A metal organic framework coated with a cancer cell membrane has proved effective at delivering and releasing a cancer immunotherapy drug
Cancer cells get a load of ZIF
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Synthetic shape-shifting collagen with potential biomedical applications
Synthetic collagen could offer controlled-release drug delivery and tissue engineering
Wirelessly rechargeable soft brain implant controls brain cells
Researchers have invented a smartphone-controlled soft brain implant that can be recharged wirelessly from outside the body. Scientists believe this technology can help uncover and treat psychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative diseases such as addiction, depression, and Parkinson’s
New technique creates organ-on-a-chip in a short time and at a low cost
A streamlined approach is proposed for the fabrication of organ‐on‐a‐chip devices with incorporated microactuators, by using an adaptation of xurography. This method can generate multilayered, membrane‐integrated biochips in a matter of hours, using low‐cost benchtop equipment
Scientists use a novel ink to 3D print ‘bone’ with living cells
3D printers may one day become a permanent fixture of the operating theatre after UNSW scientists showed they could print bone-like structures containing living cells
3D printing helps improve biocompatibility of metallic implants
Biomedical metallic implants improved with 3D printing
Lasers and molecular tethers to create perfect platforms for tissue engineering
Researchers have developed a technique to modify naturally occurring biological polymers with protein-based biochemical messages that affect cell behavior
Chemists invent shape-shifting nanomaterial with biomedical potential
Discovery holds potential for biomedical applications. It converts from sheets to tubes and back in a controllable fashion. Made of synthetic collagen, the new nanomaterial may have a range of biomedical applications, from controlled-release drug delivery to tissue engineering
New biomaterials can be ‘fine-tuned’ for medical applications
Researchers have succeeded in ‘fine tuning’ a new thermoplastic biomaterial to enable both the rate at which it degrades in the body and its mechanical properties to be controlled independently