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biomedical engineering

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biomedical engineering
[-med′ikəl]
Etymology: Gk, bios + L, medicare, to heal
a system of scientific techniques that is applied to biologic processes to solve practical medical problems or answer questions in biomedical research.

biomedical engineering,
n a system of techniques in which knowledge of biologic processes is applied to solve practical medical problems and answer questions in biomedical research.

biomedical engineering
Technology The application of engineering principles and methods to medical problems–eg, manufacture of prosthetic limbs and organs


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Tokyo, Japan, May 2, 2006 - (JCN) - Tohoku University's Biomedical Engineering Research Organization (TUBERO), in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and Cardiff University, has verified that neural cell species can be derived from mouse embryonic stem cells.
Annals of Biomedical Engineering is the official journal of the Biomedical Engineering Society (Landover, MD) and publishes information in the fields of bioengineering and biomedical engineering, including coverage of advances in the physical, chemical, mathematical and computational sciences.
Colin is majoring in Biomedical Engineering / pre-med at UC San Diego, CA.
 
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