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Personalized Microrobots Swim Through Biological Barriers, Deliver Drugs to Cells

WASHINGTON, April 7, 2020 — Tiny biohybrid robots on the micrometer scale can swim through the body and deliver drugs to tumors or provide other cargo-carrying functions. […]

Composing New Proteins with Artificial Intelligence

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2020 — Proteins are the building blocks of life, and consequently, scientists have long studied how they can improve proteins and design completely new […]

Crosstalk Captured Between Muscles, Neural Networks in Biohybrid Machines

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2020 — Scientists watched the formation of a self-emergent machine as stem cell-derived neurons grew toward muscle cells in a biohybrid machine, with neural […]

Advances in Computer Modeling, Protein Development Propel Cellular Engineering

WASHINGTON, March 3, 2020 — Recent advances in bioengineering and computational modeling have given researchers the ability to examine complex biological processes with molecular-level detail. A review […]

Opening Up DNA to Delete Disease

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 14, 2020 — Protein editorial assistants are clearing the way for cut-and-paste DNA editors, like CRISPR, to access previously inaccessible genes of interest. Opening […]

Laying Out Directions for Future of Reliable Blood Clotting Molecule Models

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 19, 2019 — Blood clots have long been implicated in heart attacks and strokes, together accounting for almost half of deaths annually in the […]

Developing Electrically Active Materials to Repair Damaged Hearts

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 8, 2019 — When a heart attack occurs, muscle in the heart tissue can be scarred, interfering with electrical activity necessary for healthy heart […]

Platform for Lab-Grown Heart Cells Lets Researchers Examine Broader Functional Effects of Drugs

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 13, 2019 — Animal models provide benefits for biomedical research, but translating such findings to human physiology can be difficult. The human heart’s energy […]

Biochip Advances Enable Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2019 — Biochips are essentially tiny laboratories designed to function inside living organisms, and they are driving next-generation DNA sequencing technologies. This powerful […]