biomedical engineering
![illustration shows platelets (white blobs) and red blood cells clotting at the site of a puncture in a blood vessel.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Brown-2024-HEADER.jpg)
Synthetic Platelets Stanch Bleeding, Promote Healing in Animal Models
![on left part of image, a man's lower leg is shown, with the toes of his feet pointing down. There are sensors attached to his knee and calf. On the right, a robotic prosthetic lower leg is shown flexing in a pose identical to the man's leg. In the upper right hand corner, a graph shows an erratic line that moves up and down.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Huang-prosthetic-ankle-2023-HEADER.jpg)
Robotic Prosthetic Ankles Improve ‘Natural’ Movement, Stability
![Photo showing variety of objects that can be handled by new grippers.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/wmsgripper1500.jpg)
Robotic Grippers Offer Unprecedented Combo of Strength and Delicacy
![a spoon holds a scoop of white powder over a grey table](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Schiffman-sucralose-2023-HEADER.jpg)
Chemical Found in Common Sweetener Damages DNA
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Collaborations Pharmaceuticals Uses AI to Solve Biotech Challenges
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Textiles Researchers Prepare Stem Cells to Become Organ Tissue
![Alumni Gateway near sunset.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/campusgateway1500.jpg)
Inhalable COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Promise in Rodent Model
![porous white cylinder floats amid red tubes](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Brudno-2022-HEADER-1500.jpg)
In Animal Study, Implant Churns Out CAR-T Cells to Combat Cancer
![Students work in a textile lab, writing on whiteboards and working in small groups at tables](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/TECS-senior-design3.jpg)
Where Textiles Meets STEM
![Nanodecoys bind with SARS-CoV-2 virus](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NCSU_nanodecoys_6-14b_Moment.jpg)
‘Nanodecoy’ Therapy Binds and Neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 Virus
![man uses lower-leg prosthesis to perform exercises](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Huang-case-study-HEADER-1500.jpg)
Study Shows Powered Prosthetic Ankles Can Restore a Wide Range of Functions for Amputees
![diagram of how the new technology works](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Brown-DIC-2021-HEADER.jpg)
New Tech Aims To Tackle ‘Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation’ Blood Disorder
![Textile sensor can detect pressure points on the socket of a prosthetic limb.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sensor-patch-1500.jpg)
Textile Sensor Patch, Made With Conductive Yarns, Could Detect Pressure Points for Amputees
![Diagram of the nanodroplet and ultrasound drill at work.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Jiang-nanodroplet-HEADER-1500.jpg)
Nanodroplets and Ultrasound ‘Drills’ Prove Effective at Tackling Tough Blood Clots
![BTEC-bioreactor](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Bioreactor.jpg)