USC scientists turn off the ability to feel cold
USC neuroscientists have isolated chills at a cellular level, identifying the sensory network of neurons in the skin that relays ...
Tag: Bioengineering
Human brain cells made from reprogrammed skin cells
Published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, the new study is the first successful attempt to use human induced pluripotent ...
RNA sets the ‘rhythm’ for protein folding
Your average musical melody doesn't chug along at a single, mechanical speed. It mixes whole notes, quarter notes, sixteenth notes ...
Cell circuits remember their history
MIT engineers have created genetic circuits in bacterial cells that not only perform logic functions, but also remember the results, ...
Bionic Eye
A radical new approach to “bionic eye” implants holds out the hope of restoring near-normal sight to the blind, ...
Device Made of DNA Inserted Into Bacterial Cell
Scientists hope that one day in the distant future, miniature, medically-savvy computers will roam our bodies, detecting early-stage diseases and ...
Paralyzed Man Uses Thoughts Alone to Control Robot Arm
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC describe in PLoS ONE how an electrode array sitting ...
If you give a bioengineer a cookie…
By studying hand motions, Maurice Smith is creating an instruction manual to help repair a broken-down brain
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 ...
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) ...
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, ...
Programmed Immune Stem Cells
The human body contains immune cells programmed to fight cancer and viral infections, but they often have short lifespans and ...
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 ...
New generation bionics – wireless and touch-sensitive
Other researchers are developing prosthetic skin which might wrap around a bionic limb and feed back sensory information to the ...