Nature Reviews Bioengineering

Our July issue is live! Rethinking immunity in bioengineering, DNA-based biocomputing, T cell engineering, robotic surgery, bioinspired colour change, organ recovery and more. bit.ly/40hE7RX

Boosting precision and confidence in percutaneous nephrolithotomy bit.ly/4lSlRY1

Biophotonics technologies for skin disease diagnosis and monitoring bit.ly/4o1eKhg

A Review in @natrevbioeng highlights strategies to improve workflows of digestion, separation, enrichment, detection and analysis of microplastics and nanoplastics in biological samples and discusses the presence of them in the human body. go.nature.com/4o6lYAF

Ischaemic stroke remains a leading cause of disability. This article discusses the design of biomaterials that can engage and modulate pro-repair mechanisms in the brain to improve repair after ischaemic stroke: bit.ly/4o6sNlD

Kidney transplantation is the only definitive treatment for end-stage kidney disease. This article explores challenges in renal replacement and highlights the clinical potential of bioengineering approaches to restore kidney function: bit.ly/3ILdoqQ

Detection and characterization of microplastics and nanoplastics in biological samples bit.ly/3IFVTrZ

A Review in @natrevbioeng discusses wearable ultrasound technology, highlights key barriers to wide deployment and explores future development directions. go.nature.com/4eYjz70 🔒

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Dendrimer engineering to overcome delivery challenges of nucleic acids bit.ly/44DJcqj

Image-activated cell sorting bit.ly/4eVy4Zl

Wearable ultrasound technology bit.ly/46ghAsw

Rethinking immunity in bioengineering bit.ly/4lq0DjU

This article in @natrevbioeng offers a comprehensive overview of recent advances in wearable ultrasound technology across academia and industry. We did our best to cover the full landscape and are deeply grateful to the researchers whose work we reviewed. In the final section, we…

As biomaterials become increasingly central in immunotherapies, vaccines and tissue regeneration, engineers must embrace immune complexity in their models and frameworks to develop therapies that balance personalization with generalization and feasibility. bit.ly/4eLu5OK