Memory improved in mice injected with a small, drug-like molecule discovered by UCSF San Francisco researchers studying how cells respond...

Small electrodes placed on or inside the brain allow patients to interact with computers or control robotic limbs simply by...

Bioengineers are interested in finding innovative ways to grow new cartilage from a patient’s own stem cells, and, thanks to...

The Monash Vision system, developed by a team of 60 at Monash University, allows blind users to make out objects...

In a first-of-its-kind operation in the United States, a team of doctors at Duke University Hospital helped create a bioengineered...

HIV replicates inside infection-fighting human immune cells called CD4+ T cells through complex processes that include inserting its genes into...

The World Health Organization lists shift work as a potential carcinogen, says Erik Herzog, PhD, Professor of Biology in Arts...

The genetic malady known as Fragile X syndrome is the most common cause of inherited autism and intellectual disability. Brain...

Weak bones, broken bones, damaged bones, arthritic bones. Whether damaged by injury, disease or age, your adult body can't create...

Prometheus, the mythological figure who stole fire from the gods, was punished for this theft by being bound to a...

In one of the first successful attempts at genetically engineering mosquitoes, HHMI researchers have altered the way the insects respond...

Robots could become a lot more 'sensitive' thanks to new artificial skins and sensor technologies developed by European scientists. Leading...

Transplantation of human stem cells in an experiment conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison improved survival and muscle function in...

Inspired by the way plants grow toward light sources, a phenomenon known as phototropism, bioengineers from the University of California,...