Tissue Engineering
Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have used 3-D bioprinting to create “thick vascularized tissue constructs composed of human stem [MORE]
Pancreas
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“SLC38A9”
Between 1961and 1965, biomedical researchers deciphered the genetic code—i.e. how codons of RNA call for the assembly of proteins by [MORE]
Cardiomyocytes
Bioengineers at the Medical College of Wisconsin have developed biodegradable microstructures which effectively are artificial cardiomyocytes for heart repair. According [MORE]
Tissue Engineering Vascular Graft
3-D printing is not the only means for making artificial structures; another technique is electro-spinning, which is [MORE]
Image from the Human Protein Atlas
With funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (Stockholm, Sweden) a multinational proteomics collaboration [MORE]
Using IPSCs to Grow New Hair
“Mr. Ray,” your hair-weaves are toast! Researchers at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, [MORE]
Neuroprosthetics
In a great example of interdisciplinary collaboration, bioengineers in Lausanne, Switzerland have developed a brain or spinal cord prosthetic that [MORE]
Smart Fabric
Engineers at Laval University (Quebec City) have created a malleable material, from layers of copper, polymers, glass and silver, [MORE]
Technique Moving Researchers Closer to GaN Biosensor
Graphene may be the best example of how a new material can transform design [MORE]
Multiple-Sclerosis
“Three years after a small number of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) were treated with high-dose immunosuppressive therapy and then [MORE]
Genome Editing
From the beginning of gene therapy, the chief limiting issue was the means for delivering a therapeutic gene. Since [MORE]
Harnessing the Power of Stem Cells
Proliferation and differentiation are the two processes stem cells must show to have therapeutic value [MORE]
Image from BoneFinder Software
Centenarians may be the healthiest of all age groups (having lived through the cardiovascular and cancer diseases [MORE]