New research findings are revealing secrets about how living cells “cooperate” with each other, joining into groups that migrate collectively and alter tissue.

A new technology that simulates tumors has been shown to perform as well as research animals in testing chemotherapy drugs, representing a potential tool for screening drugs before treating a patient.

Brian Knoy, director of development for the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, shares his story about how the Red Cross helped after his family lost everything in a house fire.

Integrated, holistic research efforts are key to success, and the Weldon School's close ties to the Purdue Institute for Integrated Neuroscience
(PINN) demonstrate that engineering and biology make an excellent fit.

Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering welcomes three new faculty members in 2017-18, and we are still actively recruiting. The faculty growth corresponds to an ongoing transformative period of expansion in the school's educational programs, research capabilities, and industry outreach.

Opioid overdoses kill more than 60,000 Americans each year — more than breast cancer, more than car accidents. The CDC projects the final 2017 death toll will be even higher. In parallel with governmental and community-based approaches to decrease the availability of opioids — drugs such as oxycodone and fentanyl — biomedical engineers at Purdue are devising ways to prevent overdose deaths. As well as leveraging their expertise in biomedical devices and novel drug delivery systems, Purdue’s Weldon School engineers hope to create a multidisciplinary core of researchers who can present a comprehensive set of solutions for Indiana and the nation.

For graduate students seeking a career in implantable devices, Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering should be on the short list. Large, comprehensive, and well-funded, the electroceutical research program is a prime training ground for students in engineering, biomedical and computer science fields.

Advancing Purdue University's deep engineering strengths for developing scalable solutions, researchers in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering are partnering with scientists and others to apply those creative discoveries to improve global health and enhance our quality of life.

Purdue University researchers pursuing a way to repurpose high-definition Blu-ray technology, popular for watching videos and listening to music, to diagnose early-stage cancers and monitor their treatments have received nearly $200,000 in state and federal grants.

Researchers led by Zhongming Liu, an assistant professor in Purdue University’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, have demonstrated how to decode what the human brain is seeing by using artificial intelligence to interpret fMRI scans from people watching videos, representing a sort of mind-reading technology.