Lab-Made Gel Mimics Molecular Motors Inside Living Cells
Researchers have developed a lab-made material that can move itself using the building blocks found inside of cells. The scientists published their findings in the…
Biomedical Engineering
Magnetic Nanoparticles Control Thousands of Cells Simultaneously
A team of scientists from UCLA have developed a platform to precisely manipulate magnetic nanoparticles inside uniformly shaped cells. Using clusters of tiny magnetic particles…
A Program to Encode Self-Assembling Collagen Proteins
A newly published study describes the making and testing of collagen based on a new computer program that predicts the most stable structures of nanometer-sized…
Stanford Scientists Examine How UV Radiation Affects the Protective Functions of Human Skin
Scientists at Stanford University examined how varying doses of UVB radiation changes the protective functions of human skin, finding that beyond DNA damage and cancer…
Genetically Altered Organism Could Potentially Turn Almost Any Source of Carbon into Fuel
By removing a few genes, inserting a gene from another organism and tinkering with the expression of other genes, MIT scientists have discovered a way…
Microfluidic System Precisely Measures Mammalian Cell Growth Rates
Using a microfluidic system for simultaneously measuring single-cell mass and cell cycle progression over multiple generations, a team of researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical…
Newly Designed Transcription Factors Can Bind to DNA and Turn on Specific Genes
A new study from MIT and Boston University scientists describes a new method of using zinc fingers to design transcription factors for nonbacterial cells and…
First Whole-Cell Computational Model of the Life Cycle of an Organism
Using data from more than 900 scientific papers, a team of Stanford researchers produced the first whole-cell computational model of the life cycle of the…
Engineers to Develop a Smart Suit That Improves Physical Endurance
Engineers at the Wyss Institute are working on a smart suit that helps improve physical endurance for soldiers in the field, delaying the onset of…
Nanoparticle Delivers a Combination of Therapeutic Agents to Tumor Sites
Developed by a team of scientists at Yale, a new biodegradable nanoparticle, called a nanogel, delivers a combination of two therapeutic agents to tumor sites,…
Nanoparticle-Based System Advances Stem Cell Culture Techniques
By packaging Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) inside biodegradable nanoparticles, scientists developed a nanoparticle-based system to deliver growth factors to stem cells in culture, resulting in…
New Optical Microscope Improves Cancer Cell Detection
Using advanced microfluidics and real-time image processing to classify cells in blood samples, a new optical microscope developed by UCLA engineers is roughly 100 times…
Single Cancer Cells Often Split into Three or More Daughter Cells
A newly published study from Bioengineers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science describes the effects of confined mechanical environments on…
New Biomimetic Strategy Quickly Dissolves Blood Clots
Developed by engineers at the Wyss Institute, a new biomimetic strategy delivers life-saving nanotherapeutics directly to obstructed blood vessels, dissolving blood clots before they cause…
How tRNA Modifications Help Cells Survive Toxic Chemicals
A new study from biological engineers at MIT looks at how cells alter their chemical modification of molecules, known as transfer RNA (tRNA), to survive…
“Acoustic Tweezers” Use Sound Waves to Control Items
Scientists have developed “acoustic tweezers” that use sound waves to control items regardless of their optical, electrical or magnetic properties, making them noninvasive and very…
How Chronic Inflammation of Organs Can Become Cancerous
A new study from scientists at MIT gives a comprehensive look at how chronic inflammation of organs, often caused by viral or bacterial infections, provokes…
Physical Properties of Stem Cells Predict What They Will Become
New research from Brown University shows that the physical properties of adult stem cells derived from fat, such as liposuction waste, can predict whether they…