Yubing Sun News Today

In a boon for medical researchers, new tool is the first that can measure both mechanical movement and electrical signal in vitro using a single sensor

Using a suspended nanowire, a University of Massachusetts research team has, for the first time, created a tiny sensor that can simultaneously measure electrical and mechanical cellular responses in cardiac tissue, work promising for cardiac disease studies, drug testing and regenerative medicine.

INDIA New England News Govind Srimathveeravalli AMHERST, MA–Govind Srimathveeravalli, an assistant professor in the mechanical and industrial engineering (MIE) department and an adjunct professor in the biomedical engineering (BME) department at UMass Amherst, has received a $1,366,330 grant over four years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. He will pursue a revolutionary technique for tissue-engin...