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Image of the Day: Biomimetic Arteries
Image of the Day: Biomimetic Arteries
A newly engineered synthetic blood vessel offers a novel platform for developing drugs that treat high blood pressure.
A newly engineered synthetic blood vessel offers a novel platform for developing drugs that treat high blood pressure.
synthetic biology, disease & medicine
Bacteria as Living Microrobots to Fight Cancer
Simone Schuerle and Tal Danino | Apr 1, 2020 | 10+ min read
Autonomous, living microrobots that seek and destroy cancer are not as futuristic as one might imagine, thanks to a fusion of robotics and synthetic biology.
Caffeine-Triggered Cells Help Control Blood Sugar in Diabetic Mice
Diana Kwon | Jun 20, 2018 | 1 min read
Scientists engineered human cells to produce a molecule that stimulates insulin secretion in the presence of caffeine.