Biological organisms learn from interactions with their environment throughout their lifetime.
For artificial systems to successfully act and adapt in the real world, it is desirable to similarly …

The remarkable anatomical homeostasis exhibited by complex living organisms suggests
that they are inherently reprogrammable information-processing systems that offer …

Synthetic biology and bioengineering provide the opportunity to create novel embodied
cognitive systems (otherwise known as minds) in a very wide variety of chimeric …

Periodontal disease is a multifactorial, bacterially induced inflammatory condition
characterized by the progressive destruction of periodontal tissues. The successful …

Bioengineering can address many important needs, from transformative biomedicine to
environmental remediation. In addition to practical applications, the construction of new …

Each of us made the remarkable journey from mere matter to mind: starting life as a
quiescent oocyte (“just chemistry and physics”), and slowly, gradually, becoming an adult …

A fundamental and unresolved question in regenerative biology is how tissues return to
homeostasis after injury. Answering this question is essential for understanding the …

The effect of the surface potential of biomaterials on cell attachment and development in
regenerative medicine is still an unexplored area driving many regeneration processes …

Limb patterning by Sonic hedgehog (Shh), via either graded spatial or temporal signal
integration, is a paradigm for" morphogen" function, yet how Shh instructs distinct digit …

The applicability of computational models to the biological world is an active topic of debate.
We argue that a useful path forward results from abandoning hard boundaries between …