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Largest Genetic Sequencing Study of Human Disease
Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London have led the largest sequencing study of human disease to date, investigating the...
3D Printed bioresorbable splint used for first time
Baby’s life saved with groundbreaking 3D printed device from University of Michigan that restored his breathing. Every day, their baby...
Ant Study Could Help Future Robot Teams Work Underground
Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much-despised insect...
Bioengineering Study Finds that Bacteria Organize According to ‘Rich-Get-Richer’ Principle
Bacteria on a surface wander around and often organize into highly resilient communities known as biofilms. It turns out that...
Researchers chart epigenomics of stem cells that mimic early human development
Scientists have long known that control mechanisms known collectively as "epigenetics" play a critical role in human development, but they...
Breakthrough Bioengineered Blood Vessels Enter Clinical Trials
Humacyte, Inc., announced the accomplishment of significant milestones in the clinical development of its innovative bioengineered blood vessel technology –...
Cow blood prevents globs of nano gold
A protein from bovine blood can keep gold nanoparticles from clumping in a solution—a discovery that could lead to improved...
Bioengineering Tissue to Rebuild Damaged Bones and Organs
From the chimera in Greek mythology to the sphinx in ancient Egypt, humans have imagined making creatures from pieces of...
This Bacterium Can Do Division, Compute Logarithms And Take Square Roots
MIT engineers have transformed bacterial cells into living calculators that can compute logarithms, divide, and take square roots, using three...
Paper-Thin Flexible ‘Skin’ Monitors Heart Health
Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, has developed a heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill and...
The artificial pancreas that keeps tabs on sugar
Development of a sophisticated artificial pancreas holds potential to transform the lives of patients with Type 1 diabetes.Type 1 diabetes...
Josep Samitier named new director of Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
The Board of Trustees of the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) has chosen Dr. Josep Samitier as the center’s...
Human stem cells created by cloning
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University and the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) have successfully reprogrammed human skin...
Bioengineered biomaterial could improve success of medical implants
It’s a familiar scenario – a patient receives a medical implant and days later, the body attacks the artificial valve...
A new way to kill cancer cells
When cells suffer too much DNA damage, they are usually forced to undergo programmed cell death, or apoptosis. However, cancer...
Brain catches grammar errors even when you don’t realize it
Your brain often works on autopilot when it comes to grammar. That theory has been around for years, but University...
Carnivorous Plant Throws out ‘Junk’ DNA
Genes make up about 2 percent of the human genome. The rest consists of a genetic material known as noncoding...
Organic Computer
The US team fitted two rats with devices called brain-to-brain interfaces that let the animals collaborate on simple tasks to...
Making old hearts younger
Two Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers — a stem cell biologist and a practicing cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s...
Bioengineered Functional Ovarian Tissue in Lab
Although there are medications that can compensate for the loss of female sex hormone production, the drugs are often not...