What is Biomedical Engineering?

Biomedical engineering is a big field that specializes in discovering and developing new treatments using technology and engineering. There are several important subfields that all do different work, but work together to improve healthcare. Here are some of the major subfields:

Tissue/Regeneration Engineering:

• Focuses on repairing or making artificial tissues to help people regenerate tissues without relying on transplants

• Uses stem cells, scaffolds, and active molecules to create tissues

• Helps study normal tissue development, diseases at a tissue level, and test different therapies

Immunoengineering:

• Focuses on engineering immune cells or biomaterials to help the immune system like immunotherapy

• Helps study vaccine efficacy, autoimmune disorders, drug delivery systems

• Overlaps with tissue engineering as immunoengineering focuses on immune response to promote tissue regeneration

Biomolecular Engineering:

• Focuses on working with molecules like proteins, DNA, and RNA to develop new therapies and diagnostics

• Engineers molecules to create biosensor or build biological systems 

• Helps study the structure and conformations of biomolecules over a range of environments like subfreezing temperatures

Cardiovascular Engineering:

• Focuses on the engineering heart cells and developing tissue therapies

• Helps study the heart and blood vessels to improve early diagnosis of CVDs

• Overlaps with all of the subfields above to create innovations that will advance cardiovascular health

There are many other important subfields like biomechanics, nanotechnology, medical imaging, etc. These subfields allow engineers to tackle specific conditions by making treatments more precise and personalized and create life-changing solutions for healthcare.

Different Subfields in Biomedical Engineering

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