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Bioengineers have created a novel gene-delivery system that shuttles a gene into a cell, but only for a temporary stay, providing a potential new gene-therapy strategy for treating disease.
Feb 18th, 2015
Read moreResearchers present an entirely new approach to tissue engineering that uses the interfacial forces between aqueous solutions of phase-separating polymers to confine cells and promote their assembly into interconnected, macroscopic tissue constructs. This simple and inexpensive general procedure creates free-standing, centimeter-scale constructs from cell suspensions in as little as 2 hours.
Feb 18th, 2015
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Fungal waste biomass from biotechnology applications could be used to harvest microalgae for fuels and chemicals production.
Feb 18th, 2015
Read moreScientists report a purely polymeric 3D-architectured hydrogel (ArcGel), which successfully guided the in vivo bone regeneration in rats.
Feb 16th, 2015
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Infusing liquids into polymers makes long lasting, self-replenishing material that repels deadly bacterial build-up.
Feb 10th, 2015
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New research on the structure of spider silk is advancing the development of artificial alternatives.
Feb 10th, 2015
Read moreBenzodiazepine's introduction into clinical revolutionized the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Now, a research group of experts in preliminary drug discovery, has developed a succinct and efficient multicomponent-assisted synthetic methodology assembling unexplored benzodiazepine collections, thus, enabling to examine new areas of biological applications.
Feb 10th, 2015
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The first comprehensive computer model to simulate the development of blood cells could help in the development of new treatments for leukaemia and lymphoma, say researchers at the University of Cambridge and Microsoft Research.
Feb 10th, 2015
Read moreMolecule stays in the bloodstream and is turned on when blood sugar levels are too high.
Feb 10th, 2015
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DARPA recently selected a collaborative research team that intends to build the world's first neural system to enable naturalistic feeling and movements in prosthetic hands.
Feb 9th, 2015
Read moreAntibodies are now established as therapeutics and indispensable in the research lab. In contrast to high-quality therapeutics, commercial antibodies used in research often do not properly function. Researchers demand that antibodies used in research should be made by recombinant DNA technology - just like therapeutic antibodies.
Feb 4th, 2015
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Researchers have cracked a code that governs infections by a major group of viruses including the common cold and polio.
Feb 4th, 2015
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Researchers develop an optical imaging platform to visualize protein synthesis, degradation and trafficking in living tissues and animals.
Feb 4th, 2015
Read moreResearchers bioengineered the microstructures to be the same size, shape and stiffness as adult heart muscle cells, or cardiomyocytes, with the goal of releasing biologically active peptides that act as cardioprotective agents.
Feb 4th, 2015
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Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) systems have registered tremendous progress over the past 20 years. Myriad 'chip' schemes have already emerged, ranging from the lung-on-a-chip and heart-on-a-chip to the liver-on-a-chip and kidney-on-a-chip. However, until now, an ideal embryo-on-a-chip has not yet been developed due to challenges in condensing so many life factors inside a conventional LOC.
Feb 3rd, 2015
Read moreGenome and transcriptome analyses provide clues to the secret of simultaneous growth and oil production in the microalga.
Feb 2nd, 2015
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An entirely new approach for the mechanical characterization of cells has the potential to revolutionize the diagnosis of a wide range of diseases.
Feb 2nd, 2015
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Researchers are developing a mini-organism inside a chip. This way, complex metabolic processes within the human body can be analyzed realistically.
Feb 2nd, 2015
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