Immune cell defenders protect us from bacteria invasion
An international team of researchers including University of Melbourne staff has identified the exact biochemical key that awakes the body’s immune cells and sends them...
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DNA fix for school timetables
Scientists in Russia plan to use DNA - our genetic material - to help them solve one of the perennial "back to school" problems faced...
Bioengineer Studying How the Brain Controls Movement
University of California, San Diego research team led by bioengineer Gert Cauwenberghs is working to understand how the brain circuitry controls how we move. The...
New insight into links among nitrogen, herbivores and plant biodiversity
Iowa – A highly collaborative approach to gathering data spearheaded by Iowa State University faculty and students has revealed new insight into plant biodiversity and...
Bioengineering major loves the challenges posed by stem cells and symphonies
Under the microscope, they look like art: a red dapple with green crescents, deep blue and purple spots, angular green dabs. But these are actually...
Erasing a genetic mutation
Researchers reverses a liver disorder in mice by correcting a mutated gene.Using a new gene-editing system based on bacterial proteins, MIT researchers have cured mice...
Switching Brain Cells with Less Light
Networked nerve cells are the control center of organisms. In a nematode, 300 nerve cells are sufficient to initiate complex behavior. To understand the properties...
Synthesizing textiles from sugar
In the future, the clothes you wear could be made from sugar. Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have discovered a new...
New discovery gives hope that nerves could be repaired after spinal cord injury
A new discovery suggests it could one day be possible to chemically reprogram and repair damaged nerves after spinal cord injury or brain trauma. Lead...
Japan lab says stem cell research falsified
A Japanese government-funded laboratory says it has found data in a widely heralded stem-cell research paper was falsified, holding one researcher responsible for the fabrication....
Can antibiotics cause autoimmunity?
The code for every gene includes a message at the end of it that signals the translation machinery to stop. Some diseases, such as cystic...
Scientists discover a protein in nerves that determines which brain connections stay and which go
A newborn baby, for all its cooing cuddliness, is a data acquisition machine, absorbing information to finish honing the job of brain wiring that started...
Self-healing bioengineered muscle grown in the laboratory
Bioengineers have grown living skeletal muscle that looks a lot like the real thing. It contracts powerfully and rapidly, integrates into mice quickly, and for...
Major breakthrough in stem cell manufacturing technology
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have developed a new substance which could simplify the manufacture of cell therapy in the pioneering world of regenerative...
Experts create intelligent ‘plaster’ to monitor patients
Medical engineers said Sunday they had created a device the size of a plaster which can monitor patients by tracking their muscle activity before administering...
