Synthetic biology, an emerging field that applies engineering principles to biology, may someday mean we create our foods and other biological materials in a similar way to electronics and mechanical devices.
An ingestible sensor can be used to deliver medications inside the human body and communicate relevant information to doctors and patients using Bluetooth technology.
A new device that acts similarly for the brain like a pacemaker does for the heart could help prevent seizures or tremors in patients with brain disease or injury.
Researchers at Rice University have developed a material that can dynamically change shape, paving the way for new applications in soft robotics and medicine.
Researchers have developed a new nanoscale drug-delivery platform for potential future use in cancer patients that will do little harm to healthy parts of the body.
