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New MIT technology could lead to better drug delivery and artificial tissues that imitate natural tissue.
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A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has created the strongest form of collagen known to science, a stable alternative to human collagen that could one day be used to treat arthritis and other conditions that result from collagen defects.
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 | The cellulose produced by bacteria could be used for artificial blood vessels in the future as it carries a lower risk of blood clots than the synthetic materials currently used for bypass operations, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. ...> Full Article |
Two experimental treatments, a retinal prosthesis and fetal tissue transplant, restored some vision to people with blinding eye diseases. The findings, presented at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news on brain science and health, may lead to new treatments for the blind. Researchers also reported that an engineered protein restored vision in an animal model and identified ways to improve stem cell treatments.
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 | Prosthetic hand devices used by wounded soldiers have limited motor
control and no sensory feedback. But a bioengineered interface,
developed at the University of Michigan and made of muscle cells and a
nano-sized polymer, could go a long way in creating prostheses that move
like a normal hand. Animal studies show the interface may possibly
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 | BioInterfaces represents an ambitious new "Key Technologies" research program supported by the Helmholtz Association, the largest German scientific funding organization. The program brings together a team of biologists, chemists, physicists, materials scientists and informaticians. With an annual budget of approximately 20 million euro ($27.6 million), the 67 research teams will work closely together to develop innovative tools and technologies for precisely controlling the behavior of cells. ...> Full Article |
Soft and tough like biological tissue: DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes
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By tailoring peptide amphiphiles, small synthetic molecules developed at Northwestern University, and combining them with other molecules, Northwestern researchers can make a wide variety of structures that may provide new treatments for medical issues including spinal cord injuries, diabetes and Parkinson's disease. Combining the PA molecules with hyaluronic acid, a biopolymer found in the human body in places like joints and cartilage, resulted in an instant membrane structure in the form of self-assembling sacs.
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New study in the FASEB Journal reports success at combining man-made materials with human cells
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 | An 8-year-old Jersey dairy cow is back at her Kansas farm thanks to a decade of research and an experimental surgery. ...> Full Article |
Scientists have reported on a gel that, while having the pliancy of gelatin, won't break apart even when deformed over 1,000 percent.
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