Hacker News with Generative AI: Bioengineering

How the Non-Essential Spleen Could Regenerate Vital Organs Inside the Body (discovermagazine.com)
The idea of using the body’s own organs as mini bioreactors to grow replacement tissue or even regenerate other organs might sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but it's already becoming reality in cutting-edge labs around the world.

Science, Biology, Regenerative Medicine, Bioengineering

5 points by jnord 14 days ago | 0 comments

Ultra-low power, miniature electrophysiological electronics (starfishneuroscience.com)
Distributed neural interfaces hold great promise for future therapies.

Neuroscience, Electronics, Bioengineering, Medical Technology, Brain-Computer Interfaces

19 points by walterbell 15 days ago | 2 comments

'Super-vision' contact lenses let wearers see in the dark, even with eyes closed (livescience.com)

Technology, Bioengineering, Optics, Health, Vision

4 points by Brajeshwar 15 days ago | 0 comments

Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, eyes closed (phys.org)
Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light.

Neuroscience, Bioengineering, Optics, Vision

28 points by joak 16 days ago | 10 comments

Engineered adipocytes implantation suppresses tumor progression in cancer models (nature.com)
Tumors exhibit an increased ability to obtain and metabolize nutrients. Here, we implant engineered adipocytes that outcompete tumors for nutrients and show that they can substantially reduce cancer progression, a technology termed adipose manipulation transplantation (AMT).

Cancer Research, Bioengineering, Adipose Tissue, Medical Technology, Drug Development

26 points by richardboegli 32 days ago | 0 comments

Mammoth de-extinction is bad conservation (arstechnica.com)
The start-up Colossal Biosciences aims to use gene-editing technology to bring back the woolly mammoth and other extinct species.

Conservation, Genetics, Extinction, Bioengineering

34 points by rntn 63 days ago | 54 comments

Smallest Pacemaker Is the Size of a Rice Grain (sciencealert.com)
Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a grain of rice that can be injected and controlled by light before dissolving.

Medical Technology, Bioengineering, Health, Innovation

95 points by lnyan 64 days ago | 14 comments

Raspberry Pi powers briefcase-sized PiEEG 'Bio Lab' project (tomshardware.com)

Raspberry Pi, Hardware, Bioengineering, DIY Projects

11 points by wafremret 89 days ago | 0 comments

Open source software for modeling soft materials (now.tufts.edu)
Tufts scientists develop Morpho software, which can model anything from cardiovascular stents to pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing

Software, Materials Science, Open Source, Bioengineering

87 points by nill0 90 days ago | 15 comments

Engineered cartilage from nasal septum cells helps treat complex knee injuries (sciencedaily.com)
Injuries to the articular cartilage in different joints, including the knee, are painful and limit mobility. Therefore, researchers at the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel are developing cartilage implants using cells from the patient's nasal septum.

Medical Research, Cartilage Regeneration, Knee Injuries, Bioengineering

12 points by jdmark 92 days ago | 0 comments

Knitted microtissue can accelerate healing (news.mit.edu)
Treating severe or chronic injury to soft tissues such as skin and muscle is a challenge in health care.

Medical Technology, Bioengineering, Healthcare

5 points by gnabgib 94 days ago | 0 comments

DARPA exploring growing bio structures of "unprecedented size" in microgravity (sam.gov)

Space Exploration, Bioengineering, Microgravity

177 points by Jimmc414 95 days ago | 83 comments

Bacteria in Polymers Form Cables That Grow into Living Gels (caltech.edu)
Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other, building a kind of "living Jell-O."

Biology, Materials Science, Bioengineering

59 points by gmays 135 days ago | 3 comments

Cyborg cockroaches can now be mass-produced in a robotic factory (scmp.com)
Researchers have taken the concept of cyborg insects to the next level – automated mass production that could turn out cybernetically controlled bugs every 68 seconds, a technology that may prove useful in search-and-rescue operations or factory inspections.

Robotics, Bioengineering, Insects, Technology

4 points by larrysalibra 175 days ago | 0 comments

Lignin discovery could help turn trees into affordable green chemicals (phys.org)
Trees are the most abundant natural resource living on Earth's land masses, and North Carolina State University scientists and engineers are making headway in finding ways to use them as sustainable, environmentally benign alternatives to producing industrial chemicals from petroleum.

Sustainable Materials, Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Bioengineering

5 points by PaulHoule 212 days ago | 0 comments

Robot controlled by a king oyster mushroom blends living organisms and machines (cnn.com)

Robotics, Biology, Artificial Intelligence, Bioengineering

12 points by mooreds 273 days ago | 1 comments

Smart mask for exhaled breath condensate harvesting and analysis (science.org)

Health, Medical Technology, Sensors, Bioengineering

24 points by bookofjoe 282 days ago | 2 comments

'smart' insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time (theguardian.com)

Diabetes, Healthcare, Bioengineering, Artificial Intelligence

28 points by sorokod 300 days ago | 8 comments

Maglev titanium heart now whirs inside the chest of a live patient (newatlas.com)