Researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland have designed an artificial lung that uses air instead of pure oxygen as the ventilating gas, as is the case with current man-made lungs, which require heavy tanks of oxygen
A molecular technique originally developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was found to benefit people with devastating genetic disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy
A team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Medical School, including an Indian-origin researcher, has developed a polymer gel that can mimic the vibrations of human vocal cords
A new research has shown a possible ‘double beating’ occurring inside the heart of a spider, captured by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan
The World Health Organisation has warned that the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs threatens to take us to pre-Penicillin era where even the smallest infection could be deadly
Scientists have revealed how evolution has triumphed by giving human tissues their elastic properties that will last a lifetime.
Scientists have developed particles that closely mirror some of the key properties of red blood cells,
A new device that sprays burglars with synthetic DNA and allows police to track them down has been
Small intravenous drips commonly used in the hand or arm do not need to be moved routinely every 3 days, say researchers
Efforts to patent the first synthetic life form would give its creator a monopoly on a range of genetic