October 15, 2012
DURHAM, N.C. -- Many antibiotics can lose their ability to kill bacteria – Duke University bioengineers believe they can explain one of the reasons why. Using a combination of molecular biology and mathematical modeling, the researcher defined a new mechanism for one of main reasons why antibiotics...
October 09, 2012
Meet Cameron Kim – a Pratt Engineering student working on synthetic biology who also officiates for the Duke Quidditch team. Originally from Brandon, Florida, Cameron became interested in molecular biology and engineering in high school.
October 01, 2012
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke University bioengineers have developed a system for ordering genes to produce proteins using blue light. This new approach could greatly improve the ability of researchers and physicians to control gene expression, which is the process by which genes give instructions for the...
October 24, 2011
For the first time, molecular events below the skin can now not only be seen in three dimensions, but in their true color.The new method developed by Duke University bioengineers detects and shows in vivid shades of red the levels of hemoglobin being carried by blood vessels, even the tiniest ones...
October 10, 2011
DURHAM, N.C. – After demonstrating that light accurately detected pre-cancerous cells in the lining of the esophagus, Duke University bioengineers turned their technology to the colon and have achieved similar results in a series of preliminary experiments.This technology could be a non-invasive...
September 20, 2011
Mother Nature may have her own way of telling stem cells how and when to differentiate into specific cell types, but many scientists are now beginning to think that they can improve on her work to treat human disease.A Duke University bioengineer is one of them – he believes that by using the...
