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Engineering Better Medicine

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  5. Engineering better medicine

The strategic theme “Engineering Better Medicine” focuses on interdisciplinary research initiatives at Queen Mary University of London, to innovate and develop novel health care and diagnostic technologies for the future.

The current research initiatives stretch across the scales from nanofabricated biosensors to rehabilitation engineering and robotics, and include the development of:
  • Ultra-selective membranes enable high value manufacturing for life science
  • Nanofabricated biosensors and Bioelectronic Sensors for preclinical testing or next-generation Point of Care Devices
  • Next generation organ-chip models for integrating 3D mechano-predictive environments
  • Machine learning and Computational modelling for the detection of disease or risk stratification on the example of preterm birth
  • Neuromotor control for rehabilitation engineering
  • Fundamental research into the nanoscale architecture of tissues
  • Advanced additive biofabrication processes for tissue and organ manufacturing with multifunctional biomaterials

Research highlights

Queen Mary opens Organs-on-Chips Centre

A new research centre that aims to revolutionise medical research and drug development using microengineered Organs-on-Chips opens at Queen Mary.
Queen Mary opens Organs-on-Chips Centre

Training the next generation of ‘AI-native’ biological scientists

Queen Mary partner with industry to deliver new doctoral training programme that will train researchers to apply cutting-edge AI to drug discovery.
Training the next generation of ‘AI-native’ biological scientists

Using mathematical modelling to save lives

By evaluating the cost and benefits of new and existing malaria interventions, Dr Jamie Griffin’s research has saved around 87,000 lives in Africa.
Using mathematical modelling to save lives

Developing artificial kidneys for animal-free drug testing

A Queen Mary researcher has been awarded funding to develop artificial kidneys, known as kidney-on-a-chip, to avoid testing drugs on animals.
Developing artificial kidneys for animal-free drug testing

Synthetic bone graft research gets stamp of approval

Dr Karin Hing's team have engineered materials that encourage bone growth when used in complex orthopaedic surgeries.
Synthetic bone graft research gets stamp of approval

Queen Mary scientist wins UKRI fellowship

Dr. Zhiwei Jiang has been selected as one of the most promising science and research leaders
Queen Mary scientist wins UKRI fellowship
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