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Researchers have developed a new synthetic bioplastic that, unlike traditional carbon-based plastics or other bioplastics, provides protection from the sun?s ultraviolet radiation.
Feb 20th, 2020
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Electrospun synthetic cell scaffolds are not only more consistent than animal cells for cancer research, they hold the potential to replace animal testing.
Feb 11th, 2020
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Bioengineers are developing 'human textiles' from collagen in order to repair damaged blood vessels.
Feb 10th, 2020
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A team of engineers and biologists have developed a 'brain-on-a-chip' device capable of recording the neural activity of living brain cell cultures in three-dimensions, a significant advancement in the realistic modeling of the human brain outside of the body.
Feb 5th, 2020
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A team of chemical engineers has developed a new way to produce medicines and chemicals on demand and preserve them using portable 'biofactories' embedded in water-based gels called hydrogels.
Feb 4th, 2020
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Researchers have designed a new type of organic compound that could be used as an effective photothermal therapeutic agent.
Feb 3rd, 2020
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This work provides a path forward for one to computationally design specific, programmable binding into proteins, previously a property only found in the DNA and RNA world.
Jan 31st, 2020
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Scientists have succeeded in accelerating a hundred thousand-fold the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method for investigating RNA.
Jan 28th, 2020
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Researchers have engineered a synthetic cell that can encapsulate fundamental biochemical reactions. They also show that such a minimal system can respond to changes in environment.
Jan 22nd, 2020
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Using tissue engineering techniques, researchers are developing living heart valves that can grow after implantation in the human heart.
Jan 22nd, 2020
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Researchers have developed a new approach to designing more sustainable buildings with help from some of the tiniest contractors out there.
Jan 15th, 2020
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Programmable biomaterials for bone regeneration introduced.
Jan 14th, 2020
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There is a long and growing list of products currently being made from chemicals and compounds produced by specially engineered microbes - a field known as biomanufacturing.
Jan 9th, 2020
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Synthesized molecule holds potential for biomedical applications.
Jan 9th, 2020
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Miniature dental device gives up-close, real-time view into how teeth respond to dental materials.
Dec 19th, 2019
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A new study describes the development of a new biomaterial with sustained drug release. The results describe the creation of artificial inclusion bodies for uses in precision biotechnology and nanomedicine. The structures contain functional proteins released similarly to how human hormones are released by the endocrine system.
Dec 19th, 2019
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