Researchers Coax Clays to Make Human Bone
Weak bones, broken bones, damaged bones, arthritic bones. Whether damaged by injury, disease or age, your adult body can't create ...
A Step Closer to Artificial Livers: Researchers Identify Compounds That Help Liver Cells Grow Outside Body
Prometheus, the mythological figure who stole fire from the gods, was punished for this theft by being bound to a ...
Biongineered Mosquitoes Can’t Smell Humans
In one of the first successful attempts at genetically engineering mosquitoes, HHMI researchers have altered the way the insects respond ...
Perfect Artificial Skin: More Touchy-Feely Robots
Robots could become a lot more 'sensitive' thanks to new artificial skins and sensor technologies developed by European scientists. Leading ...
Biongineered stem cell advance points toward treatment for ALS
Transplantation of human stem cells in an experiment conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison improved survival and muscle function in ...
New light-controlled gel makes big strides in soft robotics
Inspired by the way plants grow toward light sources, a phenomenon known as phototropism, bioengineers from the University of California, ...
Bioengineered cytomegalovirus protects monkeys from HIV equivalent
A new study by researchers in the US has shown that an ancient virus can be modified to help in ...
Advanced Biological Computer Developed
Using only biomolecules (such as DNA and enzymes), scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed and constructed an ...
Bacterial Hair: It’s Electric
Some bacteria grow electrical hair that lets them link up in big biological circuits, according to a University of Southern ...
Swiss entrepreneur gives Harvard $125 million for bioengineering research
The Swiss entrepreneur and philanthropist will enable the Wyss Institute to advance its efforts to find solutions to complex bioengineering ...
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 ...
