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...
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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...
New insight into how brain regulates its blood flow
In a new study published online in the Journal of the American Heart Association June 12, 2014, researchers at Columbia Engineering report that they have...
Synchronized brain waves enable rapid learning
The human mind can rapidly absorb and analyze new information as it flits from thought to thought. These quickly changing brain states may be encoded...
Scientists use stem cells to create HIV resistance
Yuet Wai Kan of the University of California, San Francisco and colleagues have created HIV-resistant white blood cells by editing the genomes of induced pluripotent...
Researchers Discover New Form of Cancer
This is the story of two perfectly harmless genes. By themselves, PAX3 and MAML3 don’t cause any problems. However, when they combine during an abnormal...
