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Self-healing bioengineered muscle grown in the laboratory
Bioengineers have grown living skeletal muscle that looks a lot like the real thing. It contracts powerfully and rapidly, integrates...
Major breakthrough in stem cell manufacturing technology
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have developed a new substance which could simplify the manufacture of cell therapy in...
Experts create intelligent ‘plaster’ to monitor patients
Medical engineers said Sunday they had created a device the size of a plaster which can monitor patients by tracking...
Cybathlon 2016: first ‘Olympics’ for bionic athletes
Cybathlon, a Swiss-hosted Olympics for bionic athletes, will be held in October 2016.The Cybathlon is a championship for racing pilots...
Embryonic stem cells: Reprogramming in early embryos
An Oregon Health & Science University scientist has been able to make embryonic stem cells from adult mouse body cells...
Researchers identify good bacteria that protects against HIV
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston by growing vaginal skin cells outside the body and studying...
Light-Based Chip Inspired by Our Brain
In a recent paper in Nature Communications, researchers from Ghent University report on a novel paradigm to do optical information...
Brain implant to be developed as a novel treatment for epilepsy
A new technique which could revolutionise the treatment of epilepsy is to be tested thanks to a £10 million grant...
Scientists Move Closer to Inventing Artificial Life
An international team of scientists led by Jef Boeke, PhD, director of NYU Langone Medical Center’s Institute for Systems Genetics,...
This brain implant may help people walk again
Neural probe arrays are expected to significantly benefit the lives of amputees and people affected by spinal cord injuries or...
Logical circuits built using living slime molds
A future computer might be a lot slimier than the solid silicon devices we have today. In a study published...
First comprehensive atlas of human gene activity
A Large international consortium of researchers has produced the first comprehensive, detailed map of the way genes work across the...
Benchtop Human
Significant progress toward creating "homo minutus" -- a benchtop human -- was reported at the Society of Toxicology meeting on...
Could a Robot Deliver Motivational Speeches?
Imagine a day when a form of artificial intelligence could deliver a speech as compelling as one given by a...
Building heart tissue that beat
When a heart gets damaged, such as during a major heart attack, there’s no easy fix. But scientists working on...
Researchers reconstruct facial images locked in a viewer’s mind
Using only data from an fMRI scan, researchers led by a Yale University undergraduate have accurately reconstructed images of human...
Generator uses the human body as an electrode to power portable electronics
It's well-known that the human body is a good conductor of electricity, and now researchers have taken advantage of this...
Bioengineered bacteria produce biofuel alternative for high-energy rocket fuel
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Joint BioEnergy Institute have engineered a bacterium to synthesize pinene, a...
New technique brings us closer to HIV and hepatitis C vaccines
Plans for a new type of DNA vaccine to protect against the deadly HIV and Hepatitis C viruses have taken...
Zuckerberg, Musk and Kutcher Invest In Artificial Intelligence Firm
Billionaire tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, along with actor Ashton Kutcher, have joined forces to make a $40...
