News articles tagged with 'bioengineering'
New blood analysis chip could lead to disease diagnosis in minutes
— 19 Mar 2011 14:19 | HealthA major milestone in microfluidics could soon lead to stand-alone, self-powered chips that can diagnose diseases within minutes. The device, developed by an international team of researchers…
Early tests find nanoshell therapy effective against brain cancer
— 1 Feb 2011 21:42 | HealthRice University bioengineers and physician-scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have successfully destroyed tumours of human brain cancer cells in…
Stanford scientists use optogenetics to effectively stimulate muscle movement in mice
— 27 Sep 2010 13:02 | HealthResearchers at Stanford University were able to use light to induce normal patterns of muscle contraction, in a study involving bioengineered mice whose nerve-cell surfaces are coated…
A strategy to fix a broken heart
— 10 Aug 2010 08:11 | HealthThese days people usually don't die from a heart attack. But the damage to heart muscle is irreversible, and most patients eventually succumb to congestive heart failure, the most common…
Compact microscope a marvel
— 5 Aug 2010 09:28 | HealthA compact microscope invented at Rice University is proving its potential to impact global health…
Multifunctional nanoparticle enables new type of biological imaging
— 28 Jul 2010 10:48 | BiologySpotting a single cancerous cell that has broken free from a tumour and is travelling through the bloodstream to colonise a new organ might seem like finding a needle in a haystack.…
Same types of cell respond differently to stimulus, Stanford study shows
— 28 Jun 2010 14:45 | HealthUsing new technology that allows scientists to monitor how individual cells react in the complex system of cell signalling, Stanford University researchers have uncovered a much larger…
Grin and bear it
— 25 May 2010 11:16 | HealthRice University bioengineering students really get their teeth into their senior design projects. This year, one team got everybody else's teeth into it, too…
Supportive materials will help regenerate heart tissue
— 9 Dec 2009 10:57 | HealthBioengineers from University of California, San Diego are developing new regenerative therapies for heart disease. The work could influence the way in which regenerative therapies for…
Systems biology approach provides insulin resistance insights
— 24 Nov 2009 14:55 | HealthResearchers from the University of California, San Diego recently offered the sharpest-yet picture of how core biochemical pathways in skeletal muscle cells and fat cells are altered…