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Researchers at Princeton University have discovered the 3D structure of an enzyme that cuts to ribbons the genetic material of viruses and helps defend against...

There are more than a trillion cells called neurons that form a labyrinth of connections in our brains. Each of these neurons contains millions of...

London designer and researcher Shamees Aden is developing a concept for running shoes that would be 3D-printed from synthetic biological material and could repair themselves...

Tissue engineering is the use of a combination of cells, engineering and materials methods, and suitable biochemical and physio-chemical factors to improve or replace biological...

IBM’s Watson is one of the smartest computer systems on the planet: its advanced artificial intelligence can answer natural language questions thanks to its ability...

The Institute of Bioengineering at Zhejiang University was established in 1986 and is one of the seven institutes in the Department of chemical and Biological...

Scientists at Imperial College London are aiming to cut the need to use animals in research by improving methods for growing heart cells in the...

In 3D, healthy hearts do their own version of the twist. Rather than a simple pumping action, they circulate blood as if they were wringing...

Scientists at EPFL have greatly improved the effectiveness of growth factors, paving new strategies for regenerative medicine. When we are wounded, our bodies naturally begin...

A team of Stanford Bio-X scientists has found the secret to how nerves withstand the wear and tear of bending joints and moving tissues: an...

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers created new nerve cells in the brains and spinal cords of living mammals without the need for stem cell transplants...

Using tiny particles designed to target cancer-fighting immune cells, Johns Hopkins researchers have trained the immune systems of mice to fight melanoma, a deadly skin...

Cambridge research that has for the first time successfully grown “mini-livers” from adult mouse stem cells has won the UK’s international prize for the scientific...

Simply making nanoparticles spin coaxes them to arrange themselves into what University of Michigan researchers call 'living rotating crystals' that could serve as a nanopump....

Cancer is the second leading cause of disease-related death in the United States, and may overtake heart disease without aggressive new therapies. One promising area...