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{{stub}} '''Biomedical engineering''' is an interdisciplinary field that uses engineering concepts to pursue [[Biomedical research|biological and medical research]].<ref name="mtu">{{Cite web | url = https://www.mtu.edu/biomedical/department/what-is/ | title = What Is Biomedical Engineering? | website = mtu.edu|language=en | access-date = 2019-01-31}}</ref> Biomedical engineering can aid [[biomedical research]].<ref name="Fundamentals">{{Cite book | title = Fundamentals of U.S. Health Care: An Introduction for Health Professionals | pages = 394|isbn=978-1-317-21676-6|edition= | volume = |language=en| title-link = | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LUQlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA394&lpg=PA394&dq=research+biomedical+medical+types&hl=en|access-date= | date = 2017-04-07| publisher = Taylor & Francis | last = Moini | first = Jahangir | author-link = | last2 = Moini | first2 = Morvarid | author-link2 = |veditors=|others=|doi=|oclc=|quote=|archive-url=|archive-date=|location=|editor-last = |editor-first = | editor1-link = |editor-last2 = |editor-first2 = }}</ref> ==Notable studies== *[[A nanoelectronics-blood-based diagnostic biomarker for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)]] :A study by the [[Open Medicine Foundation]] including engineers and [[biomedical research]]ers used nanotechnology to create a very small nano-needle that could test blood samples of [[ME/CFS]] for the presence of [[post-exertional malaise]] by measuring responses when applying a biochemical stress test, including how [[mitochondria]] from ME/CFS patients responded compared to samples from healthy people.<ref name="Davis2019">{{Cite journal | last = Davis | first = R.W. | author-link = Ronald Davis | last2 = Wilhelmy | first2 = J. | author-link2 = Julie Wilhelmy | last3 = Nemat-Gorgani | first3 = M. | author-link3 = Mohsen Nemat-Gorgani | last4 = Kashi | first4 = A. | author-link4 = Alex Kashi | last5 = Esfandyarpour | first5 = R. | author-link5 = Rahim Esfandyarpour | date = Apr 25, 2019 | title = A nanoelectronics-blood-based diagnostic biomarker for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) | url = https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/04/24/1901274116 | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|language=en | volume = 116 | issue = 21 | pages = 10250-10257|doi=10.1073/pnas.1901274116|issn=0027-8424|pmid=31036648|quote=|via=}}</ref> The idea was to create a new, inexpensive device that could be mass-produced in order to cost-effectively and accurately diagnose ME/CFS patients from a simple blood sample. The technology is still being refined and tested before large scale manufacturing can take place.<ref name="Davis2019" /> ==See also == *[[List of abnormal findings in chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis]] *[[Biomedical research]] *[[National Institutes of Health funding]] ==Learn more == * [https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2019/04/biomarker-for-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-identified.html Press release: Stanford University] * [https://www.omf.ngo/2019/04/29/omf-funded-research-nanoelectronics-blood-based-diagnostic-biomarker/ New OMF-funded Research Publication: A Nanoelectronics-blood-based diagnostic biomarker for ME/CFS] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQTURNzSbVY OMF/Ron Davis Research Update - May 2019 (Video)] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Research terminology]]
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