Thought LeadersYajing Shen, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
City University of Hong Kong
AZoSensors speaks with Dr. Yajing Shen, Associate Professor at CityU’s Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME). Dr. Shen is part of a team comprised of researchers from the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and the University of Hong Kong (HKU), that developed a novel tactile sensor with several characteristics matching those of natural skin. Dr. Shen was one of the co-leaders of the study, the findings of which have been recently published in the scientific journal Science Robotics, titled “Soft magnetic skin for super-resolution tactile sensing with force self-decoupling.”
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Neuroendocrine tumours are cancers that begin in specialised cells called neuroendocrine cells. These cells have traits similar to those of nerve cells and hormone-producing cells. Neuroendocrine tumours, while rare, can occur anywhere in the body. Most affect the cardiothoracic region, eg lungs, appendix, small intestine, pancreas as well as the rectum. There are many types of neuroendocrine tumours: some grow slowly while others develop very rapidly.
Neuroendocrine tumors are characterised by abundant production of somatostatin receptor 2, a naturally circulating hormone that is an important target for scientists studying new treatment approaches.
Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) is the most commonly used treatment for refractive neuroendocrine cancers, delivering cancer-killing radioactive substances directly to tumour sites. This treatment provides symptomatic relief, stopping or slowing tumour growth and improving overall survival for patients. It is a fo
UConn-Developed Diagnostic Test for Infectious Diseases Reaches Licensing Deal
The method enables simple, rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 and other diseases.
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A simple, low-cost method of detecting infectious diseases developed by researchers at UConn has reached a licensing deal with Vault Medical Services.
In March 2020, researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering a shared department in the schools of Dental Medicine, Medicine, and Engineering began to develop a new, low-cost, CRISPR-based diagnostic platform to detect infectious diseases, including HIV and the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).
Led by associate professor Changchun Liu, the “All-In-One-Dual CRISPR-Cas12a” (AIOD-CRISPR) method enables simple, rapid, ultrasensitive, visual detection of SARS-CoV-2, intended for use at home or in small clinics.
An Opensource of Humility and Accomplishment: Shaswat Lenka
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Shaswat Lenka, a final year student of the
Department of Biomedical Engineering who is one of the most successful developers in the campus right now. The founder of
Open Code with an experience of outperforming in multiple Hackathons, a passionate footballer and well, a typical procrastinator like most of us here, surrounded by his friends and juniors that became him the most, Shaswat takes us on to peek into the window of his exciting life of four years in the campus. Excerpts of his hang out with Monday Morning over a pleasantly late breakfast (that sadly he couldn’t finish, thanks to our candid interview):
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