Functional genetic variation in humans: comprehensive map published
European scientists, led by researchers from the University of Geneva’s Faculty of Medicine (UNIGE) in the GEUVADIS project, present a map that points to the...
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Alumnus donates $6.5 million to UIC bioengineering department
A South Side native’s $6.5 million donation to the University of Illinois at Chicago bioengineering department will fund new ways of preventing, diagnosing and treating...
Bioengineers Show Brain Depends on Vision to Hear
University of Utah bioengineers discovered our understanding of language may depend more heavily on vision than previously thought: under the right conditions, what you see...
Stem Cell Transplants to Treat Schizophrenia
Research from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio suggests the exciting possibility of using cell transplants...
The First Mechanical Gear in a Living Creature
Previously believed to be only man-made, a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism has been discovered in a common insect - showing that evolution...
Bacteria-Powered Light Bulb
Creating energy solutions for communities throughout the world poses serious challenges, but a group of undergraduates thinks its idea might be a bright alternative. Called...
Colorado State University opens new bioengineering building sept. 12
The Suzanne and Walter Scott, Jr. Bioengineering Building, the newest addition to the Colorado State University campus, will celebrate its grand opening on Sept. 12....
Bioengineered bacterium hunts down pathogens
Synthetic biologist Matthew Chang at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has armed Escherichia coli bacteria with a ‘seek and kill’ system that targets cells of...
Molecular Structure Reveals How HIV Infects Cells
In a long-awaited finding, a team of Chinese and US scientists has determined the high-resolution atomic structure of a cell-surface receptor that most strains of...
Stem Cells Created in Living Mice
Researchers have reprogrammed adult mouse cells to behave like embryonic stem cells, without the need for a stay in a Petri dish. The technique, published...
AIDS Vaccine
AIDS Vaccine Candidate Appears to Completely Clear Virus from the Body in Monkeys. An HIV/AIDS vaccine candidate developed by researchers at Oregon Health & Science...
Study Provides New Genetic Clue to Anorexia
The largest DNA-sequencing study of anorexia nervosa has linked the eating disorder to variants in a gene coding for an enzyme that regulates cholesterol metabolism....
Artificial Nose Sniffs Out Blood-Poisoning Germs
Disease-causing bacteria stink -- literally -- and the odor released by some of the nastiest microbes has become the basis for a faster and simpler...
Possibility of Selectively Erasing Unwanted Memories
The human brain is exquisitely adept at linking seemingly random details into a cohesive memory that can trigger myriad associations -- some good, some not...
Genome of Elastomeric Materials Creates Novel Materials
A wide range of biologically inspired materials may now be possible by combining protein studies, materials science and RNA sequencing, according to an international team...