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Self-Assembling Nanofibers Prevent Damage from Inflammation

April 15, 2021
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Durham, NC — Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a self-assembling nanomaterial that can help limit damage caused by inflammatory diseases by activating key cells in the immune system....

Ultrashort Peptides Go a Long Way for Tissue Engineering

April 7, 2021
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Thuwal, Saudi Arabia — A new automated process prints a peptide-based hydrogel scaffold containing uniformly distributed cells. The scaffolds hold their shapes well and successfully facilitate cell...

Bioengineers Learn the Secrets to Precisely Turning On and Off Genes

March 19, 2021
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Bristol, UK — In a recent study led by the University of Bristol, scientists have shown how to simultaneously harness multiple forms of regulation in living cells to strictly control gene expression...

Wirelessly Rechargeable Soft Brain Implant Controls Brain Cells

January 27, 2021
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Daejeon, South Korea — A group of KAIST researchers and collaborators have engineered a tiny brain implant that can be wirelessly recharged from outside the body to control brain circuits for long...

Fibrous Protein Finding may Lead to Improved Bioprinting, Tissue Engineering

December 18, 2020
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State College, PA — Fibrous proteins such as collagen and fibrinogen form a thin solid layer on the surface of an aqueous solution similar to the “skin” that forms on warm milk, according...

Coaxing Single Stem Cells Into Specialized Cells

September 6, 2020
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Chicago, IL — Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed a unique method for precisely controlling the deposition of hydrogel, which is made of water-soluble polymers commonly...

Wearable Sensors Printed on Natural Materials Analyze Substances Present in Sweat

August 19, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — A wearable sensor printed on microbial nanocellulose, a natural polymer, has been created in Brazil by researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in São Carlos in collaboration...

Recipe for Success — Interaction Proteomics Become a Household Item

August 12, 2020
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Helsinki, Finland — Proteins in human cells do not function in isolation and their interactions with other proteins define their cellular functions. Therefore, detailed understanding of protein-protein...

Implantable Transmitter Provides Wireless Option for Biomedical Devices

August 5, 2020
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West Lafayette, IN — Purdue University innovators are working on inventions to use micro-chip technology in implantable devices and other wearable products such as smart watches to improve biomedical...

Lego-Inspired Bone and Soft Tissue Repair With Tiny, 3D-Printed Bricks

July 24, 2020
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Portland, OR — Tiny, 3D-printed bricks have been designed to heal broken bones — and could one day lead to lab-made organs for human transplant. Inspired by Lego blocks, the small, hollow...

Designing DNA from Scratch: Engineering the Functions of Micrometer-Sized DNA Droplets

July 16, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — In living organisms, DNA is the storage unit of all genetic information. It is with this information that proteins are encoded, which then enable biological systems to function as needed...

Nanotechnology Applied to Medicine: The First Liquid Retina Prosthesis

July 3, 2020
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Genoa, Italy — Researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) has led to the revolutionary development of an artificial liquid retinal prosthesis to counteract...

Clinical-Grade Wearables Offer Continuous Monitoring for COVID-19

July 1, 2020
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Evanston, IL — Although it might be tempting to rely on your fitness tracker to catch early signs of COVID-19, Northwestern University researchers caution that consumer wearables are not sophisticated...

Comparing 13 Different CRISPR-Cas9 DNA Scissors

June 26, 2020
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Daejeon, South Korea — CRISPR-Cas9 has become one of the most convenient and effective biotechnology tools used to cut specific DNA sequences. Starting from Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9), a...

Cellular Nanosponges Could Soak up SARS-CoV-2

June 17, 2020
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Washington, DC — Scientists are working overtime to find an effective treatment for COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Many of these efforts target a specific part of...

Microneedling Therapeutic Stem Cells Into Damaged Tissues

June 10, 2020
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Los Angeles, CA — Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent in that they naturally replenish the cell types that build our bone, cartilage and adipose tissues. However, their much broader regenerative...

Researchers Find New Way to Detect Blood Clots

June 5, 2020
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College Station, TX — Researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University are working on an entirely new way to detect blood clots, especially in paediatric patients. Unlike...

Scientists Engineer Human Cells with Squid-Like Transparency

June 4, 2020
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Irvine, CA — Octopuses, squids and other sea creatures can perform a disappearing act by using specialized tissues in their bodies to manipulate the transmission and reflection of light, and now researchers...

How Bacteria Fertilize Soya

June 3, 2020
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Zürich, Switzerland — Plants need nitrogen in the form of ammonium if they are to grow. In the case of a great many cultivated plants, farmers are obliged to spread this ammonium on their fields as...

Device Simulates Filtering and Ion Transport Functions of Human Kidney

May 28, 2020
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Fayetteville, AR — Chemical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a device that simulates the blood filtering and ion transport functions of the human kidney. The technology...

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