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 molecular motors move, Stanford bioengineers...
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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 at Washington University in St....
Meet Geminoid F
Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University, is famous for creating a robot (Geminoid F). The Geminoid F ("F" stands for female) is also designed...
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, repair damaged arteries or rebuild...
Epigenetics enigma resolved
Scientists have obtained the first detailed molecular structure of a member of the Tet family of enzymes.The finding is important for the field of epigenetics...
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 at the DNA level with...
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, rather than dialysis and transplantation,...
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 Foundation is offering the prize...
The Origin of Flowers
The newly sequenced genome of the Amborella plant addresses Darwin's "abominable mystery" -- the question of why flowers suddenly proliferated on Earth millions of years...
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 for the very first time....
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 stroke, and that it may...
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 transport a nanoparticle along the...
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 30 years due to its...
Scientists Create First Cyborg Sperm
The first ever biological robots that are powered by sperm have been created by scientists in Germany. Oliver Schmidt and colleagues at the Institute for...
Bioengineers Make Strides Toward Artificial Cartilage
A Duke research team has developed a better recipe for synthetic replacement cartilage in joints, according to a report from the Institute. Combining two innovative...
