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 cells. The scientists published their findings in the journal…
Researchers have developed a lab-made material that can move itself using the building blocks found inside cells. The scientists published their findings in the journal…
A team of scientists from UCLA has developed a platform to precisely manipulate magnetic nanoparticles inside uniformly shaped cells. Using clusters of tiny magnetic particles…
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 collagen….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 at the Wyss Institute are working on a smart suit that helps improve physical endurance for soldiers in the field, delaying the onset of…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…