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The technology will empower amputees to maximize their individual potential for controlling the full dexterity of artificial hands.
FAU LANDS $1.2 MILLION NSF GRANT TO TRANSFORM PROSTHETIC HAND CONTROL
October 26, 2022
Most people use their hands seamlessly to perform daily tasks and more complex tasks like playing a musical instrument. But for more than 1.6 million Americans and millions worldwide who have suffered the loss of a limb,...
Placental malaria as a consequence of Plasmodium falciparum infections can lead to severe complications for both mother and child. Each year, placental malaria causes nearly 200,000 newborn deaths, mainly due to low birth weight, as well as 10,000 maternal deaths. Placental malaria results from parasite-infected red blood cells that get stuck within tree-like branch structures that make up the placenta.
‘PLACENTA-ON-A-CHIP’ MIMICS NUTRIENT EXCHANGE BETWEEN MOTHER-FETUS
September 26, 2022
Placental malaria as a consequence of Plasmodium falciparum infections can lead to severe complications for both mother and child. Each year, placental malaria causes nearly 200,000 newborn deaths, mainly due to low birth...
Waseem Asghar, Ph.D., senior author and an associate professor (on the left); and Sandhya Sharma, Ph.D., in the Asghar Laboratory. (Photo by Alex Dolce)
NEW LOW-COST DEVICE RAPIDLY, ACCURATELY DETECTS HEPATITIS C INFECTION
August 03, 2022
Researchers have developed a portable microfluidic platform that rapidly and accurately detects Hepatitis C infection without the need for trained technicians, expensive equipment or a laboratory.
Out of about 100 million sperm, only a few hundred make it to the fallopian tubes. Guided by a directional movement called rheotaxis, sperm cells swim against the cervical mucus flow to reach the egg for fertilization. This journey, however, is even more critical when considering infertility. Sperm motility – the ability to swim the right way – is key.
DEVICE DIRECTS SPERM TO ‘GO AGAINST THE FLOW’ TO HELP INFERTILITY
March 31, 2022
The female genital tract can be a hostile environment for conception. Out of about 100 million sperm, only a few hundred make it to the fallopian tubes. Guided by a directional movement called rheotaxis, sperm cells swim...
NOVEL WEARABLE ARMBAND HELPS USERS OF PROSTHETIC HANDS TO ‘GET A GRIP’
NOVEL WEARABLE ARMBAND HELPS USERS OF PROSTHETIC HANDS TO ‘GET A GRIP’
February 11, 2022
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science in collaboration with FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science investigated whether people could precisely control the grip...
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, in collaboration with FAU’s Schmidt College of Medicine, has received a three-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for an automated HIV self-testing assay.
FAU LANDS $1.3 MILLION NIH GRANT FOR RAPID, AUTOMATED HIV SELF-TEST
January 20, 2022
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, in collaboration with FAU’s Schmidt College of Medicine, has received a three-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health...
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