Biomedicine

Research where biology meets medicine: disease mechanisms, translational work and the instruments behind clinical discovery.

123 articles

Coating for Medical Implants Based on Prebiotic Compounds

Scientists from the Australian research center CSIRO have developed a new coating method based on the prebiotic materials that generated the first biomolecules. The cell-friendly polymer allowed the...

Bioengineering

Anti-Alzheimer´s Drug Shows Anti-Aging Effects

Scientists from Salk Institute have found that the experimental anti-Alzheimer´s drug J147 has unexpected anti-aging properties in animals. Mice treated with J147 had better memory...

Biomedicine

Genetically Modified Algae Attack Cancer Cells

  An international, multidisciplinar team of scientists lead by researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and University of South Australia have engineered an algae to deliver...

Bioengineering

New Technique Increases Peptide Lifespan

A new technique developed at the University of the Pacific improves the lifespan of peptides in vivo. With the new method, peptides can reversibly bind...

Basic Research

Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Are Functionally Equivalent

Researchers from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) have found evidence that embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are functionally equivalent....

Bioengineering

Smoking Keeps You Awake When You Drink

A team of researchers from the University of Missouri has discovered that nicotine compensates the drowsiness caused by alcohol. The finding, published in the Journal...

Biomedicine

CRISPR-Edited Mini-Kidneys as Disease Models

Researchers from the University of Washington have obtained mini-kidneys from CRISPR-edited human pluripotent stem cells, modified to mimick genetic diseases. The organoids work as disease...

Biomedicine

New 3D Bioprinting Method Obtains Heart Model

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have printed 3D models of hearts, bones, arteries and brains using soft biological materials. The models were based on 3D...

3D bioprinting