Soft-robotics specialist receives NIH award for novel stent that aids swallowing for patients with esophageal cancer
June 09, 2026
June 09, 2026
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 9 -- Vanderbilt University School of Engineering posted the following news:
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Soft-robotics specialist receives NIH award for novel stent that aids swallowing for patients with esophageal cancer
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Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received an R21 grant-designed to support early-stage, exploratory research-from the National Institutes of Health for a magnetically powered stent that . . .
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Soft-robotics specialist receives NIH award for novel stent that aids swallowing for patients with esophageal cancer
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Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received an R21 grant-designed to support early-stage, exploratory research-from the National Institutes of Health for a magnetically powered stent that . . .