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  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...

  University of California, San Diego bioengineers have demonstrated in a study in pigs that a new injectable hydrogel can repair damage from heart attacks,...

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...

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...

  Good mental health and clear thinking depend upon our ability to store and manipulate thoughts on a sort of “mental sketch pad.” In a...

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...

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...

The Wistar Institute is the first independent institution in usa devoted to medical research and training. The Wistar Institute has evolved from its beginnings as...

Long segments of RNA—encoded in our DNA but not translated into protein—are key to physically manipulating DNA in order to activate certain genes. These non-coding...

Living cells change their shape by applying mechanical tension to their extracellular matrix adhesions and pulling themselves flat against their substrate. This capillary cell was...

Jessica Richman, a PhD student at Oxford University, has raised more than $290,000 from over 1,300 people who have paid to take part in the...

In the search for renewable alternatives to gasoline, heavy alcohols such as isobutanol are promising candidates. Not only do they contain more energy than ethanol,...

The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity,...