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Biomaterial-based ink reveals new era in wearable sensing
Novel silk-based inks can respond to and quantify chemicals released from the body or in the surrounding environment by changing color
Spider silk can create lenses useful for biological imaging
Spider silk is useful for a variety of biomedical applications:. One unexpected application for spider silk is its use in the creation of biocompatible lenses for biological imaging applications
Synthetic DNA mimic can assemble novel nanostructures
Researchers have developed a method for self-assembling nanostructures with gamma-modified peptide nucleic acid, a synthetic mimic of DNA
Slippery kidney stone test
Researchers developed an improved urine-testing system with a biomimetic approach they refer to as slippery liquid-infused porous surface (SLIPS)-LAB.
Cord blood as source for stem cell transplant
In addition to showing a decrease in the chance of graft-versus-host disease, which develops when a transplanted blood system attacks a patient’s tissues, the study shows a slightly lower rate of relapse in these patients undergoing transplant with cord blood
Cellular decoys distract coronavirus
Wrapping polymer nanoparticles in membranes from human lung epithelial type II cells and immune cells creates a biomimetic system that can act as a decoy for SARS-CoV-2
Insights into bioprinted skeletal muscle tissue models
Researchers have provided an in-depth analysis of 3D in vitro biomimetic skeletal muscle tissue models, highlighting the great potential of bioprinting technology
Researchers grow hairy skin from human stem cells
Scientists have determined how to grow hairy skin using human stem cells—developing one of the most complex skin models in the world