Tag: Biotechnology

April 15, 2020

Credit: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c02300 Imagine a single garment that could adapt to changing weather conditions, ...

Researchers restore sight in mice by turning skin cells into light-sensing eye cells

April 15, 2020

NIH-funded study offers new path to modeling eye disease, advancing therapiesCredit: Sai Chavala Researchers have discovered a technique for directly ...

Studying pterosaurs and other fossil flyers to better engineer manmade flight

April 15, 2020

Credit: Mark Witton Pterosaurs were the largest animals ever to fly. They soared the skies for 160 million years--much longer ...

Insilico collaborates with Boehringer Ingelheim on AI system for target discovery

Insilico enters into a research collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim to apply novel generative artificial intelligence system for discovery of potential ...

Engineering and health team up to design and produce face shields

Developed and launched production of shields for professionals responding to the COVID-19 pandemicCredit: The Grainger College of Engineering A team ...

Study reveals unique physical, chemical properties of cicada wings

Credit: Photo by Wayne Boo, U.S. Geological Survey CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Biological structures sometimes have unique features that engineers would ...

Novel high-speed microscope captures brain neuroactivities

HKU biomedical engineers achieve significant breakthrough in neuroimaging with novel high-speed microscope to capture brain neuroactivitiesCredit: @The University of Hong ...

Barcelona-based synthetic biology company secures two-million-euro investment

Credit: M Lluch Luis Serrano and Maria Lluch of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have founded Pulmobiotics ...

Researchers develop synthetic scaffolds to heal injured tendons and ligaments

Top biomedical engineering researcher develops synthetic scaffolds for tendon and ligament regenerationCredit: Pixabay Key points: Top biomedical engineering researcher develops ...

Switching on a key cancer gene could provide first curative treatment for heart disease

Credit: Dr Cathy Wilson, University of Cambridge Researchers trying to turn off a gene that allows cancers to spread have ...

New Rutgers saliva test for coronavirus gets FDA approval

Emergency use authorization granted for new biomaterial collection approachCredit: Rutgers University The FDA has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to ...

Foxglove plants produce heart medicine; can science do it better?

Two studies mark an early step in a UB biologist's quest to understand how foxgloves make medicinal compoundsCredit: Zhen Wang ...

FDA approves first ever treatment for neurofibromatosis

According to the Children's Tumor Foundation, approval of AstraZeneca and MSD (Merck)'s Koselugo (selumetinib) increases potential for successful tumor reduction ...

Discovered a small protein that synchronizes the circadian clocks in shoots and roots