A scientific misconduct investigation has begun into a study purporting to show that stem cells can be created by simply adding weak acid solution to skin or blood cells, after other scienti... Read more
MELBOURNE researchers have uncovered a pathway that controls whether bones get stronger or weaker, a breakthrough they hope will lead to the first cure for osteoporosis. More than a million... Read more
New methods and techniques for engineering lungs for patients with COPD and pulmonary fibrosis In end-stage lung disease, transplantation is sometimes the only viable therapeutic option, but... Read more
Researchers in Houston have developed a way to print living cells onto any surface, in virtually any shape With a nod to 3rd century Chinese woodblock printing and children’s rubber st... Read more
“With our technique, we can see processes as they happen and we don’t obstruct their normal behavior.” Living cells are ready for their close-ups, thanks to a new imaging technique tha... Read more
The alien world of aquatic micro-organisms just got new residents: synthetic self-propelled swimming bio-bots. A team of engineers has developed a class of tiny bio-hybrid machines that swim... Read more
Researchers have developed a technique for creating nanoparticles that carry two different cancer-killing drugs into the body and deliver those drugs to separate parts of the cancer cell whe... Read more
A handheld ‘bio pen’ developed in the labs of the University of Wollongong (UOW) will allow surgeons to design customised implants on-site and at the time of surgery. The BioPen, developed b... Read more
An ambitious 3D-printed heart project aims to make a natural organ replacement for patients possible within a decade. But the researcher heading the “moonshot” effort also believ... Read more
New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that gravitational unloading significantly impairs the function of endothelial cells, as evidenced by gene expression studies conducted in space As... Read more
“Scientists only began investigating light-activated therapy a few years ago, but it is generating huge interest” As researchers develop novel therapies based on inducing specifi... Read more
Chemotherapy is often preferred for fighting cancer, but its side effects can be considerable. A new technique may reduce these in future: nanoparticle-encapsulated substances could kill off... Read more
What sounds like a dream of the future has already been the subject of research for a few years: simply printing out tissue and organs. Now scientists have further refined the technology and... Read more
MELBOURNE researchers are a step closer to growing transplantable tissue to patch up heart defects after turning human skin cells into “beating heart” tissue that can connect to... Read more
Possible to use them for regenerative therapies, repairing damaged organs or tissues in the body, and treating conditions such as type I diabetes or liver disease A new method for creating s... Read more
