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CD8 cytotoxic T lymphocytes.

Jason — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:10:39 +0000

Scientists have engineered immune cells that attack and kill HIV.

Safflower.

Jason — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:56:33 +0000

Plant that a company has genetically modified to produce human insulin. (via)

Antascomicin B.

Jason — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 03:26:12 +0000

Nerve-regenerating molecule scarcely found in nature that researchers are trying to build from scratch. (via)

Bacterial nanowires.

Jason — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 02:24:53 +0000

Microbiologist discovers that bacteria can sprout tiny wires called pili which can be bioengineered to power electronic devices. (via)

Spermatogonial stem cells.

Jason — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:54:39 +0000

Scientists grow mice in the lab from artificial sperm. (via)

Alpha-farnesene.

Jason — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:26:11 +0000

Scientists have synthetically reproduced the fruit compound responsible for the natural smell of green apples.

Dielectrophoresis.

Jason — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:55:38 +0000

Scientists use electricity to build up layers of cells and engineer real human tissue. (via)

5-hydroxymethylfurfural.

Jason — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 22:18:25 +0000

Chemical intermediate derived from fructose sugar that can be turned into plastic. (via)

CB-Hep.1

Jason — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:53:52 +0000

Antibody engineered from a genetically modified tobacco plant is being used in the production of a hepatitis vaccine. (via)

Electrospinning.

Jason — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:21:02 +0000

Fabrication process that produces bioactive vascular grafts designed to help patients regenerate new arteries. (via)

Tissue-engineered grafts.

Jason — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:40:25 +0000

Scientists engineer skeletal tissue to be electrically conductive and beat like a heart. (via)

High-tensile nanocomposite.

Jason — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:25:05 +0000

Scientists engineer a strong new nanomaterial by fusing silica and spider silk.

CGK733.

Jason — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 05:28:23 +0000

Scientists have created a molecule that prevents cells from aging.

Brassinosteroids.

Jason — Tue, 30 May 2006 16:32:46 +0000

Plant hormone that when altered may allow people to control the growth of plants and grasses. (via)

Ventria Bioscience.

Jason — Tue, 16 May 2006 20:03:37 +0000

Company has developed a drug to combat diarrhea by growing rice engineered with human protein.

hTERT-Ad.

Jason — Wed, 03 May 2006 14:52:18 +0000

Engineered virus that causes brain tumors to eat themselves. (via)

Artificial compound eye.

Jason — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:58:53 +0000

Bioengineers used an array of 8700 hexagonal microlenses to successfully mimick the honeycomb pattern of an insect eye.

Neuron-powered CPU.

Jason — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:08:48 +0000

Rat nerve cell has been used to successfully ping a semiconductor computer chip. (via)

Nanowires.

Jason — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 00:32:37 +0000

Researchers build tiny batteries using viruses as power. (via)

Bone morphogenetic protein 6.

Jason — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:51:49 +0000

Growth factor that converts cells derived from human fat into cartilage. (via)