A group of Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students has invented a new system to help physicians pick up early signs that a woman is going …
Category: Bioengineering
Domo arigato, surgical roboto: Duke bioengineers demonstrate lesion-hunting robot
Even as physician-guided surgical robots such as the Da Vinci are becoming commonplace, Duke University bioengineers have unveiled a robot that may one day be …
Building a new lung, one cell at a time?
Now this is just cool. Researchers at Yale University have reported success in using lung cells from a newborn rat to regrow a functional lung. …
Bioengineers make cancer detector from digital camera
In the spirit of do-it-yourselfer Mark Frauenfelder, Rice University bioengineers have jury-rigged a cancer-detection device from a $400 digital camera and a bundle of fiber-optic …
Bioengineering professor Drew Endy testifies at congressional hearing on synthetic biology
Stanford bioengineering professor Drew Endy, PhD, and four other scientists testified before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce at a hearing yesterday on …
Universal influenza vaccine, maybe – eternal, maybe not
Having a "one-shot" vaccine that prevents all strains of influenza, present and future, is an ideal toward which many scientists (including several at Stanford) are …
Nobel laureate John Sulston concerned about "synthetic life" patents
Nobel laureate John Sulston, PhD, has said that efforts by Craig Venter, PhD, to apply for patents on his synthetic Mycoplasma mycoides would be "extremely …
Image of the Week: Synthetic M. mycoides bacteria
Whatever one's position (.pdf) might be on the significance of Craig Venter's technical accomplishment, these synthetic bacteria - Mycoplasma mycoides - have been in the …
The quest to create artificial life
You've no doubt read about a team of scientists' achievement in creating the first self-replicating, synthetic bacterial cell. Thousands of articles and blog posts have …
Constructing organs block by block with 'biological Legos'
Getting cells to grow in lab dishes and form three-dimensional shapes instead of flat layers has been a major obstacle in efforts to build artificial …
Using discarded fat tissue as a garden to grow more
Researchers from Queens University in Ontario, Canada describe a method to recycle liposuction leftovers into a biological scaffold that appears to turn stem cells into fat cells.
Researchers from Queens University in Ontario, Canada describe a method to recycle liposuction leftovers into a biological scaffold that appears to turn stem cells into fat cells.
Natural product found in coconut oil, human milk could help fight acne
Researchers at University of California-San Diego are studying the use of a product found in coconut oil and human milk to treat acne. Lauric acid …
Nanoscale probe could improve understanding of how cells communicate, respond to medication
Stanford engineers have developed a nanometer-scale probe that can be implanted in a cell wall without damaging the wall, allowing researchers to monitor cell communication …
Positive results in deep-brain stimulation trial for epilepsy
Deep-brain stimulation - implantation and activation of a device that sends electronic pulses to targeted brain regions - has already proved helpful for Parkinson's Disease. …
Guts and glory: Growing intestinal tissue in a lab dish
The intestine is, in its essence, a tube surrounded by rings of smooth muscle that periodically undergo rhythmic, sequential contractions followed by relaxations. This squeezes …
Stanford to test speedy protoype gene decoder
Stanford is one of 10 institutions in the nation selected (link to PDF) to receive a 'single molecule real time' sequencing system from Menlo-based Pacific …