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.

New 'implanted contacts' designed to fix nearsightedness
UT Southwestern Medical Center ophthalmologists will be the first in the area to insert a new type of implanted lens to fix nearsightedness.

Artificial Muscles To Be Used On Robotic Space Explorers
Artificial muscles that should give space robots animal-like flexibility and manipulation ability will get their first test on a small NASA rover destined to explore an asteroid.

UC Berkeley researchers create a biologically-inspired artificial compound eye
Using the eyes of insects such as dragonflies and houseflies as models, a team of bioengineers has created a series of artificial compound eyes.

Noninvasive Approach To Salvaging Limbs Helps Young Bone Cancer Patients
The latest collaboration of doctors and mechanical engineers has produced a new type of prosthesis that stretches and lengthens damaged legs without the need for painful surgery and long periods of rehabilitation.

University Of Utah To Help Build Realistic Bionic Arm
University of Utah researchers will receive up to $10.3 million to help develop a new prosthetic arm that would work, feel and look like a real arm.

UCSD researchers develop 'smart petri dish'
Researchers have developed what they call a "Smart Petri Dish" that could be used to rapidly screen new drugs for toxic interactions or identify cells in the early stages of cancer circulating through a patient's blood.

MRIs Better At Diagnosing Needs For 'Bionic Ear' Implants
Magnetic resonance imaging is a better diagnostic tool for cochlear ear implants than the more commonly used high-resolution computed tomography, a UT Southwestern study shows.