Scientists map one of most important proteins in life
Scientists reveal the structure of one of the most important and complicated proteins in cell division – a fundamental process in life and the development...
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Clemson University bioengineering center lands $11 million for tissue research
Clemson University has been awarded $11 million to expand a bioengineering center that helps mentor junior faculty members as they research how lab-grown tissue can...
Artificial Lung
Researchers develop a compact artificial lung that could be worn in a fanny pack and received a $3.4 million federal grant to help make it...
Scientists criticize Europe’s $1.6B brain project
Dozens of neuroscientists are protesting Europe's $1.6 billion attempt to recreate the functioning of the human brain on supercomputers, fearing it will waste vast amounts...
Rats Use Whiskers Almost as Humans Use Fingers
The way rats use their whiskers is more similar to how humans use their hands and fingers than previously thought, new research from the University...
Bioengineered red blood cells could carry precious therapeutic cargo
Whitehead Institute scientists have genetically and enzymatically modified red blood cells to carry a range of valuable payloads—from drugs, to vaccines, to imaging agents—for delivery...
New reprogramming method makes better stem cells
A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and Salk Institute for Biological...
Researchers regrow corneas
Researchers have identified a way to enhance regrowth of human corneal tissue to restore vision, using a molecule known as ABCB5 that acts as a...
A step closer to bio-printing transplantable tissues and organs: Study
Researchers have made a giant leap towards the goal of 'bio-printing' transplantable tissues and organs for people affected by major diseases and trauma injuries, a...
Muscle-powered bio-bots walk on command
Engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign demonstrated a class of walking “bio-bots” powered by muscle cells and controlled with electrical pulses, giving researchers...
Noninvasive brain control
Optogenetics, a technology that allows scientists to control brain activity by shining light on neurons, relies on light-sensitive proteins that can suppress or stimulate electrical...
Seeing the inner workings of brain made easier by new technique
Last year Karl Deisseroth, a Stanford professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, announced a new way of peering into a brain –...
‘Trust hormone’ oxytocin helps old muscle work like new
UC Berkeley researchers have discovered that oxytocin — a hormone associated with maternal nurturing, social attachments, childbirth and sex — is indispensable for healthy muscle...
Unexpected origin for important parts of the nervous system
A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that a part of the nervous system, the parasympathetic nervous system, is formed in a way that is...
New computer program aims to teach itself everything about anything
In today’s digitally driven world, access to information appears limitless. But when you have something specific in mind that you don’t know, like the name...
