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Biomaterials Asia 2009
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 1, 2009
... provide an unparalleled opportunity for researchers, technologists and clinicians in the fields of bioengineering, medical device technology, pharmaceutical science, tissue engineering and biomateria...
Silk Optics: Biodegradable and Biocompatible Optics
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 7, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Tor Lindqvist
Biomedical engineers from Tuft's University have developed a novel silk-based optics that may be used in devices such as sensors which would combine sophisticated nanoscale optics with biological readout functions. In addition, silk optics of...
Tissue Engineering
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 24, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Aaliya Landholt
Wouldn't it be great if we could just grow new organs? It sounds like science fiction if you could grow a new kidney and transplant that organ. Bioengineers are working aggressively to re-create human tissues by growing cells and look...
First Class of Biological Engineering Students About to Graduate at MIT
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 5, 2008
When I was a student at MIT, there was no undergraduate major called biological engineering. This year, the first class of undergraduate students are about to graduate with a degree in Course 20 (MIT likes to use numbers to designate everything, including majors). The biological engineering ...
Introducing the Cell Phone MRI
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 30, 2008
...ause the equipment is too costly to maintain," says Boris Rubinsky , UC Berkeley professor of bioengineering and mechanical engineering. "Our system would make imaging technology inexpensiv...
UC Berkeley Puts Classes on YouTube
in The Universities Weblog, on October 4, 2007
...ity's curriculum programs that you'll find online at YouTube. There are also classes in bioengineering. And some campus events that have been recorded for YouTube. The university has had w...
Implantable Biochip Becoming a Reality
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 3, 2007
..., C3B director and Dow Chemical Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and professor of bioengineering:
"...first responders to the trauma scene could inject the biochip into the wo...
U. of Illinois Gets $100 Million Gift
in The Universities Weblog, on June 4, 2007
...holarships . This time it's the University of Illinois, which will use the money to support bioengineering, stem-cell research and alternative energy, according to the Chronicle of Higher Edu...
Bioengineered Non-Pathogenic Gut Bacteria May Regulate Food Tolerance
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 5, 2007
A strain of of Lactococcus lactis (a non-pathogenic gut bacteria), when bioengineered to produce anti-inflammatory interleukin-10 (IL-10) can be a potential regulator for food tolerance , thereby significantly beating food allergies .
...oral administration of this non-pathogenic strai...
Lab-on-a-Chip Detects Pneumonia Bacteria in Hours
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 27, 2006
A novel lab-on-a-chip has been developed to identify pneumonia-causing bacteria from bronchoalveolar lavage samples within hours, instead of days.
Inside the chip, the bacteria flow into several different compartments -- eight in the current version of the chip -- and are made to stick to a b...
More on Organic Wines
in Celebrate Wine, on October 27, 2006
Just recently I posted about wineries going organic , and it is nice to see that wine folks out there in the industry actually read my little ol' blog here because I soon heard from the nice folks at Charles Krug Winery .
They wanted to make sure I gave my readers the full story, and I to...
Biologically-Inspired Artificial Compound Eye Created at UC Berkeley
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 2, 2006
...that themselves have been created by beams of light, said Lee, the Lloyd Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering at UC Berkeley.
These eyes are fully described for the first time in the April 28...
Nanotechnology, ethics, and a brave new year
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 2, 2006
...that the opportunity for unprecedented abundance is made available to all?
- If nanotechnology and bioengineering enable extreme augmentation of humans, at what point do transformed individual...
Urine-Powered Batteries
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 19, 2005
... in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering , Singapore physicists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) led by Dr Ki Bang Lee, have developed a paper battery that ...
NeuroTechnology and A.I.
in Businesspundit, on March 31, 2005
...e about the future wants to focus on nanotechnology, computer security, information technology, and bioengineering. I'm sure these things will all have major impacts on the world, but why do neuro...