Tag Archive for 'bioengineering'
March 17th, 2011 by admin
In a revolutionary development, Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., a leading biotechnology company applying cellular technology in the field of regenerative medicine, has announced that it has gotten the go ahead for developing its single-blastomere technique. The company has been issued a patent for its single-blastomere technology that provides an alternative manner of deriving human embryonic [...]
March 16th, 2011 by admin
For the first time in history, scientists have actually achieved to do the unthinkable! Giving proof of the actual advancement of science, researchers at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have announced that they have reached an all time new advance in tissue engineering. In a first in the [...]
March 16th, 2011 by admin
A new research study conducted by the National Institutes of Health has shown that rats have a typical type of brain enzyme that can either enhance or erase long-term memories. By increasing or decreasing the enzyme, it is possible to control the enhancement of a memory, or erase it completely.
March 11th, 2011 by admin
After many years of research, the reason behind what causes schizophrenia has finally come forward. Scientists, working in an international team, have finally discovered a gene mutation that is very strongly linked to causing schizophrenia. According to the researchers, the mutations in the VIPR2 gene increased the signaling in the vasoactive intestinal peptide pathway, which [...]
March 11th, 2011 by admin
While it might seem unbelievable, MIT engineers have announced that they have managed to design a new type of nanoparticles that could effectively and safely deliver vaccines for diseases such as malaria and HIV. HIV is known to be one of the biggest killers in the world and till now no one has been able [...]
March 10th, 2011 by admin
Many developing countries are fighting the battle against malaria, with thousands of people dying every year due to malaria. Now, new research from the University of Maryland has indicated that a genetically engineered fungus might actually be able to cure malaria. The research team has proposed that a genetically engineered fungus carrying genes for [...]
March 9th, 2011 by admin
New research from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) has proven that there are very specific changes in the genetic makeup of people suffering from cancer and those who don’t have cancer. The researchers from VBI have developed a new technology that catches these genetic changes, which help in differentiating cancer patients from healthy individuals. The [...]
March 3rd, 2011 by admin
U.S. medical researchers are using modified printers to produce skin for burn victims, the project’s leader says. “We started out by taking a typical desktop inkjet cartridge. Instead of ink we use cells, which are placed in the cartridge,” Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., told [...]
February 28th, 2011 by admin
MedTrust Online and Avantra Biosciences have entered into a partnership to involve clinicians in the earliest stages of molecular diagnostic assay development for Avantra Biosciences’ revolutionary QPDx multiplex immunoassay system.
February 7th, 2011 by admin
In a new study, scientists at the University of Maryland and the Institut Pasteur show that bacteria evolve new abilities, such as antibiotic resistance, predominantly by acquiring genes from other bacteria. The researchers new insights into the evolution of bacteria partly contradict the widely accepted theory that new biological functions in bacteria and other [...]
