Technique can be used for bone grafts and regenerating cartilage, teeth, tendons
Researchers use eggshell particles to grow bone tissue in the lab
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Biocompatibility
A better way to stop bleeding
Modifying starch creates a biocompatible, biodegradable and inexpensive material that stops bleeding
3-D physiomimetic extracellular matrix hydrogels
Researchers prepared hydrogels from decellularized organs to maintain islet cell viability and function
Magnetic microrobots line up for stem cell therapy
Magnetically controlled microrobots offer targeted delivery and transplantation of stem cells
Engineered knee cartilage goes anisotropic
New material is first to mimic the two-layered characteristics of native tissue
Antibody treatment allows transplant of mismatched stem cells, tissues in mice
If the antibody treatment is eventually found to be viable in humans, it could increase the numbers of people who benefit from hematopoietic stem transplants, Stanford researchers said
Robot Caterpillar: for therapeutic drug delivery
The prototype could pave the way for advances in bio-medicine: such as drug delivery
Bioengineers attach bioactive molecules to hydrogel structure
Bioengineers have developed injectable hydrogels with bioactive molecules anchored to the chemical crosslinkers that give the gels structure
Miniature probe measures tissue health deep inside the lung
A tiny fibre probe can measure key indicators of tissue damage at previously inaccessible sites