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WF Aids Tulane BME
The foundation has given Tulane University $250,000 to help its BME department recover from last year's natural disasters.
January 2006

New International Program
The foundation and the Institute of International Education have begun an international fellows and scholars program for American biomedical engineers early in their careers.
September 2005

. . . 2005 . . .
Nanotech Tumor Finder Coating for Implants Brain Injury Risk Nano Immune Booster Robotic Arm Therapy Tissue Scaffold NAE and BME Nanotubes for Joints	Tiny Towers Grow Tall Infant Heart Pump Heart Chip Has a Beat Cells Bind With Plastic Pebbles in a Pond CT Breast Scanner Stem Cells & Surgery
. . . 2004 . . .
Radiation Therapy Heart Defibrillator Genius Award to Belcher Graduate Training Spinach Power Tapped Annual Review Redux Growing Nerve Cells Stem Cell Control Brain/Body Disconnect Growing Blood Vessels Look at the Retina Knee Cartilage Regrows	QD's Tag Prostate TR100 Lists BME Duo Coulter Grant Programs Breast Cancer Detector George Thorn Dies Thought-Guided Cursor Circular Heart Pump BME Job Forecast Understanding Diabetes Guarding the Milk Supply? Students Shun Science
. . . 2003 . . .
Five Building Grants Breast Cancer Scanner Drug Delivery Particles Five Building Grants Genius Winner Bears and Strong Bones Bioengineered Bandages Tech's "Top 100" First Textbook Soccer Headgear Fail Tests Three Named to NAE Contact Lenses Primed	Goldwater Scholars Smaller Brains? Jawbone from Stem Cells Final RG Awards MISS Sorts Sperm Cells Sharper PET Imaging George Thorn Honored BME at the NAE Tissue Engineered Bone Journal Rated No. 1 BMES Takes the Lead Infants More Vulnerable
. . . 2002 . . .
Predicting Evolution Heart Pump Okayed Home Defibrillator Model Predicts Disease Insulin Patch Heart Pump Study Early Plaque Detection Virtual Stomach Attractive Chemistry Growing Strong Bones Million $ Professor Nanomachines	The End Will Be Just the Beginning Speeding Blood Cells Gene Therapy Patent Products, Devices Three in 100 Nanoscale Cartilage Thought-Controlled Prosthetics Dual Defibrillator Stem Cell Advance Fromm Gets Gordon Prize Langer Wins Draper Prize BME Job Growth
. . . 2001 . . .
Translucent Human Body Women in BME Programs Phasing Out BME Department Chairs Growing Blood Vessels Grants Approved Bioengineers Get Top Pay Fellowships 2002 Thumbs Up Bone Building Vibrations Meaney Wins Fung Award Cells and Gels Boston, U-C Davis Quantum Dot DNA Test Research Grants	Penn Gets L-D Award Smart Stethoscope Tidy Coronary Catheter An Off Switch for Epilepsy? Nerve Cell Stretch Stem Cell Sorter Cardiac Resynchronizer Degree Programs Russ Prize Artificial Heart Intel Finalist Teaching Materials Text Twenty-One Research Grants
. . . 2000 . . .
Gene Therapy Stent Predicting Bone Breaks MRI-Guided Heart Surgery Fung Gets National Medal Microspheres Nerve Cell Growth	Prostate Cancer Research Awards Made L-D to Georgia Tech Two Grants to Wash U Virtual Aneurysms "Thought-controlled"
. . . 1999 . . .
Faster, Clearer Heart Pictures A Sharper "Scalpel" A Critical Step in Immunity Miles Gibbons Retires Minimally Invasive Bypass	Virtual Cancer Screening Artificial Cells Hominoid Helpers Scanner Spots "Lazy Eye"
. . . 1998 . . .
Leadership: Hopkins, UCSD New Magnetic Hearing Aid Painless Needles Plastic Hip Models Linehan New VP	Tinkertoy Robot Walking, Climbing Wheelchair Peering Inside Blood Vessels A Virtual Heart Attack
. . . 1997 . . .
Banana for Vaccination? Brody Joins Board Ultrasonic Guide	MRI-Guided Cancer Surgery A Drug Pump on a Chip Magnetic Tweezers
. . . 1996 . . .
Parachutes for Blood Vessels	Gene Therapy for Bone