Jeroen A. L. Jeneson, Frank ter Veld,* Joep P. J. Schmitz,* Ronald A. Meyer, Peter A. J. Hilbers, and Klaas Nicolay Biomedical NMR, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology; Department of Plant Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; BioModeling and BioInformatics, Department o...

BACKGROUND This study examines, as a part of the European Union funded Adopting Hospital Based Health Technology Assessment (AdHopHTA) project, the results and barriers of collaboration between Finnish hospitals and the national health technology assessment (HTA) agency, Finohta. A joint collaborative HTA program has existed since 2006 between the Finnish hospitals and the national agency. ME...

A. Klink, J. Heynens, B. Herranz, H. M. Sanders, G. J. Strijkers, K. Nicolay, M. Merkx, Z. Mallat, W. J. Mulder, and Z. A. Fayad Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States, Biomedical NMR, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands, Vascular Imaging and Atherothrombosis, CNIC, M...

Recently, universities in the United States and abroad have developed dedicated educational programs in life science technology innovation. Here, we discuss the two major streams of educational theory and practice that have informed these programs: design thinking and entrepreneurship education. We make the case that the process of innovation for new medical technologies (medtech) is different ...

The fabrication technique of ultrathin film (commonly known as nanosheets) has been significantly developed over the years. Due to the mechanical properties of nanosheets, such as high levels of adhesion and flexibility, this made nanosheets the ideal candidate in biomedical applications. In this review, innovative biomedical applications of nanosheets are discussed, which include, drug deliver...

Why is technology transfer important for cancer and other biomedical researchers? What do biomedical researchers need to know about technology transfer? This report will address these questions in the context of the United States technology transfer system, which is now approximately 20 years old. To accomplish this goal, this report first summarizes the importance of technology transfer and th...

The aim of this paper is to establish critical success factors in 57 biomedical laboratories in academic hospitals and health research institutes in the Netherlands. Great differences could be demonstrated between the more-than-average and the lessthan-average performers, with regard to the effectiveness of personnel policy, the flexibility of administrative procedures and the establishing of n...

Sol-gel derived silica possess many promising features, including low-temperature preparation procedure, porosity, chemical and physical stability. Applications exploiting porous materials to encapsulate sensor molecules, enzymes and many other compounds, are developing rapidly. In this paper some potential applications, with emphasis on biomedical and environmental ones, are reviewed. The mate...

Magnetic bio-detection constitutes a large area of research and development driven by its potential to provide versatile diagnostic tools in biology and medicine. Specific sensing technology is used depending on the applications which can be subdivided in two main groups: measuring a magnetic field from people and detecting magnetically labelled bio substances. The human body is mostly composed...