Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology

Scientists have combined a technique known as direct cell reprogramming with a new type of scaffold to ensure transplanted cells thrive in their new environment, demonstrating the potential of the technique by treating severe muscle loss in mice.

Viral infections can be difficult to tackle due to their ability to develop resistance to drugs, and major viruses like Ebola and Zika pose a real threat to global health. Help might well be at hand though, with researchers developing a macromolecule that tackles viruses in three separate ways.

Many of us drink green tea for its wonderful health benefits. Now, for the first time, green tea has been used to deliver drugs to cancer cells, with promising results including more effective tumor reduction and reduced accumulation of drugs in other organs.

Researchers at the A*STAR's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) in Singapore have developed a nanogel using self-assembling ultrashort peptide technology that can heal burn wounds much faster than the silicone-based wound dressings currently used

Scientists have created a non-antibiotic hydrogel that attracts bacteria, then kills them by causing their outer membranes to rupture.