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Glacial Moraines Influence New Techniques in Biomedicine

April 15, 2015

A recent piece of biomedical research has drawn extensively from an unexpected source, glacial moraines. Moraines form as glaciers advance across landscapes over hundreds or even thousands of years, pushing rocks and boulders along their way. As glaciers recede, they leave behind those piles of rocky materials, which we call moraines.


April 15, 2015


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Researchers Work to Put Stem Cells in Their Place

May 3, 2013

Hyunjoon Kong, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and member of the Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering research theme, with Chemistry Professor Steve Zimmerman and Professor and Vice President for Research Dr. Larry Schook are developing a polymer coating that could help an individual's stem cells target inflamed cells to regrow healthy tissue and calm inflammation. Their research has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.


May 3, 2013


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Cells power biological machines

November 16, 2012

They’re soft, biocompatible, about 7 millimeters long – and, incredibly, able to walk by themselves. Miniature “bio-bots” developed at the University of Illinois are making tracks in synthetic biology.

Designing non-electronic biological machines has been a riddle that scientists at the interface of biology and engineering have struggled to solve. The walking bio-bots demonstrate the Illinois team’s ability to forward-engineer functional machines using only hydrogel, heart cells and a 3-D printer.


November 16, 2012


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