Mehta Family Center for Engineering in Medicine

Hearty Congratulations!! Prof. Sana Khanum for award of the coveted MIT-IIT Kanpur seed fund 2025-26 with Dr. Alison Ringel to undertake: Computational modelling of nutrient partitioning in the tumor microenvironment.
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A study by Prof. Katti & team demonstrating effective intra-articular drug delivery for chronic osteoarthritis using engineered nanomicelles with collagen-binding peptide surface modification.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42216866/
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A study by Profs. Pydi, Zafar, Wess & teams offering a comprehensive high-resolution atlas of obesity-induced cellular diversification of pancreatic islet cells into inflammatory states. The study provides potential therapeutic nodes for type 2 diabetes.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42229582/
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An insightful conversation with Prof. Neeraj Sharma on the pathbreaking work by his team in exploring Sensing, Perception, and Intelligence using AI/ML, along with development of pioneering tools like Coswara and Boli.
https://www.iitk.ac.in/mfcem/digital-medicine
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A collaborative study by Profs. David Baker, Arun Shukla and teams displaying de novo design and generation of of GPCR-binding miniproteins, as effective agonist and antagonist. The insightful study holds immense therapeutic promise.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42168559/
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A study by Prof. Bushra Ateeq and team uncovering the role of DKC1 -a regulator of RNA modification- in therapy-resistant Colorectal cancer; and offering complex sphingolipids as plasma-based diagnostic biomarkers.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42151151/
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A study by Prof. Bandyopadhyay and team displaying design and fabrication of chemically modified silk-based biomaterial that enables regeneration and restoration of lost cartilage within osteoarthritis-affected joints.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42116595/
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Prof. Hamim Zafar and team have designed a computational framework, Renoir, for analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics. It helps chart ligand-target activities across a spatial topology, identifying unique communication niches, thereby identifying biologically and therapeutically-relevant cellular cross-talks.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42086556/
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A study Prof. Santosh Misra and team displaying smartly passivated carbon nanoparticles (smapCNPs) in the formation of a temporally efficient phase-separated-meshwork for Hydrogel-based tissue-engineering.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42066207/
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"What is Impact?" A talk by Prof. Aparna Gupta, Principal Expert and Advisor to CEO, ANRF. Prof. Gupta would Discussion the Economic growth and Societal benefits from Research and innovation Funding. Mehta Family Center for Engineering in Medicine Biological Sciences & Bioengineering at IIT Kanpur Biological Sciences & Bioengineering at IIT Kanpur