Chinese Scientists Use CRISPR to Engineer First Human Embryo
In a remarkably bold and landmark study, scientists in China have reportedly edited genes in human embryos to erase a fatal blood disorder. Published in...
Bioengineering
Bioengineering
Engineering applied to living systems: tissue constructs, biomaterials, devices and the hardware bridging biology and fabrication.
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Shape-Shifting DNA Devices Show Promising Future for Nanotechnology
Researchers from Technische Universität München have created reversible DNA structures taking advantage of the weak DNA stacking interactions. The authors created devices such as a...
Bioengineering
New Technique Reveals Dual Properties of Proteins Involved in DNA Repair
University of Illinois researchers have discovered an avant-garde way of identifying the structure and functions of proteins using the combination of two innovative technique called...
Bioengineering
Using 3D DNA Nanoparticles to Deliver Drugs: 3DNA
A new method of delivering drugs might be just around the corner with Genisphere using 3D DNA nanostructure that can be functionalized to deliver...
Bioengineering
3-D Human Skin Maps Unveiled
With the use of skin swabs of 400 different body sites of two healthy adult volunteers, researchers at the University of California, San Diego Skaggs...
Basic Chemistry
Nanopore Cage Allows for Experiments in Single DNA Molecule
Researchers from Brown University have created the first cage that can hold a single DNA molecule. The finding, published this month in Nature Communications, will...
Bioengineering
Agilent Releases SureGuide Tools to Ease CRISPR/Cas Research
Agilent is releasing its next generation gene modification workflow tools called SureGuide encompassing all the tools needed for CRISPR/Cas research. SureGuide follows other such CRISPR/Cas...
Bioengineering
Capturing Real-time 3D Feed from Inside the Arteries
Scientist F. Levent Degertekin of Georgia Tech has developed a microscopic single-chip volumetric imaging system capable of capturing real-time 3D images in the arteries. This...
Bioengineering