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Newly designed hydrogels allow the culture of T-cells for use in cancer immunotherapy

A team with the participation of researchers from the Spanish National Research Council has designed new hydrogels that allow the culture of T-cells or T-lymphocytes, cells of the immune system that are used in cancer immunotherapy since they have the capacity to destroy tumor cells.

31 Aug 2020

New biomaterials from spider silk eliminate risk of infection and facilitate healing process

New biomaterials developed at the University of Bayreuth eliminate risk of infection and facilitate healing processes.

28 Aug 2020

Manipulating 3D Printed Organoid Microenvironments

Organoids are 3-dimensional (3D) clusters of stem cells that come together and emulate the microenvironment within individual organs, whether that be liver, kidney, heart, gut or other specific organs.

From Manchester BIOGEL 28 Aug 2020

Researchers develop novel material with possible applications in wound healing

With an increase in the elderly and aging population and also in the number of invasive surgeries, wound healing has become a critical focus area in medicine.

26 Aug 2020

Shielding stem cells with novel biomaterial can reduce heart attack damage

Bioengineers and surgeons from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have shown that shielding stem cells with a novel biomaterial improves the cells' ability to heal heart injuries caused by heart attacks.

18 Aug 2020

Researchers develop implantable hydrogels based on plant polysaccharides

Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) scientists have developed implantable hydrogels based on plant polysaccharides (pectins). They can play the role of an artificial extracellular matrix, a special network of molecules that fills the space between body cells.

14 Aug 2020

New cell injection technique could help reverse forms of vision loss

University of Toronto Engineering researchers have developed a new method of injecting healthy cells into damaged eyes.

13 Aug 2020

Researchers develop new tool that acts like colonoscopy

Your gut bacteria could say a lot about you, such as why you're diabetic or how you respond to certain drugs. But scientists can see only so much of the gastrointestinal tract to study the role of gut bacteria in your health.

13 Aug 2020

Osmotic therapy device reduces swelling in rats with spinal cord injuries

When injured, the spinal cord swells, restricting blood flow, resulting in further, often critical and permanent motor, sensory, and autonomic function damage.

12 Aug 2020

Computational analyses suggest new pathway for inflammatory response to SARS-CoV-2

Analyses of lung fluid cells from COVID-19 patients conducted on the nation's fastest supercomputer point to gene expression patterns that may explain the runaway symptoms produced by the body's response to SARS-CoV-2.

28 Jul 2020

Wyss Institute's tough gel adhesive technology licensed to Amend Surgical

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced today that its tough gel adhesive technology has been licensed by Amend Surgical, a Florida-based medical device company focused on developing and manufacturing novel biomaterials.

21 Jul 2020

Columbia Engineering researchers win $16.4 million DARPA grant

Sam Sia, professor of biomedical engineering, and Ken Shepard, Lau Family Professor 0f Electrical Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, have won a $16.4 million four-year grant from DARPA for their proposal, "Treatment and Recovery Augmented with Electrical and Ultrasound?Mediated Actuation and Sensing."

20 Jul 2020

'Smart nanosheets' can help quickly isolate new types of proteins from mixtures

An interdisciplinary team from Frankfurt and Jena has developed a kind of bait with which to fish protein complexes out of mixtures.

20 Jul 2020

Emerging hydrogel material could improve oral drug delivery

An emerging hydrogel material with the capacity to degrade and spontaneously reform in the gastrointestinal tract could help researchers develop more effective methods for oral drug delivery.

16 Jul 2020

Researchers identify new factor that regulates the size of scar following heart injury

When a person has a heart attack, the person's coronary artery is blocked, cutting off the flow of blood and oxygen to that portion of the person's heart.

14 Jul 2020

Researchers develop a promising treatment to prevent blindness

The team was co-led by May Griffith, a researcher at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, which is affiliated with Université de Montréal and is part of the CIUSSS de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal.

30 Jun 2020

Duke researchers create first cartilage-mimicking gel that's strong enough for knees

The thin, slippery layer of cartilage between the bones in the knee is magical stuff: strong enough to withstand a person's weight, but soft and supple enough to cushion the joint against impact, over decades of repeat use.

26 Jun 2020

Bioactive factors-imprinted scaffold vehicles for boosting bone repair

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. In this review article the authors Peng-Peng Xue, Jian-dong Yuan, Qing Yao, Ying-Zheng Zhao and He-Lin Xu, from Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou City, China consider bioactive factors-imprinted scaffold vehicles for promoting bone healing.

23 Jun 2020

Researchers develop new technique to print electronic sensors directly on organs

In groundbreaking new research, mechanical engineers and computer scientists at the University of Minnesota have developed a 3D printing technique that uses motion capture technology, similar to that used in Hollywood movies, to print electronic sensors directly on organs that are expanding and contracting.

22 Jun 2020

Millimeter-thick cell-laden hydrogel fiber helps control blood glucose in diabetic mice

Type 1 diabetes mellitus results from an irreversible autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells requiring life-long substitution of insulin.

15 Jun 2020