Bioengineering

Lowering internal eye pressure is currently the only way to treat glaucoma. A tiny eye implant developed by Stephen Quake's...

MIT chemical engineers have devised a new implantable tissue scaffold coated with bone growth factors that are released slowly over...

Recent advances that allow the precise editing of genomes now raise the possibility that fruit and other crops might be...

Bioengineers have created three-dimensional brain-like tissue that functions like and has structural features similar to tissue in the rat brain...

In every cell in your body, tiny protein motors are toiling away to keep you going. Moving muscles, dividing cells,...

Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have developed a scalable, next-generation platelet bioreactor to generate fully functional human platelets...

Researchers develop a compact artificial lung that could be worn in a fanny pack and received a $3.4 million federal...

Whitehead Institute scientists have genetically and enzymatically modified red blood cells to carry a range of valuable payloads—from drugs, to...

Researchers have made a giant leap towards the goal of 'bio-printing' transplantable tissues and organs for people affected by major...

Engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign demonstrated a class of walking “bio-bots” powered by muscle cells and controlled...

A specially-bred strain of miniature swine lacking the molecule responsible for the rapid rejection of pig-to-primate organ transplants may provide...

What medications can be used to treat lung cancer, and how effective are they? Until now, drug companies have had...

A Harvard-led team is the first to demonstrate the ability to use low-power light to trigger stem cells inside the...

Scientists from the University of Southampton, in collaboration with the Universities of Sheffield and Crete, have developed a new hybrid...

Dr. Erwin Berthier studied biomedical engineering because he wanted to change the world. Since he co-founded Tasso, Inc., his dream...

For most paraplegic patients, being able to walk again remains a dream. The HAL robot suit can help them regain...

For the first time scientists have been able to restore the ability to grasp with a paralysed hand using spinal...

A U.S. and Korean research team has developed a chip-like device that could be scaled up to sort and store...

Almost every biological process involves sensing the presence of a certain chemical. Finely tuned over millions of years of evolution,...

Scientists from the University of Granada are the first to develop magnetic bacteria that, as part of food intake, help...