Using evolution as a guiding principle, researchers have successfully engineered bacteria-yeast hybrids to perform photosynthetic carbon assimilation, generate cellular energy and support yeast growth ...

(Phys.org) —A Stanford University bioengineer has helped develop a technology that can tweak the control systems that regulate the inner workings of cells, pointing the way toward future medical ...

Bioengineering a lung is a bit like modeling with clay: Like a sculptor uses a wire armature to lend his creation form, Nichols' team grew the tissues and blood vessels of their lab-grown lungs atop a ...

An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Indiana University bioengineer Feng Guo has developed a tool that could lead to improved cancer immunotherapy. The prototype platform facilitates ...

A bioengineer is designing new ways to target drugs and reduce the chances for side effects. Clemson bioengineer Frank Alexis is designing new ways to target drugs and reduce the chances for side ...

A protein known as interleukin 10 (IL-10) is the lynchpin of a new method to protect transplanted cells from host immune system attacks. Rice University researchers engineered a living factory to ...

Stephen Quake, a bioengineer at Stanford University, has sequenced his genome–the first human genome generated using single molecule sequencing technology, according to results published in the ...

A bloom of phytoplankton in the Barents Sea: the milky blue colour strongly suggests it contains coccolithopores. Wikimedia/NASA Earth Observatory All life affects the environment. All organisms ...