Medical/Bioengineering Researchers Show Titanium Debris Sabotage Artificial Joints
Microscopic titanium particles weaken the bonding of hip, knee, and other joint replacements, according to research

Bioengineering of Surface GD3 Ganglioside for Immunotargeting Human Melanoma Cells
GD3Bu-specific antibodies became potent cytotoxic reagents against Bu-SK-MEL-28 cells when GD3Bu molecules were incorporated, according to this study...

Bioengineered Teeth from Cultured Rat Tooth Bud Cells
The authors were able to demonstrate the successful bioengineering of mature tooth structures from single-cell suspensions of cultured rat tooth bud cells in this study...

A bubble-driven microfluidic transport element for bioengineering
The authors demonstrated the principle of doublet streaming and described the ensuing transport in this article.

Tissue engineering, stem cells, cloning, and parthenogenesis: new paradigms for therapy
The present article reviews recent progress in tissue engineering and describes applications of these new technologies that may offer novel therapies for patients with end-stage organ failure.

Development of a Small, Implantable Right Ventricular Assist Device
This article describes the initial phase of this program(i.e. to design, develop and clinically evaluate RVAD), including the pump design and in vitro test results.

A completely biological tissue-engineered human blood vessel
In this report, the feasibility of producing a completely biological TEBV exclusively from human cells was established.

Tissue engineering of cartilage in space
The authors studied tissue engineering in space by using cartilage as a model musculoskeletal tissue.

Weaving cartilage at zero g: the reality of tissue engineering in space
A simple overview about tissue engineering...

Engineering Approaches for the Detection and Control of Orthopaedic Biofilm Infections
In this paper two engineering-based approaches for the detection and control of biofilm infections associated with orthopaedic implants that can be deployed in situ were described.

Biomaterials Approaches to Combating Oral Biofilms and Dental Disease
Possibilities for biomaterials to impact the dental caries epidemic are reviewed with emphasis placed on novel delivery biomaterials and new therapeutic targets.

Rice bioengineers pioneer techniques for knee repair
A breakthrough self-assembly technique for growing replacement cartilage offers the first hope of replacing the entire articular surface of knees damaged by arthritis.

Building a hand-held lab-on-a-chip to simplify blood tests
A cell phone-sized blood-count machine requiring less blood than a mosquito bite will make blood tests easier for many patients, from neonatal units to astronauts in space.

Six-billion-dollar Human Is Becoming Reality, As Bionics Restores Or Expands Humans' Abilities
In the mid-1970s, when scientists in a popular TV series rebuilt a wounded, barely-living test pilot into the world's first bionic man, making him "better, stronger, faster," the field of medical bionics was the stuff of science fiction.

Gold nanoparticles may simplify cancer detection
Binding gold nanoparticles to a specific antibody for cancer cells could make cancer detection much easier, research finds...

Eye Strips Images Of All But Bare Essentials Before Sending Visual Information To Brain, UC Berkeley Research Shows
The eye as a camera has been a powerful metaphor for poets and scientists alike, implying that the eye provides the brain with detailed snapshots that form the basis for our rich experience of the world.

Reversible microlenses to speed chemical detection
Scientists have created technology capable of detecting trace amounts of biological or chemical agents in a matter of seconds, much faster than traditional methods, which can take hours or up to a day.

Scientists "Muscle" Sci-Fi Into Reality
Artificial muscles may someday upstage the world heavyweights of wrestling in a championship arm-wrestling match.

An Eye On The Tongue
To allow blind people to "see with their tongue" appears strangely effective.

Duke engineers develop new 3-D cardiac imaging probe
A three-dimensional ultrasound cardiac imaging probe was created that can be inserted inside the esophagus. The probe creates a picture of the whole heart in the time it takes for current ultrasound technology to image a single heart cross section.