Bioengineering
Bioengineering
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Neural Workaround Makes for More Practical Bionic Limbs
The secret to building brain-controlled prostheses may be to ignore the brain entirely.In the past several years scientists have delivered...
‘Designer Sperm’ Inserts Custom Genes Into Offspring
Get ready: The "new genetics" promises to change faulty genes of future generations by introducing new, functioning genes using "designer...
‘Bio-pen’ will allow surgeons to draw new bone inside patients
A hand-held ''bio pen'' developed in Wollongong will allow surgeons to draw regenerating bone material directly on to the body....
Human Stem Cells Converted to Functional Lung Cells
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells. The advance,...
Pills of the future: nanoparticles
Drugs delivered by nanoparticles hold promise for targeted treatment of many diseases, including cancer. However, the particles have to be...
Tongue-Drive Wheelchair
After a diving accident left Jason DiSanto paralyzed from the neck down in 2009, he had to learn how to...
Researchers develop new hearing test technology
Stanford researchers have received Bio-X funding to develop a tiny moving probe to study the mechanical properties of sensory cells...
Powerful Tool for Bioengineering
Viruses cannot only cause illnesses in humans, they also infect bacteria. Those protect themselves with a kind of 'immune system'...
Researchers Grow Artificial Skin Using Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
This important scientific breakthrough, developed by the University of Granada, will aid the immediate use of artificially-grown skin for major...
Potential for Investigational Bioengineered Vessel as Dialysis Graft
An investigational, man-made blood vessel used in vascular grafts for kidney dialysis patients may potentially show encouraging early results among...