Bioengineer, Author at BIOENGINEER.ORG

Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, November 1, 2018 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing...

MDM2 inhibitors could be promising new treatment for uveitis

Credit: Jill Johnson, UNTHSC Ocular inflammation uveitis is a serious disease that can destroy eye tissue and cause irreversible blindness....

Breakthrough in childhood brain cancer

Scientists led by Newcastle University have been able to identify the group of children needing more intensive, aggressive chemotherapy treatment...

Pessimism around youth suicide prevention approaches is unfounded, study shows

A comprehensive Australian study examining the global impact of suicide prevention approaches in young people has found that youth-specific interventions...

City of Hope, TGen announce intent to build cell therapy manufacturing facility in Phoenix

DUARTE, Calif. and PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Nov. 1, 2018 -- City of Hope, a world-renowned independent cancer research and treatment...

2D magnetism: Atom-thick platforms for energy, information and computing research

Chestnut Hill, Mass. (10/31/2018) Two-dimensional magnetism has long intrigued and motivated researchers for its potential to unleash new states of...

Shape-shifting robots perceive surroundings, make decisions for first time

ITHACA, N.Y. - General-purpose robots have plenty of limitations. They can be expensive and cumbersome. They often accomplish only a...

Empathetic machines favored by skeptics but might creep out believers

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Most people would appreciate a chatbot that offers sympathetic or empathetic responses, according to a team...

UTA researcher developing chip-scale system for quantum communications

Credit: UT Arlington Distributing information through quantum communication is an extremely secure method because it relies on the quantum nature...

Researchers find the origin of an isolated bird species on South Atlantic island

Credit: Photo by Peter G. Ryan EUGENE, Ore. -- Oct. 31, 2018 -- By wings or maybe riding on debris,...

Gut bacteria may control movement

Credit: Image courtesy of Dreamstime|©Captainhe. A new study puts a fresh spin on what it means to "go with your...

2-D magnetism: Atom-thick platforms for energy, information and computing research

Chestnut Hill, Mass. (10/31/2018) Two-dimensional magnetism has long intrigued and motivated researchers for its potential to unleash new states of...

University of Arizona researchers make next move in the fight against ovarian cancer

Credit: University of Arizona Ovarian cancer claims the highest mortality rate of all gynecologic cancers, as high as 70 percent...

Mycoplasma pathogens sneaking past our line of defense

(Stockholm University) New research reveals that Mycoplasma pathogens make DNA in a unique way that may protect them from our...

Muscle-building proteins hold clues to ALS, muscle degeneration

Credit: CU Boulder Toxic protein assemblies, or "amyloids," long considered to be key drivers in many neuromuscular diseases, also play...

Too many fishers in the sea: The economic ceiling of artisanal fisheries

Credit: Photo: Octavio Aburto/International League of Conservation Photographers A new study shows that even if fishers used the most efficient...

A wilderness ‘horror story’

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS NEW YORK (OCT. 31, 2018) - Producing the first comprehensive fine-scale map of the world's remaining...

AGU Fall Meeting in Washington, D. C.: Housing deadline Nov. 14

WASHINGTON, DC -- Discover the latest Earth and space science news at the 51st annual AGU Fall Meeting this December,...

Kent scientists unlock secrets of falcon DNA

Researchers in the University of Kent have made significant strides towards understanding the genomes - and hence the biology -...

Salvage logging, planting not necessary to regenerate Douglas firs after Klamath fires