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Bioengineers create implants to help nerves grow back

Category: Bioengineering

09 May

Written by Super User

Computer-generated implants that help nerves rewire themselves could improve the chances of restoring movement and sensation in severely injured limbs.

Growing Meat in a Laboratory

Category: Bioengineering

27 Apr

Written by Super User

Bioengineers in the Netherlands are now growing meat in a laboratory where the future of food is being prepared – in a Petri dish.

How to Control a Prosthesis With Your Mind

Category: Bioengineering

15 Apr

Written by Super User

Imagine a piece of technology that would let you control an apparatus simply by thinking about it. Lots of people, it turns out, have dreamed of just such a system, which for decades has fired the imaginations of scientists, engineers, and science fiction authors.

Plasmonics Promises Better Biosensors

Category: Bioengineering

15 Apr

Written by Super User

Drawing blood is a daily reality for most people with diabetes. And while checking glucose levels probably isn’t the worst part of the disease, it’s such a pervasive nuisance that someone from nearly every scientific discipline has tried to invent a better way to do it. They’ve pasted transdermal patches to the skin and shone near-infrared light through the earlobes, but still nothing can beat the accuracy of a little drop of blood.  