Bonnie Bassler: How bacteria "talk"
Bonnie Bassler studies how bacteria can communicate with one another, through chemical signals, to act as a unit. Her work...
‘Robot’ cells answer call to arms
By thinking of cells as programmable robots, researchers at Rice University hope to someday direct how they grow into the...
USC scientists turn off the ability to feel cold
USC neuroscientists have isolated chills at a cellular level, identifying the sensory network of neurons in the skin that relays...
Human brain cells made from reprogrammed skin cells
Published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, the new study is the first successful attempt to use human induced pluripotent...
RNA sets the ‘rhythm’ for protein folding
Your average musical melody doesn't chug along at a single, mechanical speed. It mixes whole notes, quarter notes, sixteenth notes...
Cell circuits remember their history
MIT engineers have created genetic circuits in bacterial cells that not only perform logic functions, but also remember the results,...
Bionic Eye
A radical new approach to “bionic eye” implants holds out the hope of restoring near-normal sight to the blind,...
Device Made of DNA Inserted Into Bacterial Cell
Scientists hope that one day in the distant future, miniature, medically-savvy computers will roam our bodies, detecting early-stage diseases and...
Paralyzed Man Uses Thoughts Alone to Control Robot Arm
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC describe in PLoS ONE how an electrode array sitting...
Bioengineer to use hybrid imaging system to see deep tissue
A UT Arlington bioengineer has been awarded a $407,163 National Science Foundation Early Career Development grant to use light and...
Meet Rex: the bionic man
Rex’s (short for robotic exoskeleton) creators say he is the most complete bionic man to date. Altogether, scientists can now...
If you give a bioengineer a cookie…
By studying hand motions, Maurice Smith is creating an instruction manual to help repair a broken-down brain
UCSD bioengineering professor makes big strides with tiny sensors
Dr. Todd Coleman is getting big attention for his work with wireless sensors the size of tiny temporary tattoos.Coleman...
Bioengineers recreate natural complex gene regulation
By reproducing in the laboratory the complex interactions that cause human genes to turn on inside cells, Duke University bioengineers...
3D Printing Human Embryonic Stem Cells
A team of researchers from Scotland has used a novel 3D printing technique to arrange human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)...
Discovery in synthetic biology a step closer to new industrial revolution
Scientists report that they have developed a method that cuts down the time it takes to make new ‘parts’ for...
You can Play the Brain Like a Piano
Scientists are learning how to turn neurons on and off at will by shining light into caverns of the mind,...
New avenue in neurobiology
Anew finding by Harvard stem cell biologists turns one of the basics of neurobiology on its head by demonstrating...
Editing the genome with high precision
Researchers at MIT, the Broad Institute and Rockefeller University have developed a new technique for precisely altering the genomes of...
Unlocking New Talents in Nature
Protein engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have tapped into a hidden talent of one of nature's most...