Stem Cell Transplants to Treat Schizophrenia
Research from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio suggests the exciting...
The First Mechanical Gear in a Living Creature
Previously believed to be only man-made, a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism has been discovered in a common...
Bacteria-Powered Light Bulb
Creating energy solutions for communities throughout the world poses serious challenges, but a group of undergraduates thinks its idea might...
Colorado State University opens new bioengineering building sept. 12
The Suzanne and Walter Scott, Jr. Bioengineering Building, the newest addition to the Colorado State University campus, will celebrate its...
Bioengineered bacterium hunts down pathogens
Synthetic biologist Matthew Chang at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has armed Escherichia coli bacteria with a ‘seek and kill’...
Molecular Structure Reveals How HIV Infects Cells
In a long-awaited finding, a team of Chinese and US scientists has determined the high-resolution atomic structure of a cell-surface...
Stem Cells Created in Living Mice
Researchers have reprogrammed adult mouse cells to behave like embryonic stem cells, without the need for a stay in a...
AIDS Vaccine
AIDS Vaccine Candidate Appears to Completely Clear Virus from the Body in Monkeys. An HIV/AIDS vaccine candidate developed by researchers...
Study Provides New Genetic Clue to Anorexia
The largest DNA-sequencing study of anorexia nervosa has linked the eating disorder to variants in a gene coding for an...
Artificial Nose Sniffs Out Blood-Poisoning Germs
Disease-causing bacteria stink -- literally -- and the odor released by some of the nastiest microbes has become the basis...
Possibility of Selectively Erasing Unwanted Memories
The human brain is exquisitely adept at linking seemingly random details into a cohesive memory that can trigger myriad associations...
Genome of Elastomeric Materials Creates Novel Materials
A wide range of biologically inspired materials may now be possible by combining protein studies, materials science and RNA sequencing,...
Programmable glue made of DNA
New method could help to reconnect injured organs or build functional human tissues from the ground up. Boston, Mass. --...
UC Davis team “spikes” stem cells to generate myelin
Stem cell technology has long offered the hope of regenerating tissue to repair broken or damaged neural tissue. Findings from...
One gene lets mice smell danger
When a mouse smells a cat, it instinctively avoids the feline or risks becoming dinner. How? A Northwestern University study...
Epigenetic factors play a role in senescence
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found that epigenetic factors play a role...
Bioengineers invent portable device for common kidney tests
A lightweight and field-portable device invented at UCLA that conducts kidney tests and transmits data through a smartphone attachment may...
Scientists have grown a tiny brain in a dish
Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna, Austria, have grown three-dimensional human brain tissues from stem cells. The...
Human brain-to-brain interface
University of Washington researchers have performed what they believe is the first noninvasive human-to-human brain interface, with one researcher able...
‘Cyborg’: Growing Artificial Tissues With Embedded Nanoscale Sensors
A multi-institutional research team has developed a method for embedding networks of biocompatible nanoscale wires within engineered tissues. These networks...
