Mission Statement
To use experimental and mathematical tools of cellular and molecular bioengineering for identification of the mechanisms for important cardiovascular diseases, for example hypertension, diabetes, stroke, myocardial infarction, venous disease, lymph edema, and physiological shock.
To develop new tools for interventions against these diseases

 

 

Recent Discoveries
The Autodigestion Theory in Shock
Receptor Cleavage and Insulin Resistance (Type II Diabetes)

Ligand-Binding Receptors as Mechanosensors

 

Current Research Areas
Fundamental mechanism for transport in lymphatics
Mechanotransduction in cell of the circulation

Organ injury mechanisms and apoptosis in hypertension

Trigger mechanisms for inflammation in the blood circulation

 

For Prospective Students
Problems solved by Bioengineering Students

 

 



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