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Other Oct 21, 2019

Lab-grown meat: Researchers grow muscle cells on edible fibers

Lab-grown or cultured meat could revolutionize food production, providing a greener, more sustainable, more ethical alternative to large-scale meat production. But getting lab-grown meat from the petri dish to the dinner ...

Biotechnology Oct 16, 2019

Engineering biomimetic microvascular meshes for subcutaneous islet transplantation

To successfully engineer cell or tissue implants, bioengineers must facilitate their metabolic requirements through vascular regeneration. However, it is challenging to develop a broad strategy for stable and functional vascularization. ...

Biochemistry Sep 20, 2019

Engineered bacterial biofilms immobilizing nanoparticles enable diverse catalytic applications

Immobilization is considered a feasible strategy for addressing toxicity and nanomaterial pollution confronted by nano-catalysts in practical applications. A research team from ShanghaiTech University harvested genetically ...

Biotechnology Sep 17, 2019

Bioengineering organ-specific tissues with high cellular density and embedded vascular channels

Bioengineers study the development of organ-specific tissues in the lab for therapeutic applications. However, the process is highly challenging, since it requires the fabrication and maintenance of dense cellular constructs ...

Biotechnology Aug 15, 2019

Controlled hydraulic fracturing sculpts mammalian embryos into shape

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process most often associated with shale gas extraction, but a team of researchers from Institut Curie at the Sorbonne, and the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology at the ...

Optics & Photonics Aug 6, 2019

Non-invasive imaging method spots cancer at the molecular level

Researchers for the first time have combined a powerful microscopy technique with automated image analysis algorithms to distinguish between healthy and metastatic cancerous tissue without relying on invasive biopsies or ...

Materials Science Aug 5, 2019

Paper trail leads to heart valve discoveries

Paper is at the heart of an experimental device developed by Rice University bioengineers to study heart disease.

Cell & Microbiology Jul 29, 2019

Just how resilient are biofilms?

Biofilms hold promise for generating electricity and removing contamination from groundwater, but they also threaten many industrial processes and human health. As the environment changes in which these biofilms thrive, it ...

Biochemistry Jul 11, 2019

Osteoblastic lysosome plays a central role in mineralization

Mineralization is mediated by osteoblasts, which secrete mineral precursors through matrix vesicles (MVs) as a fundamental process in vertebrates. The vesicles are calcium and phosphate rich, containing organic materials ...

General Physics Jul 1, 2019

Transformer cells: Shaping cellular 'behaviour'

Scientists from Sechenov University, conjointly with their fellow Chinese and American researchers, have examined the latest advances in the use of skeletal muscle progenitor cells, specifying the core challenges inherent ...

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