Bioengineers

Bioengineers can apply their expertise to other applications of engineering and biotechnology, including genetic modification of plants and microorganisms, bioprocess engineering, and biocatalysis.

De Facto Intelligent Design in Biology 2010

Bioengineers learn to fold DNA into complex shapes, which researchers hope will one day revolutionize manufacturing, medicine and computing.

Gene Expression: Origami at the Molecular Level 2009

Bioengineers at the University of Calgary have successfully grown insulin producing cells in a lab, marking a major breakthrough in diabetes research.

Diabetes cured 2006

Bioengineers said they were only a few years away from taking wisdom teeth out of the gene pool so no one had to worry about them any more.

The Disunited States of America 2006

Bioengineers at the university implanted the patients with an electrocorticographic (ECoG) "grid" that collects signals from the surface of the brain.

Boing Boing: June 6, 2004 - June 12, 2004 Archives 2004

Bioengineers are also working, for instance, on crops that tolerate aluminum, another major contaminant of soil, especially in the tropics.

Will Frankenfood Save the Planet? 2003

Bioengineers Michael Dickinson, Douglas Altshuler and colleages have analyzed the flight of the bumblebee (if you will), using a combination of high-speed photography and robotic models.

Another suburban legend shattered Sean 2005

Bioengineers are also working, for instance, on crops that tolerate aluminum, another major contaminant of soil, especially in the tropics.

Will Frankenfood Save the Planet? 2003

Bioengineers from UC San Diego catch calcium waves on video; infamous amyloid beta peptides triggered the waves

THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

Bioengineers developed an implantable glucose sensor and wireless telemetry system that continuously monitors tissue glucose and transmits the information to an external receiver.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010