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Engineers and oncologists teamed to develop a microfluidic chip capable of capturing the body's natural killer immune cells to harvest their cancer-killing exosomes.
Jan 28th, 2021
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Research uses plant breeding and biotechnology to remove proteins associated with food allergies.
Jan 27th, 2021
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Researchers have developed a smartphone-controlled soft brain implant that can be recharged wirelessly from outside the body.
Jan 26th, 2021
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Degradable sugar-based polymers may store and release useful molecular freight.
Jan 22nd, 2021
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Researchers grow structures made of wood-like plant cells in a lab, hinting at the possibility of more efficient biomaterials production.
Jan 20th, 2021
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Researchers have succeeded in 'fine tuning' a new thermoplastic biomaterial to enable both the rate at which it degrades in the body and its mechanical properties to be controlled independently.
Jan 19th, 2021
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Researchers have developed a technique to modify naturally occurring biological polymers with protein-based biochemical messages that affect cell behavior. Their approach uses a near-infrared laser to trigger chemical adhesion of protein messages to a scaffold made from biological polymers such as collagen, a connective tissue found throughout our bodies.
Jan 19th, 2021
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A scientific study has produced a mathematical description of the way in which a tumor invades the epithelial cells and automatically quantifies the progression of the tumor and the remaining cell islands after its progression.
Jan 18th, 2021
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Using this computational system, researchers can identify viral protein sequences that could make better vaccine targets.
Jan 15th, 2021
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Researchers have developed a bio-inspired lotus-fiber-mimetic spiral structure bacterial cellulose hydrogel fiber with high strength, high toughness, excellent biocompatibility, good stretchability, and high energy dissipation.
Jan 14th, 2021
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A symbiotic culture of specialized yeast and bacteria can generate tough materials able to perform a variety of functions.
Jan 14th, 2021
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Researchers examined how movement and adhesion in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii can be manipulated. To this end, they altered the sugar modifications in proteins on the cell surface. As a result, the so-called adhesion force was also altered.
Dec 29th, 2020
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Biochemists have developed a new strategy for controlling the biological functions of DNA by means of light and therefore provide a tool to investigate processes which take place in cells.
Dec 28th, 2020
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With two, FDA-approved vaccines now rolling out across the US - and at least one other promising candidate potentially available as soon as early 2021- -the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic may one day soon be in sight.
Dec 23rd, 2020
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Fibrous proteins such as collagen and fibrinogen form a thin solid layer on the surface of an aqueous solution similar to the 'skin' that forms on warm milk, according to a team of researchers, who believe this finding could lead to more efficient bioprinting and tissue engineering.
Dec 17th, 2020
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Novel biosensor reveals the mechanobiological forces that shape organ development and biological phenomena like hypertension.
Dec 15th, 2020
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Researchers have developed a synthetic molecule capable of killing the virus that causes influenza. They hope their discovery will lead to an effective drug treatment.
Dec 15th, 2020
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Scientists succeed in the first enzyme-driven biocatalytic synthesis of nucleic acid building blocks. This facilitates the development of antiviral agents and RNA-based therapeutics.
Dec 15th, 2020
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