bioengineering
noun
bio·en·gi·neer·ing
ˌbi-(ˌ)ō-ˌen-jə-ˈnir-iŋ 
1
: the application of engineering principles, practices, and technologies to the fields of medicine and biology especially in solving problems and improving care (as in the design of medical devices and diagnostic equipment or the creation of biomaterials and pharmaceuticals) : biomedical engineering
2
: the application of biological techniques (such as genetic recombination) to create modified versions of organisms (such as crops)
especially
: genetic engineering
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The company was co-founded by Jared Tangney, who received his doctorate in bioengineering from the University of California San Diego in 2012.
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While complex bioengineering and sophisticated nanotechnology are pushing medicine forward, researchers recently found an unexpected boost for tissue healing in an everyday grocery store item: yogurt.
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The team described its bioengineering breakthrough in a paper that appeared in Nature last week.
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Sanches and Silva are IEEE senior members and bioengineering professors at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2020
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Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
While complex bioengineering and sophisticated nanotechnology are pushing medicine forward, researchers recently found an unexpected boost for tissue healing in an everyday grocery store item: yogurt.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2025
The team described its bioengineering breakthrough in a paper that appeared in Nature last week.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 17 June 2025
Sanches and Silva are IEEE senior members and bioengineering professors at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2020
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bioengineering
noun
bio·en·gi·neer·ing
-ˌen-jə-ˈni(ə)r-iŋ
1
: the application of engineering principles, practices, and technologies to the fields of medicine and biology especially in solving problems and improving care (as in the design of medical devices and diagnostic equipment or the creation of biomaterials and pharmaceuticals) : biomedical engineering
2
: the application of biological techniques (as genetic recombination) to create modified versions of organisms (as crops)
especially
: genetic engineering
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