Epigenetics enigma resolved
Scientists have obtained the first detailed molecular structure of a member of the Tet family of enzymes.The finding is important for the field of epigenetics...
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DNA Clamp to Grab Cancer Before It Develops
As part of an international research project, a team of researchers has developed a DNA clamp that can detect mutations at the DNA level with...
Researchers generate kidney tubular cells from stem cells
Researchers have successfully coaxed stem cells to become kidney tubular cells, a significant advance toward one day using regenerative medicine, rather than dialysis and transplantation,...
Foundation Offers Prize For A Bioengineered Organ
The organ has to enable a “large mammal” to live “a normal lifestyle” for at least three months. The Methuselah Foundation is offering the prize...
The Origin of Flowers
The newly sequenced genome of the Amborella plant addresses Darwin's "abominable mystery" -- the question of why flowers suddenly proliferated on Earth millions of years...
Cells from the eye are inkjet-printed for the first time
A group of researchers from the UK have used inkjet printing technology to successfully print cells taken from the eye for the very first time....
Researcher to Grow Human Stem Cells in Space
Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D, believes that cells grown in the International Space Station (ISS) could help patients recover from a stroke, and that it may...
DNA motor ‘walks’ along nanotube, transports tiny particle
Researchers have created a new type of molecular motor made of DNA and demonstrated its potential by using it to transport a nanoparticle along the...
First Drug to Target Important Cancer Gene
In the field of drug design, the protein K-Ras is legendary. It’s been on everyone’s “target” list for more than 30 years due to its...
Scientists Create First Cyborg Sperm
The first ever biological robots that are powered by sperm have been created by scientists in Germany. Oliver Schmidt and colleagues at the Institute for...
Bioengineers Make Strides Toward Artificial Cartilage
A Duke research team has developed a better recipe for synthetic replacement cartilage in joints, according to a report from the Institute. Combining two innovative...
Liquid to gel to bone
Rice University bioengineers have developed a hydrogel scaffold for craniofacial bone tissue regeneration that starts as a liquid, solidifies into a gel in the body...
Bioengineering a New Brain
BIOENGINEERS dream of growing spare parts for our worn-out or diseased bodies. They have already succeeded with some tissues, but one has always eluded them:...
Scientists discover double meaning in genetic code
Scientists have discovered a second code hiding within DNA. This second code contains information that changes how scientists read the instructions contained in DNA and...
Dynamic Model of Tissue Failure
The idea of growing replacement tissue to repair an organ, or to swap it out for an entirely new one, is rapidly transitioning from science...