Over a decade ago, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies published a report that found the annual cost of premature births in the United States exceeded…
This nano-sensor array might be able to smell cancer, Parkinson's, and other conditions by analyzing your breath, even before your doctor could detect them by other means.
Scientists at the Diabetes Research Institute are testing different versions of a platform for islet transplantation that could eliminate the need for insulin therapy for type 1 diabetes…
Nabil Simaan, PhD, and a team of bioengineers at the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering are developing a new generation of surgical robots that have been endowed with…
Acute Zika virus infection during pregnancy has been associated with fetal death and fetal brain defects, but what is the extent of abnormal CNS findings in affected infants…
In 2015, Chinese biotechnology company Revotek released a 3d-bioprinter that fabricates blood vessels using a bio-ink made from stem cells. Just before the close of 2016, Kang Yujian,…
An injection of cells using only a local anesthetic might be able to deliver the same benefits as a full pancreatic transplant without the tumultuous side effects.