FDA to study “three-parent embryos”
On February 25 and 26 the US Food and Drug Administration discussed the possibility of legalising three-parent embryos – or, in scientific lingo, “oocyte modification...
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It slices, it dices, and it protects the body from harm
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...
Watching how the brain works
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...
Self-repairing running shoes 3D-printed from biological cells
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
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 is bringing Watson to your smartphone
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...
Faculty Positions in Institute of Bioengineering, Zhejiang University : Hangzhou, China
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...
Lab-grown human heart cells could mean fewer animals used in research
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...
Artificial muscles do the twist
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...
Faster wound healing from bioengineered growth factors
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...
Stanford researchers identify cellular elastic that keeps nerves resilient
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...
Researchers generate new neurons in brains, spinal cords of living adult mammals
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...
Magnetic medicine: Nanoparticles and magnetic fields train immune cells to fight cancer in mice
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...
Mini-livers show promise to reduce animal use in science
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...
Pinwheel ‘living’ crystals and the origin of life
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....
