Researchers, including Stanford bioengineer Stephen Quake, PhD, have developed a noninvasive genetics test that can reveal health problems in fetuses without harming the mother or …
Category: Bioengineering
Mining for research: How computerized records open new doors for medical researchers
Using as example a group of Stanford researchers who utilized data mining to identify unexpected drug interactions, today's Technology Review outlines "the increasing ease" in which scientists are …
Mammoth effort: Scientists turn to Ice Age species to develop artificial blood for humans
Woolly mammoths, which initially evolved in warm climates where African and Asian elephants now live, migrated to the cold regions of Eurasia in the Pleistocene …
Workings of biological clocks illuminted with glowing, blinking bacteria
Disruptions to your circadian rhythm, which guide the body's internal clock, can result in a host of sleep disorders and have been linked to diabetes. …
New method for developing flexible nanowire electronics could yield ultrasensitive biosensors
In case you missed it, Stanford researchers have devised a new method of attaching electronic circuitry composed of nanowires to the surface of almost any …
A credit card-sized device that can spot infectious diseases
This video showcases a credit card-sized microfluidic device that can inexpensively identify infectious diseases such as HIV or syphilis in the developing world. The team's …
A brief look at "caring" for engineered tissue
Here's a neat, short TED talk: Nina Tandon, PhD, offers a four-minute explanation of how tissue is cultured and how her lab "cares" for engineered …
Honorary mad scientists build semi-functional brain
In a straight-out-of-sci-fi experiment, University of Florida researchers grew neurons on a computer chip - and the neurons started to think. That is to say, …
Move over, cadaver: Stanford course uses new tools to teach anatomy
A recently designed Stanford course is combining traditional resources with fancy new technological gadgets to teach anatomy to undergrads. My colleague recently wrote about one super-sized tool …
Unexpected drug interactions identified by Stanford data mining
Like many people in this country, I have sometimes taken two or more prescription drugs at one time to treat different conditions. What I didn't …
$20 million Coulter endowment to boost bioengineering start-ups
"This is more like business." That's what Russ Altman, MD, PhD, chair of bioengineering, said about a new endowment that was announced today. The Wallace …
Virtual dissection table helps teach human anatomy
In the ongoing search for how best to explore and learn about the anatomy of the human body, Silicon Valley engineers have entered into the …
Stanford researchers develop a new biosensor chip that could speed drug development
Stanford Professor Shan Wang, PhD, and his colleagues have developed a new biosensor microchip that could speed up the development of new drugs. According to …
Researchers turn to mosquito to design painless needle
Taking a page out of nature's playbook, a team of Japanese microengineers is developing a needle modeled after the mosquito's mouth in an effort to …
Drew Endy discusses programming DNA and hacking biology
I just came across this talk from 2007 by Stanford Professor Drew Endy, PhD, titled "Progamming DNA." Endy gave the lecture at the 24th Chaos …
Stanford researchers develop flexible electronic skin
Stanford researchers have developed a flexible highly sensitive sensor that one day could be manufactured in large sheets and used as artificial "skin" for prosthetic …