Biomolecular Engineering

A new lung-on-a-chip system that includes immune responses that mimic what occurs in the human body may help vastly advance pre-clinical efforts to investigate treatments for severe viral infections like influenza. Organ-on-a-chip models—essentially microscopic versions of a lung, heart or other essential human tissues—allow researchers to investigate various aspects… Read More

A Vanderbilt-led research team has made a significant breakthrough in developing advanced dialysis membranes using atomically thin materials like graphene. These innovative membranes, called nanoporous atomically thin membranes (NATMs), leverage a protein-enabled sealing mechanism to address a key challenge in dialysis technology, which is maintaining high efficiency in filtering… Read More