September 30, 2009 Berkeley Bioengineering Assistant Professor Irina Conboy and collaborators have identified a critical biochemical pathways linked to the aging of human muscle. By manipulating these pathways, the researchers were able to restore the muscle’s ability to repair and rebuild itself, offering hope for future injury repair and anti-aging techniques.
Archives for September 2009
Keasling in New Yorker
September 28, 2009 Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering Professor Jay Keasling was featured in a New Yorker article, A Life Of It’s Own, this September. The article explored the origins and potential future of the field of synthetic biology. Read more at the New Yorker.