biomedical engineering

By packaging lipid nanoparticles with elements that decrease the fibrous nature of solid tumors, researchers can deliver CRISPR therapies in a more efficient manner.

This month marks ten years since CRISPR-Cas9 was repurposed as a gene editing system, so we’re looking back at what has been accomplished in a decade of CRISPR editing.

The makers of the CRISPR-based testing platform, called miSHERLOCK, say it could enable people at home or physicians in resource-limited environments to detect SARS-CoV-2—and eventually, other pathogens.

A bioengineered heart made of pig and synthetic tissues beats like the real thing.

Circuits made from a novel material are more flexible than ever before.  

Sangeeta Bhatia, creator of miniature medical technologies, has won the Lemelson-MIT Prize.

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University. Age: 37

3-D printing has made inroads in the clinic, but constructing functional complex organs still faces major hurdles.

Cornell University biomedical engineer Lawrence Bonassar 3-D prints ears using “ink” that contains living cells.

3-D printing allows tissue engineers to fabricate more-complex shapes and to precisely mix biological materials.