Engineering applied to living systems: tissue constructs, biomaterials, devices and the hardware bridging biology and fabrication.
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A collaboration between American and Indian researchers has produced a nano-biosensor that can detect tuberculosis in early stages. The flexible sensor works coupled to a...
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology seems to be the only thing that everyone is talking about nowadays and maybe the only thing researchers want to work...
CRISPR-Cas9 is know for its ability to edit eukaryotic genomes, but from now it could be famous for its multifunctionality. MIT and Harvard laboratories have led a...
DARPA announced that it is conducting research into using human immune system to produce antibodies instead of the conventional method of using fungi or bacteria....
Japanese researchers at RIKEN Brain Research Institute have created transparent tissue. The new tissue will allow to see the brain anatomy in 3D and gain insight...
Biotechnica 2015, Europe´s most important event for biotechnology, life science and lab technology, will take place in Hannover between October 6th and 8th. This year,...
Enzymatic activity can now be modified without altering the enzyme. Researchers at the University of Chicago changed the specificity of an enzyme, commonly used in...
Scientists from the University of California at Berkeley have designed an artificial “plant” that can produce methane thanks to semiconducting nanowires and bacteria. In the synthetic photosynthesis,...
