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Scientists report new insights to the workings of calprotectin - including a detailed structural view of how it binds the metal manganese. Their findings could guide efforts to develop novel antibacterials that limit a microbe's access to metals.
Feb 21st, 2013
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Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have successfully generated human kidney cells from human embryonic stem cells in vitro. Specifically, they produced the renal cells under artificial conditions in the lab without using animals or organs. This has not been possible until now.
Feb 21st, 2013
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Cornell bioengineers and physicians have created an artificial ear that looks and acts like a natural ear, giving new hope to thousands of children born with a congenital deformity called microtia.
Feb 21st, 2013
Read moreHaifa Shen and Mauro Ferrari led a team of investigators that created a two-stage delivery vehicle capable of ferrying an agent that targets this protein to triple negative breast tumors.
Feb 20th, 2013
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A Melbourne-based research team has discovered a genetic defect that can halt cell growth and force cells into a death-evading survival state.
Feb 20th, 2013
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film. The discovery should improve the success rate of such implants -- which are often used in spinal surgeries.
Feb 19th, 2013
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A crowdsourcing effort is underway to tackle the ash dieback disease declared endemic in the UK that threatens the 129,000 hectares of woodland that Britain's 80M ash trees cover.
Feb 18th, 2013
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The circadian clocks that control and influence dozens of basic biological processes have an unexpected "snooze button" that helps cells adapt to changes in their environment.
Feb 18th, 2013
Read moreNew research is paving the way for new, smart prosthetics that connect directly to the nervous system. The benefits are more versatile prosthetics with intuitive motor control and realistic sensory feedbac - in essence, they could one day return dexterity and the sensation of touch to an amputee.
Feb 18th, 2013
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Pioneering stem cell-based transplant technology is being developed and tested on new organs and tissues.
Feb 18th, 2013
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A Basque research consortium has managed to halt the progress of colon cancer and its metastasis in the liver in an experimental model with mice. This advance, that may open a new path for the future treatment of such pathologies, has been achieved by creating molecules which interfere with the adhesion of tumour cells to other cells of the organism.
Feb 18th, 2013
Read moreResearchers have given rats the ability to "touch" infrared light, normally invisible to them, by fitting them with an infrared detector wired to microscopic electrodes implanted in the part of the mammalian brain that processes tactile information. The achievement represents the first time a brain-machine interface has augmented a sense in adult animals.
Feb 17th, 2013
Read moreMimic of key mussel adhesive protein is harnessed for biomedical applications
Feb 17th, 2013
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After 25 years, researchers may have found a way to keep the emerald ash borer in check.
Feb 15th, 2013
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Digesting lignin, a highly stable polymer that accounts for up to a third of biomass, is a limiting step to producing a variety of biofuels. Researchers at Brown have figured out the microscopic chemical switch that allows Streptomyces bacteria to get to work, breaking lignin down into its constituent parts.
Feb 14th, 2013
Read moreArgus II is first approved prosthesis to restore limited vision to those blinded by retinitis pigmentosa.
Feb 14th, 2013
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Researchers detect characteristic constructional features in a family of sensors that process signals in the human body and control physiological processes.
Feb 14th, 2013
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A new study from engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, pairs light and genetics to give researchers a powerful new tool for manipulating cells.
Feb 12th, 2013
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