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Researchers use stem cells to create in-vitro 3D neural tissue model

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have successfully used stem cells to engineer living biohybrid nerve tissue to develop 3D models of neural networks with the hopes of gaining a better understanding of how the brain and these networks work.

11 Dec 2019

Justified and unjustified violence in movies activate different parts of adolescent brain

The gun violence seen in popular PG-13 movies aimed at children and teenagers has more than doubled since the rating was introduced in 1984. The increasing on-screen gun violence has raised concerns that it will encourage imitation, especially when it is portrayed as "justified."

10 Dec 2019

Groundbreaking technique could help predict a protein's interactions with other proteins

Proteins are the building blocks of life and play a key role in all biological processes. Understanding how they interact with their environment is therefore vital to developing effective therapeutics and the foundation for designing artificial cells.

9 Dec 2019

Genetically engineered living hydrogel material facilitates intestinal wound healing

About 1.6 million people in the US alone currently have lifelong and incurable Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and 70,000 new cases are diagnosed in the USA each year.

6 Dec 2019

New approach can improve the activity of CAR-T cells against blood and solid cancers

A new approach to programing cancer-fighting immune cells called CAR-T cells can prolong their activity and increase their effectiveness against human cancer cells grown in the laboratory and in mice, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

5 Dec 2019

New discovery on chromosomal function may shed light on human health and disease

Researchers have discovered key mechanisms and structural details of a fundamental biological process - how a cell nucleus and its chromosomal material reorganizes itself after cell division

5 Dec 2019

Study identifies brain regions that appear to play key role in supporting fluid intelligence

People with specific brain attributes are more likely than others to benefit from targeted cognitive interventions designed to enhance fluid intelligence, scientists report in a new study. Fluid intelligence is a measure of one's ability to adapt to new situations and solve never-before-seen problems.

4 Dec 2019

Researchers create new technology to help understand how the body battles diseases

Much remains unknown about diseases and the way our bodies respond to them, in part because the human genome is the complete DNA assembly that makes each person unique. A Virginia Tech professor and his team of researchers have created new technology to help in understanding how the human body battles diseases.

3 Dec 2019

New human colon-on-a-chip enables in vitro study of mucus physiology

We have a mutualistic but complicated relationship with the collection of microbes in our gut known as the intestinal microbiome.

3 Dec 2019

Spinal implants could one day restore the ability to stand, walk in patients with paralysis

When Vivian Mushahwar first applied to grad school, she wrote about her idea to fix paralysis by rewiring the spinal cord.

3 Dec 2019

New computational method can help predict and design allosteric functions in proteins

Called the "second secret of life", allostery is one of the most fundamental processes of biology and has been a central focus among scientists across the life sciences spectrum, from fundamental biology to drug development.

3 Dec 2019

Scientists are developing a new diagnostic tool for different types of breast cancers

Scientists are developing a new way to identify the unique chemical 'fingerprints' for different types of breast cancers.

2 Dec 2019

Cleveland-based startup will use federal grant to develop AI tools for TB detection

Cleveland--Diascopic LLC, a Cleveland-based medical research company that develops diagnostic technology, will use a highly competitive federal grant to develop and apply new artificial intelligence and digital pathology tools for detecting tuberculosis.

26 Nov 2019

Nanotechnology could help address pre-eclampsia which affects 10 million women

University of South Australia biomedical engineer Dr. Marnie Winter has been awarded US$100,000 from the world's largest private foundation to help better understand and tackle a condition which kills 76,000 women and 500,000 babies each year.

25 Nov 2019

Improved optical imaging technique can help identify patients at risk of future heart attacks

Doctors need better ways to detect and monitor heart disease, the leading cause of death in industrialized countries. A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital researchers with support from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering has developed an improved optical imaging technique that found differences between potentially life-threatening coronary plaques and those posing less imminent danger for patients with coronary artery disease.

25 Nov 2019

World's first surgical navigation system for fetal surgery developed

The placenta of every expectant mother is located in a different place, its blood vessels are never the same and its connection to the fetus and the umbilical cord also varies from one pregnancy to another.

25 Nov 2019

PREDiCT: Tumor Models San Francisco Summit 2020

The community of preclinical immuno-oncology scientific Pharma and Biotechs meet again to advance their preclinical insights through robust models utilization to accelerate IO development & clinical confidence.

25 Nov 2019

Study opens new possibilities for using smartphone to self-monitor one's health

Can we use our smartphones without any other peripherals or wearables to accurately extract vital parameters, such as heart beat rate and stress level? The team led by Professor Enrico Caiani of the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering at Politecnico di Milano has shown that it is possible to do so, using the accelerometers inside a smartphone.

21 Nov 2019

Researchers design new antitumoral drug release strategy for breast cancer treatment

The local release of antitumoral drugs through bacterial proteins in the treatment of breast cancer can mark a before and after in precision medicine.

21 Nov 2019

Researchers lay foundation for reliable blood clotting molecule models

Blood clots have long been implicated in heart attacks and strokes, together accounting for almost half of deaths annually in the United States.

19 Nov 2019

Bioengineering News and Research

Researchers use stem cells to create in-vitro 3D neural tissue model

Justified and unjustified violence in movies activate different parts of adolescent brain

Groundbreaking technique could help predict a protein's interactions with other proteins

Genetically engineered living hydrogel material facilitates intestinal wound healing

New approach can improve the activity of CAR-T cells against blood and solid cancers

New discovery on chromosomal function may shed light on human health and disease

Study identifies brain regions that appear to play key role in supporting fluid intelligence

Researchers create new technology to help understand how the body battles diseases

New human colon-on-a-chip enables in vitro study of mucus physiology

Spinal implants could one day restore the ability to stand, walk in patients with paralysis

New computational method can help predict and design allosteric functions in proteins

Scientists are developing a new diagnostic tool for different types of breast cancers

Cleveland-based startup will use federal grant to develop AI tools for TB detection

Nanotechnology could help address pre-eclampsia which affects 10 million women

Improved optical imaging technique can help identify patients at risk of future heart attacks

World's first surgical navigation system for fetal surgery developed

PREDiCT: Tumor Models San Francisco Summit 2020

Study opens new possibilities for using smartphone to self-monitor one's health

Researchers design new antitumoral drug release strategy for breast cancer treatment

Researchers lay foundation for reliable blood clotting molecule models

Understanding cultivated meat and its global potential eBook

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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