Posts Tagged ‘biomolecular engineering’
Hydrogel heals third-degree burns
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A new jelly-like material appears to promote the repair of severe burns, regenerating healthy, scar-free tissue in early experiments with animals. Continue…
Thursday, December 15, 2011 15:56 - 1 Comment
Science & Technology - Aug 12, 2011 10:56 - 0 Comments
Biofuels created at breakneck speed
RICE (US) — Engineers have discovered a new way to convert simple glucose into biofuels and petrochemical substitutes. The approach is up to 10 times faster than previous methods. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 28, 2011 15:55 - 1 Comment
Possible rescue for misfolded proteins
RICE (US) — A drug commonly used to treat high-blood pressure may be effective in helping people with an incurable, neuropathic form of Gaucher disease, an inherited metabolic disorder. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 18, 2011 15:21 - 0 Comments
Tissue pushes healthy skin invasion
CORNELL (US) — Manufactured tissue grafts could benefit victims of traumatic injuries by encouraging healthy skin to move into wounded areas, reducing the need for surgery. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 5, 2011 16:13 - 0 Comments
How stressed out cells remain stable
U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — Studying how proteins respond to physical stress is helping scientists understand how normal and mutated red blood cells remain stable. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 21, 2011 8:23 - 1 Comment
Janus spheres have two-faced function
U. ILLINOIS (US) — When placed in saltwater, tiny latex colloids called Janus spheres exhibit a water repellant effect that allows for self-assembly into useful structures. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 23, 2010 12:39 - 0 Comments
Tricking cancer cells to go suicidal
TULANE (US) — A new treatment that causes cancer cells to self-destruct while sparing surrounding healthy cells, has been successful in animal models. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 22, 2010 12:09 - 1 Comment
Bacteria take aim using toxic darts
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Bacteria use stick-like proteins on their surfaces with toxic dart tips to disable their competition, according to new research. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 8, 2010 14:44 - 0 Comments
Faking out bacteria with molecules
YALE (US) — Scientists have engineered the cell wall of the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, tricking it into incorporating foreign small molecules and embedding them within the cell wall. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 20, 2010 11:31 - 0 Comments
How to drop nanowires on cell targets
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Using virtual “tweezers,” researchers have dropped gold nanowires, each about one-two hundredth the size of a cell, on predetermined spots on target cells. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 22, 2010 17:42 - 0 Comments
Why cells in 3-D may help curb cancer
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Observing cells in a 3-D environment yields more accurate information about how they move—information that could help develop more effective drugs to prevent cancer’s spread—researchers report in Nature Cell Biology. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 15, 2010 12:10 - 0 Comments
Why saliva forms beads when stretched
RICE (US)—Researchers have solved a long-standing mystery about why some fluids containing polymers—including saliva—form beads when they are stretched and others do not. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 28, 2010 16:45 - 1 Comment
Virus trained to seek and destroy cancer
U. LEEDS (UK)—Researchers have found a way to modify viruses so they are able to hunt down and wipe out cancer cells. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 25, 2010 16:05 - 2 Comments
All-natural healing power of fat
RICE (US)—It frequently happens in science that what you throw away turns out to be most valuable. Deepak Nagrath, a researcher at Rice University, was looking for ways to grow cells in a scaffold, and he discarded the sticky substance secreted by the cells. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 5, 2010 12:44 - 2 Comments
Turn on adhesive. Scale walls like Spidey
CORNELL (US)—A palm-sized device that uses water surface tension as an adhesive bond might one day make it possible for mere mortals to climb walls like Spider-Man. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 6, 2010 14:31 - 4 Comments
Drug-toting, mucus-busting nanoparticles
JOHNS HOPKINS—Newly developed nanoparticles can easily infiltrate the body’s sticky and viscous mucus barriers to deliver a sustained-release medication cargo. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 7, 2009 12:43 - 1 Comment
Brain’s balancing act key to learning
NYU (US)—Our ability to learn new information and adapt to changes in our daily environment, as well as to retain lifelong memories, appears to lie in the minute junctions where nerve cells communicate. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 3, 2009 13:25 - 0 Comments
Missing cell ‘cap’ signals sickness
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Wearing a cap can be much more than a fashion statement. In mammal cells, it’s an indication of good health. A bundled cap of thread-like fibers holds a healthy cell’s nucleus in place, researchers have found. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 22, 2009 17:08 - 0 Comments
Patchy particles show promise for drug delivery
U. PENN (US)—A team of physicists, chemists, and engineers has demonstrated a novel method for the controlled formation of patchy particles, using charged, self-assembling molecules. The particles may one day serve as drug-delivery vehicles and perhaps be used in small batteries that store and release charge. (more…)
