The symphony of life
Like the strings on a violin or the pipes of an organ, the proteins in the human body vibrate in ...
NIH-funded summer program introduces pediatric bioengineering to undergraduates
A new summer training program at Emory University will introduce undergraduate students to research in the field of pediatric bioengineering. ...
First Plastic Cell With Working Organelle
For the first time, chemists have successfully produced an artificial cell containing organelles capable of carrying out the various steps ...
Researchers Develop Smart Gels That Can Deliver Medicine On Demand
Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a "smart" hydrogel that can deliver medicine on demand, in response to ...
T-Cell Research Sheds Light On Why HIV Can Persist Despite Treatment
Ryan Zurakowski, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, is co-author of a paper appearing ...
Researchers Develop Bioengineered Bone Marrow
Artificial bone marrow may be used to reproduce hematopoietic stem cells. A prototype has now been developed by scientists of ...
Bio-Inspired Glue Keeps Hearts Securely Sealed
The waterproof, light-activated glue developed by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...
Protein motors to create novel nanomachines
Inside our cells, proteins known as myosins can act as a delivery service for biological materials. To better understand how ...
Odor receptors discovered in lungs
Your nose is not the only organ in your body that can sense cigarette smoke wafting through the air. Scientists ...
Meet Geminoid F
Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University, is famous for creating a robot (Geminoid F). The Geminoid F ("F" stands ...
Researcher turns sights on prostate cancer, tissue engineering, blood vessel repair
When biology and materials science converge, the results can be new materials that can be used to deliver targeted drugs, ...
Epigenetics enigma resolved
Scientists have obtained the first detailed molecular structure of a member of the Tet family of enzymes.The finding is important ...
DNA Clamp to Grab Cancer Before It Develops
As part of an international research project, a team of researchers has developed a DNA clamp that can detect mutations ...
Researchers generate kidney tubular cells from stem cells
Researchers have successfully coaxed stem cells to become kidney tubular cells, a significant advance toward one day using regenerative medicine, ...
Foundation Offers Prize For A Bioengineered Organ
The organ has to enable a “large mammal” to live “a normal lifestyle” for at least three months. The Methuselah ...
The Origin of Flowers
The newly sequenced genome of the Amborella plant addresses Darwin's "abominable mystery" -- the question of why flowers suddenly proliferated ...
Cells from the eye are inkjet-printed for the first time
A group of researchers from the UK have used inkjet printing technology to successfully print cells taken from the eye ...
Researcher to Grow Human Stem Cells in Space
Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D, believes that cells grown in the International Space Station (ISS) could help patients recover from a ...
DNA motor ‘walks’ along nanotube, transports tiny particle
Researchers have created a new type of molecular motor made of DNA and demonstrated its potential by using it to ...
First Drug to Target Important Cancer Gene
In the field of drug design, the protein K-Ras is legendary. It’s been on everyone’s “target” list for more than ...
