DNA Clamp to Grab Cancer Before It Develops
As part of an international research project, a team of researchers has developed a DNA clamp that can detect mutations...
Researchers generate kidney tubular cells from stem cells
Researchers have successfully coaxed stem cells to become kidney tubular cells, a significant advance toward one day using regenerative medicine,...
Foundation Offers Prize For A Bioengineered Organ
The organ has to enable a “large mammal” to live “a normal lifestyle” for at least three months. The Methuselah...
The Origin of Flowers
The newly sequenced genome of the Amborella plant addresses Darwin's "abominable mystery" -- the question of why flowers suddenly proliferated...
Cells from the eye are inkjet-printed for the first time
A group of researchers from the UK have used inkjet printing technology to successfully print cells taken from the eye...
Researcher to Grow Human Stem Cells in Space
Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D, believes that cells grown in the International Space Station (ISS) could help patients recover from a...
DNA motor ‘walks’ along nanotube, transports tiny particle
Researchers have created a new type of molecular motor made of DNA and demonstrated its potential by using it to...
First Drug to Target Important Cancer Gene
In the field of drug design, the protein K-Ras is legendary. It’s been on everyone’s “target” list for more than...
Scientists Create First Cyborg Sperm
The first ever biological robots that are powered by sperm have been created by scientists in Germany. Oliver Schmidt and...
Bioengineers Make Strides Toward Artificial Cartilage
A Duke research team has developed a better recipe for synthetic replacement cartilage in joints, according to a report from...
Liquid to gel to bone
Rice University bioengineers have developed a hydrogel scaffold for craniofacial bone tissue regeneration that starts as a liquid, solidifies into...
Bioengineering a New Brain
BIOENGINEERS dream of growing spare parts for our worn-out or diseased bodies. They have already succeeded with some tissues, but...
Scientists discover double meaning in genetic code
Scientists have discovered a second code hiding within DNA. This second code contains information that changes how scientists read the...
Dynamic Model of Tissue Failure
The idea of growing replacement tissue to repair an organ, or to swap it out for an entirely new one,...
Neural Prosthesis Restores Behavior After Brain Injury
Scientists from Case Western Reserve University and University of Kansas Medical Center have restored behavior -- in this case, the...
Biochemical mechanisms of memory
A discovery by a research team led by Ryohei Yasuda at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience has significantly...
An artificial heart containing miniaturised space technology will soon beat inside a person
An artificial heart containing miniaturised space technology will soon beat inside a person, having now been approved for human trials...
An Artificial Hand with Real Feelings
A new nerve interface can simulate a sense of touch from 20 spots on a prosthetic hand. There have been...
Christmas Tree for Bioengineers
Christmas Tree for Bioengineers
Skin Communicates With the Liver
Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark have discovered that the skin is capable of communicating with the liver. The...