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UCSD bioengineering professor makes big strides with tiny sensors
Dr. Todd Coleman is getting big attention for his work with wireless sensors the size of tiny temporary tattoos.Coleman is an associate professor of...
Bioengineers recreate natural complex gene regulation
By reproducing in the laboratory the complex interactions that cause human genes to turn on inside cells, Duke University bioengineers have created a system they...
3D Printing Human Embryonic Stem Cells
A team of researchers from Scotland has used a novel 3D printing technique to arrange human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) for the very first time.
Discovery in synthetic biology a step closer to new industrial revolution
Scientists report that they have developed a method that cuts down the time it takes to make new ‘parts’ for microscopic biological factories from 2...
You can Play the Brain Like a Piano
Scientists are learning how to turn neurons on and off at will by shining light into caverns of the mind, a technique that someday might...
New avenue in neurobiology
Anew finding by Harvard stem cell biologists turns one of the basics of neurobiology on its head by demonstrating that it is possible to...
Editing the genome with high precision
Researchers at MIT, the Broad Institute and Rockefeller University have developed a new technique for precisely altering the genomes of living cells by adding or...
Unlocking New Talents in Nature
Protein engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have tapped into a hidden talent of one of nature's most versatile catalysts. The enzyme cytochrome...
Programmed Immune Stem Cells
The human body contains immune cells programmed to fight cancer and viral infections, but they often have short lifespans and are not numerous enough to...
No universal code for gene control
UC San Diego bioengineers have dashed the hopes of scientists looking for an easy way to determine how genes are turned off and on by...
Tufts Bioengineers to Research Robots of the Future
A five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to Tufts University will help launch an interdisciplinary graduate program to enable scientists and engineers to create...
A Simpler Path To a Catalyst
Bioengineers at ETH Zurich developed a new synthesis procedure for a catalyst. This procedure may be used for the large-scale production of, for instance,...
A cell for a cell
If you ever need to isolate a single bacterial cell, why not build it a prison cell? This is the approach that Bryan Kaehr and...
Lone Frank: Find out what makes you tick
Genetic tests can offer deep insights into your future health. But would you really want to know?