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The body’s immune system exists to identify and destroy foreign objects, whether they are bacteria, viruses, flecks of dirt or splinters. Unfortunately, nanoparticles designed to...

Bioengineers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have successfully generated human kidney cells from human embryonic stem cells in vitro1. Specifically, they produced...

  Running cockroaches start to recover from being shoved sideways before their dawdling nervous system kicks in to tell their legs what to do, researchers...

For years researchers have been searching for a way to treat diabetics by reactivating their insulin-producing beta cells, with limited success. The "reprogramming" of related...

For the first time an operation has been conducted, at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, where electrodes have been permanently implanted in nerves and muscles of an...

  Humanity came one step closer in January to being able to replicate itself, thanks to the EU’s approval of funding for the Human Brain...

  Two genetically engineered farm animals reported  illustrate how far from Frankenstein’s stitched-together monster animal biotechnology has come. One of those animals, a cow, secretes...

  University of California, San Diego bioengineers have demonstrated in a study in pigs that a new injectable hydrogel can repair damage from heart attacks,...

Cornell bioengineers and physicians have created an artificial ear that looks and acts like a natural ear, giving new hope to thousands of children born...

Stanford researchers are the first to demonstrate that sophisticated light resonators can be inserted inside living cells without damage to the cell. The development marks...

  Good mental health and clear thinking depend upon our ability to store and manipulate thoughts on a sort of “mental sketch pad.” In a...

A man who lost his hand in an accident is due to receive the first bionic hand designed to more fully simulate the sensation of...

Bioengineering researchers in Associate Professor Jane Grande-Allen’s laboratory at Rice University analyze the biomechanics of heart-valve tissue and the underlying cellular and genetic causes of...