Biomedical engineers have created a lab-grown tissue with similar properties to natural cartilage by giving it a bit of a stretch
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Biomaterials
Overlooked enzyme turns out to be master builder
Can be used to build synthetic biomaterials that could find use in applications ranging from drug delivery to nanowires
With stem cells to new intervertebral discs
Researchers demonstrate that a treatment with the body’s own stem cells are well tolerated
Oyster shells inspire tough and strong polymer nanocomposite
By controlling how nanoparticles self-assemble scientists have produced a tough and strong polymer nanocomposite
Success in the 3D Bioprinting of Cartilage
A team of researchers has managed to generate cartilage tissue by printing stem cells using a 3D bioprinter
Findings could influence ways to control bacterial growth on medical surfaces
A flexible tail allows swimming bacteria to thin the surrounding liquid and to free themselves when trapped along walls or obstacles
Understanding rust could lead to new battery and drug delivery technologies
Understanding the behavior of metal nanoparticles when undergoing oxidation
Shedding light on a soft synthetic retina
Having been created using synthetic cells this more natural, biodegradable system contains no rejectable materials
Nanoparticle switches off blood vessel growth
An engineered polymer nanoparticle can switch off the signal that drives the growth of blood vessels in biological tissue