Regenerating the body from within using biomaterials
Materials to enhance the body's own regenerative capabilitiesCredit: Akhilesh K. Gaharwar (LOS ANGELES) - Successful tissue regeneration can have major ...
Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering
Scientists use nanoparticle-delivered gene therapy to inhibit blinding eye disease in rodents
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In experiments in rats and mice, two Johns Hopkins scientists -- an engineer and an ophthalmologist ...
For cleaner air, water, and soil
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski The air around us is still getting more and more polluted. No wonder many scientists ...
Engineers use electricity to clean up toxic water
Powerful electrochemical process destroys water contaminants, such as pesticidesCredit: Julia Ciarlini Jungers Soares, University of Sydney A team of engineers ...
Light a critical factor in limiting carbon uptake, even in the north
Columbia engineers demonstrate that, as temperatures rise, northern high latitude regions will not become more conducive to vegetation growth--light is ...
Harmful microbes found on sewer pipe walls
Rutgers study could lead to better disinfection methods and understanding of coronavirus and other risksCredit: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Can ...
Getting a grasp on India’s malaria burden
A method that involves infecting liver cells with mosquito-bred parasites could improve the study of malaria in IndiaCredit: Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto ...
Newer variant of COVID-19-causing virus dominates global infections
Virus with D614G change in Spike out-competes original strain, but may not make patients sickerCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ...
Marine alga from the Kiel Fjord discovered as a remedy against infections and skin cancer
GEOMAR research group successfully applies bioinformatics methods and machine learning in marine drug discoveryCredit: Larissa Büdenbender Healing with the help ...
Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry
Credit: RUB, Marquard Better still: living algae can be used as biocatalysts for certain substances, and they bring the co-substrate ...
A novel sperm selection technology to increase success rates of in vitro fertilization
LEFT: Mouse sperm collected by a conventional cell sorter. Motility cannot be maintained and sperm cannot advance. Motile sperm are ...
Clinical-grade wearables offer continuous monitoring for COVID-19
Sticker-like medical device streams symptom data to physiciansCredit: Northwestern University Stamp-sized device comprises a suite of clinical-grade sensors, including temperature ...
NCCN: What people with cancer and their caregivers need to know about CAR T-cell therapy
National Comprehensive Cancer Network's new NCCN Guidelines for Patients explain how to recognize and manage immunotherapy-related toxicities, help prepare patients ...
Nobel Prize-winning chemist named to “Great Immigrants, Great Americans” list
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY -- M. Stanley Whittingham, a 2019 Nobel Laureate and distinguished ...