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Architecture imitates life, at least when it comes to those spiral ramps in multistory parking garages. Stacked and connecting parallel levels, the ramps are replications of helical structures found in a ubiquitous membrane structure in the cells of the body.
Oct 30th, 2014
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Biomedical engineers, exploring ways to toughen up engineered cartilage and keep natural tissues strong outside the body, report new developments this week.
Oct 30th, 2014
Read moreA bioengineering professor has received a $1.04 million grant that aims to regenerate cartilage tissue and reduce osteoarthritis using a patient's own stem cells, spurred through the injection of microscaffolding made of biodegradable polymers.
Oct 30th, 2014
Read moreStudy demonstrates that quantum holograms could be a candidate for becoming quantum information memory.
Oct 30th, 2014
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Scientists have devised a simple and versatile method, based on the geometry of the RNA molecule, which proved to be highly promising for analysing and understanding the complex interactions that characterise these molecules.
Oct 30th, 2014
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How does a normal cellular process derail and become unhealthy? A multi-institutional, international team studied cells found in breast and other types of connective tissue and discovered new information about cell transitions that take place during wound healing and cancer.
Oct 29th, 2014
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Researchers have developed a technique that co-opts an immune system already present in bacteria and archaea to turn off specific genes or sets of genes - creating a powerful tool for future research on genetics and related fields.
Oct 28th, 2014
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Human stem cell research holds promise for combating some of the most recalcitrant of diseases and for regenerating damaged bodies. It is also an ethical, legal and political minefield.
Oct 28th, 2014
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A new study at the University of Cambridge has allowed researchers to peer into unexplored regions of the genome and understand for the first time the role played by more than 250 genes key to cell growth and development.
Oct 27th, 2014
Read moreA living cell, from one point of view, is a sort of sprawling protein factory that can churn out thousands of different proteins to order. Researchers are building on the basic idea of creating 'artificial cells' that might, in the future, enable us to control the production of proteins or other complex biological processes.
Oct 27th, 2014
Read moreA self-driven reaction can assemble phospholipid membranes like those that enclose cells.
Oct 27th, 2014
Read moreTwo new studies shed light on how cells sense and respond to chemical trails.
Oct 27th, 2014
Read moreThe scaffolds have desirable mechanical and biological properties at the same time, and due to the existence of the bladder tissue at tiny scale instead of cell, they do not require cell extraction or culture.
Oct 27th, 2014
Read moreResearchers report that they have made a breakthrough in understanding how a powerful antibiotic agent is made in nature. Their discovery solves a decades-old mystery, and opens up new avenues of research into thousands of similar molecules, many of which are likely to be medically useful.
Oct 26th, 2014
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The scientists have made proteins with central cavities, or channels, running through them. The team believes that these will be useful in designing new protein functions, such as catalysts for breaking down fats, or molecules that span cell membranes to allow new communications between cells.
Oct 24th, 2014
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By combining efforts and innovations, Wyss Institute scientists develop synthetic gene controls for programmable diagnostics and biosensors, delivered out of the lab on pocket-sized slips of paper.
Oct 23rd, 2014
Read moreResearchers developed several new components for biological circuits. These components are key building blocks for constructing precisely functioning and programmable bio-computers.
Oct 23rd, 2014
Read moreNew grants for five research projects awarded by the Bertarelli Program in Translational Neuroscience and Neuroengineering.
Oct 23rd, 2014
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