tool to activate deep brain neurons discovered
on May 30, 2021 at 5:29 am
During a recent study a multidisciplinary team at Washington University in St Louis developed a new brain stimulation technique using focused ultrasound that ...

Activating Neurons in the Brain with a Combo of Ultrasound & Genetics
on June 3, 2021 at 10:37 am
"Our work provided evidence that sonothermogenetics evokes behavioral responses in freely moving mice while targeting a deep brain site," noted study leader Hong Chen, assistant professor of ...
Tool to activate deep brain neurons discovered
on May 30, 2021 at 5:29 am
During a recent study a multidisciplinary team at Washington University in St Louis developed a new brain stimulation technique using focused ultrasound that ...
Novel tool to activate deep brain neurons by combining ultrasound, genetics discovered
on May 30, 2021 at 4:25 am
The team, led by Hong Chen, assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering ... While optogenetics has increased the discovery of new neural circuits, it ...
Novel tool to activate deep brain neurons by combining ultrasound, genetics discovered
on May 30, 2021 at 2:01 am
During a recent study, a multidisciplinary team at Washington University in St. Louis developed a new brain stimulation technique using focused ultrasound that is able to turn on and off specific ...
Researchers develop tool to activate deep brain neurons
on May 29, 2021 at 7:53 am
During a recent study a multidisciplinary team at Washington University in St Louis developed a new brain stimulation technique using focused ultrasound that ...