A “Passport” for the Immune System
The body’s immune system exists to identify and destroy foreign objects, whether they are bacteria, viruses, flecks of dirt or splinters. Unfortunately, nanoparticles designed to...
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Unlimited source of human kidney cells
Bioengineers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have successfully generated human kidney cells from human embryonic stem cells in vitro1. Specifically, they produced...
Lessons from cockroaches could inform robotics
Running cockroaches start to recover from being shoved sideways before their dawdling nervous system kicks in to tell their legs what to do, researchers...
Bioengineer cells to fight diabetes
For years researchers have been searching for a way to treat diabetics by reactivating their insulin-producing beta cells, with limited success. The "reprogramming" of related...
James Watson: How we discovered DNA
Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of...
Muscle and nerve controlled arm prosthesis
For the first time an operation has been conducted, at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, where electrodes have been permanently implanted in nerves and muscles of an...
New Society with Robots
Humanity came one step closer in January to being able to replicate itself, thanks to the EU’s approval of funding for the Human Brain...
Bioengineered Animals
Two genetically engineered farm animals reported illustrate how far from Frankenstein’s stitched-together monster animal biotechnology has come. One of those animals, a cow, secretes...
Allan Jones: A map of the brain
How can we begin to understand the way the brain works? The same way we begin to understand a city: by making a map. In...
Regeneration and improves functionality after a heart attack
University of California, San Diego bioengineers have demonstrated in a study in pigs that a new injectable hydrogel can repair damage from heart attacks,...
Bioengineers print ears that look and act like the real thing
Cornell bioengineers and physicians have created an artificial ear that looks and acts like a natural ear, giving new hope to thousands of children born...
A photonic nanobeam inserted in a cell
Stanford researchers are the first to demonstrate that sophisticated light resonators can be inserted inside living cells without damage to the cell. The development marks...
Human cognition depends upon slow-firing neurons
Good mental health and clear thinking depend upon our ability to store and manipulate thoughts on a sort of “mental sketch pad.” In a...
The first bionic hand that can feel
A man who lost his hand in an accident is due to receive the first bionic hand designed to more fully simulate the sensation of...
Antibiotic study inspires new pathways in heart valve research
Bioengineering researchers in Associate Professor Jane Grande-Allen’s laboratory at Rice University analyze the biomechanics of heart-valve tissue and the underlying cellular and genetic causes of...
