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  A radical new approach to “bionic eye” implants holds out the hope of restoring near-normal sight to the blind,...

Scientists hope that one day in the distant future, miniature, medically-savvy computers will roam our bodies, detecting early-stage diseases and...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC describe in PLoS ONE how an electrode array sitting...

A UT Arlington bioengineer has been awarded a $407,163 National Science Foundation Early Career Development grant to use light and...

Rex’s (short for robotic exoskeleton) creators say he is the most complete bionic man to date. Altogether, scientists can now...

By studying hand motions, Maurice Smith is creating an instruction manual to help repair a broken-down brain

  Dr. Todd Coleman is getting big attention for his work with wireless sensors the size of tiny temporary tattoos.Coleman...

By reproducing in the laboratory the complex interactions that cause human genes to turn on inside cells, Duke University bioengineers...

A team of researchers from Scotland has used a novel 3D printing technique to arrange human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)...

Scientists report that they have developed a method that cuts down the time it takes to make new ‘parts’ for...

Scientists are learning how to turn neurons on and off at will by shining light into caverns of the mind,...

  Anew finding by Harvard stem cell biologists turns one of the basics of neurobiology on its head by demonstrating...

Researchers at MIT, the Broad Institute and Rockefeller University have developed a new technique for precisely altering the genomes of...

Protein engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have tapped into a hidden talent of one of nature's most...

The human body contains immune cells programmed to fight cancer and viral infections, but they often have short lifespans and...

UC San Diego bioengineers have dashed the hopes of scientists looking for an easy way to determine how genes are...

A five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to Tufts University will help launch an interdisciplinary graduate program to enable...

  Bioengineers at ETH Zurich developed a new synthesis procedure for a catalyst. This procedure may be used for the...

If you ever need to isolate a single bacterial cell, why not build it a prison cell? This is the...

Genetic tests can offer deep insights into your future health. But would you really want to know?