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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 claim. Researchers have dramatically boosted...

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

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

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

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

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 is an associate professor of...

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

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

Scientists report that they have developed a method that cuts down the time it takes to make new ‘parts’ for microscopic biological factories from 2...

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

  Anew finding by Harvard stem cell biologists turns one of the basics of neurobiology on its head by demonstrating that it is possible to...

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

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

The human body contains immune cells programmed to fight cancer and viral infections, but they often have short lifespans and are not numerous enough to...