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New 3D-printing ink could make cultured meat more cost-effective

Scientists have found a way to use food waste for culturing meat, reducing production costs and helping to make cultured meat a viable option for feeding the world's population.

December 15, 2022 Read more

An experimental strategy for recreating organ formation in the lab

Organ development has been modeled in the lab by selectively activating signaling pathways in the embryo.

December 14, 2022 Read more

Cellular 'glue' to regenerate tissues, heal wounds, regrow nerves

Researchers at have engineered molecules that act like 'cellular glue', allowing them to direct in precise fashion how cells bond with each other. The discovery represents a major step toward building tissues and organs, a long-sought goal of regenerative medicine.

December 13, 2022 Read more

Ingestible biobatteries could allow new view of digestive system

A new biobattery could power ingestible cameras in the small intestine.

December 13, 2022 Read more

New technology allows efficient encapsulation and UV light-regulated release of biomolecules and drugs

Researchers developed a new technology that will allow controlled encapsulation and release of molecules by exposure to UV light.

December 13, 2022 Read more

Bioengineered microbial community working together to store carbon

Scientists have genetically engineered a microbial community which could serve as a living carbon sink. In this community, carbon dioxide is first converted into sugar by photosynthesis, then the sugar is converted into useful chemicals.

December 10, 2022 Read more

Heart attack on a chip

Researchers have engineered a microscale model that can replicate key aspects of myocardial infarction and might one day serve as a testbed for new personalized heart drugs.

December 8, 2022 Read more

Wearable sensor could guide precision drug dosing

In test with rats, patch predicted total dosage that would be delivered to animals' bloodstream.

December 8, 2022 Read more

Ground-breaking new method for multi-cancer early detection

Scientists have developed a new method for multi-cancer early detection that is instead based on human metabolism. The results uncover new opportunities for cheaper and more effective cancer screening.

December 7, 2022 Read more

New quantum dots study uncovers implications for biological imaging

Scientists report the synthesis of semiconductor 'giant' core-shell quantum dots with record-breaking emissive lifetimes. In addition, the lifetimes can be tuned by making a simple alteration to the material's internal structure.

December 6, 2022 Read more

Food decontamination spray deploys 'billions of tiny soldiers'

Researchers harness bacteria-eating viruses to create a powerful new weapon against contamination and infection.

December 5, 2022 Read more

'Virtual pillars' separate and sort blood-based nanoparticles

Sorting biological nanoparticles 500 times thinner than a human hair could improve a wide variety of diagnostics and treatments.

December 3, 2022 Read more

Nanotechnology strategy shows promise for treating autoimmune disease

Researchers engineered cell-like nanoparticles that target only the immune cells driving an autoimmune reaction, leaving the rest of the immune system intact and healthy. The nanoparticles greatly delayed, and in some animals even prevented, severe disease in a mouse model of arthritis.

December 1, 2022 Read more

Positively charged nanomaterials reduce body fat at targeted locations

Scientists discover that the cationic charged P-G3 reduces fat at targeted locations by inhibiting the unhealthy lipid storage of enlarged fat cells

December 1, 2022 Read more

Smallest mobile lifeform created

Researchers introduced seven proteins, thought to let bacteria swim by switching the direction that their helical bodies spiral, into a strain of synthetic bacterium with minimal genetic information.

December 1, 2022 Read more

New iSenseDNA project focuses advanced biotechnology

Understanding how a specific molecule behaves during complex biological processes is a challenge facing biomedical research, despite major biotechnological progress made in recent years. iSenseDNA is now focusing on developing a technology to identify what a change in the structure of a molecule could entail for its function.

November 30, 2022 Read more

These nano-magnets that will restore damaged nerve cells

Researchers bioengineer 3D neural networks using magnetic manipulations.

November 29, 2022 Read more

Dense nanoparticles slow down cells' movements

In this comprehensive study, researchers used macrophages, which are a specialized type of white blood cells involved in engulfing nano/micro particles for drug delivery, as the model cells to study the effect of particles densities.

November 29, 2022 Read more