POSTS TAGGED AS biochemical engineering

Artificial Proteins for “Smart” Cells

LOCKR responds to changes in cellular environment
Describing their engineered protein as “a latch, a cage, a key, and a bioactive [MORE]

Engineered Cells to Kill Cancers

Engineering Non-Immune Cells to Kill Cancer Cells
Though it has only been tested in cell culture, researchers at ETH Basel Switzerland [MORE]

Magnetic Cell Sensors

Ferritin Protein Complex
After screen about ten million variants of the naturally occurring weakly magnetic protein ferritin, MIT researchers discovered a [MORE]

A Polymer Artificial Cell with Synthetic DNA

Plastic Cell
This is a must-read to believe: “The researchers used a water droplet as the structure upon which they built [MORE]

Making Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

Biochemical engineers at Northwestern University have developed a new method for fabricating scaffolds on which they can grow new [MORE]