U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format
Items per page

Send to:

Choose Destination

Search results

Items: 15

1.

Metabolic Engineering

Methods and techniques used to genetically modify cells' biosynthetic product output and develop conditions for growing the cells as BIOREACTORS.

Year introduced: 2012

2.

Cell Engineering

Methods and techniques used to modify or select cells and develop conditions for growing cells for biosynthetic production of molecules (METABOLIC ENGINEERING), for generation of tissue structures and organs in vitro (TISSUE ENGINEERING), or for other BIOENGINEERING research objectives.

Year introduced: 2012

3.

Bioengineering

The application of engineering principles and methods to living organisms or biological systems.

Year introduced: 2010

4.

Biomimetics

An interdisciplinary field in materials science, ENGINEERING, and BIOLOGY, studying the use of biological principles for synthesis or fabrication of BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS.

Year introduced: 2003

5.

Tissue Engineering

Generating tissue in vitro for clinical applications, such as replacing wounded tissues or impaired organs. The use of TISSUE SCAFFOLDING enables the generation of complex multi-layered tissues and tissue structures.

Year introduced: 2002

6.

National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division

An organization that initiates and conducts studies of national policy and planning for health care and health-related education and research; it also responds to requests from the federal government and other agencies for studies and advice. Was founded as the Institute of Medicine in 1970 and changed in 2016 to a Division of the Academies.

Year introduced: 2020 (1990)

7.

Protein Engineering

Procedures by which protein structure and function are changed or created in vitro by altering existing or synthesizing new structural genes that direct the synthesis of proteins with sought-after properties. Such procedures may include the design of MOLECULAR MODELS of proteins using COMPUTER GRAPHICS or other molecular modeling techniques; site-specific mutagenesis (MUTAGENESIS, SITE-SPECIFIC) of existing genes; and DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION techniques to create new genes.

Year introduced: 1989

8.

Software

Sequential operating programs and data which instruct the functioning of a digital computer.

Year introduced: 1987(1983)

9.

Sanitary Engineering

A branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and maintenance of environmental facilities conducive to public health, such as water supply and waste disposal.

10.

Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital

Hospital department whose primary function is the upkeep and supervision of the buildings and grounds and the maintenance of hospital physical plant and equipment which requires engineering expertise.

Year introduced: 1980

11.

Ergonomics

The science of designing, building or equipping mechanical devices or artificial environments to the anthropometric, physiological, or psychological requirements of the people who will use them.

Year introduced: 2018

12.

Genetic Engineering

Directed modification of the gene complement of a living organism by such techniques as altering the DNA, substituting genetic material by means of a virus, transplanting whole nuclei, transplanting cell hybrids, etc.

Year introduced: 1989

13.

Engineering

The practical application of physical, mechanical, and mathematical principles. (Stedman, 25th ed)

14.

Chemical Engineering

Application of principles and practices of engineering science to the transformation, design, and manufacture of substances on an industrial scale.

Year introduced: 1966

15.

Biomedical Engineering

Application of principles and practices of engineering science to biomedical research and health care.

Year introduced: 1968

Format
Items per page

Send to:

Choose Destination

Supplemental Content

Loading ...