BioSET Offers New Twist on the Healing Touch
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Doctors routinely use plates, rods and screws to bolt a nasty bone fracture back together. But all of that hardware won't help heal the bone and muscle tissue surrounding the injury, said Thomas G. Roueche, president and chief executive of BioSurface Engineering Technologies Inc. of College Park.
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The therapeutic power of flowers takes on new meaning with a Japanese gadget that turns plants into audio speakers.
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UK and Swiss scientists find a way to trigger an out-of-body experience in healthy volunteers.
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Microscopic embryonic stem cells might hold the answer to afflictions from baldness, wrinkles, and age spots to the most intractable diseases.
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Researchers have made a biochip that could help replace animal testing for new cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
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Active people have cells that look younger on a molecular level than those of couch potatoes.
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Using virtual-reality goggles, a camera and a stick, scientists have induced out-of-body experiences in healthy people.
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Pioneers in psychotherapy and cell biology and three scientists who discovered a crucial enzyme linked to cancer and aging are being awarded prestigious medical prizes.
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Researchers say they have created a "virtual" model of all the biochemical reactions that occur in human cells.
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Systems biologists are pushing the envelope of preventive medicine through research centered on the interactions of the thousands of pieces of DNA, RNA and proteins that network together in each cell of our body. By Rowan Hooper.
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A close-up view of the human genome reveals its innermost workings to be far more complex than first thought.
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A British biotechnology company has developed a long-lasting artificial skin that has produced promising results in healing wounds in early clinical trials.
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Mixing cells and eggs to be allowed in search for new medical treatments.
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This small biotech provides screens that can help catch cancer.
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A protein being tested for its ability to enhance wound healing in skin might also help repair heart attack damage. The protein, thymosin beta 4 (TB4), is expressed by embryos during the heart&#39;s development
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Scientists measure energy levels inside living heart cells, which could ultimately aid heart attack recovery.
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Doctors try to balance a patient's trust with new technology.