Biomedical engineers develop 'smart' sensor bandages
This smart bandage could enable remote monitoring for the early detection of illnesses such as pressure ulcers, allowing for immediate treatment or intervention.
Feb 5th, 2021
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This smart bandage could enable remote monitoring for the early detection of illnesses such as pressure ulcers, allowing for immediate treatment or intervention.
Feb 5th, 2021
Read moreResearchers have devised a new method of using extracts derived from bioengineered bacteria to create vaccines that protect against life-threatening infections caused by pathogenic bacteria.
Feb 4th, 2021
Read moreScientists have developed a new method for 3D printing living microbes in controlled patterns, expanding the potential for using engineered bacteria to recover rare-earth metals, clean wastewater, detect uranium and more.
Feb 3rd, 2021
Read moreScientists have used synthetic biology to develop a new type of genetic design that can reproduce some of the key processes that enable creating structures in natural systems, from termite nests to the development of embryos.
Feb 1st, 2021
Read moreWhen mixed with fluid from a nasal swab or blood sample, these protein sensors emit light within minutes.
Jan 29th, 2021
Read moreEngineers 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
Read moreResearch uses plant breeding and biotechnology to remove proteins associated with food allergies.
Jan 27th, 2021
Read moreResearchers have developed a smartphone-controlled soft brain implant that can be recharged wirelessly from outside the body.
Jan 26th, 2021
Read moreDegradable sugar-based polymers may store and release useful molecular freight.
Jan 22nd, 2021
Read moreResearchers grow structures made of wood-like plant cells in a lab, hinting at the possibility of more efficient biomaterials production.
Jan 20th, 2021
Read moreResearchers 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
Read moreResearchers 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
Read moreA 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
Read moreUsing this computational system, researchers can identify viral protein sequences that could make better vaccine targets.
Jan 15th, 2021
Read moreResearchers 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
Read moreA symbiotic culture of specialized yeast and bacteria can generate tough materials able to perform a variety of functions.
Jan 14th, 2021
Read moreResearchers 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
Read moreBiochemists 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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