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Heart Patches of Living Stem Cells
Heart patch
Until heart doctors have a successful strategy for injecting stem cells directly into cardiac tissue to repair damage, this [MORE]
Automated Chemical Synthesizer
Coffee machine synthesizer
For more than a quarter century, synthetic chemists have imagined how an automated reaction machine could take the [MORE]
Graphene Microflakes to Stop Seizures
Graphene flakes mitigate seizures
This piece mainly suggests what might be done for brain disorders in the future rather than what [MORE]
“Hair Farms”
Hair follicle
Using a 3D printer to make plastic molds for skin tissue, bioengineers at Columbia University added a “cocktail of [MORE]
3D Printed Ear without Scaffold
3D printed ear without scaffold
Most tissue regenerative strategies rely on a scaffold into which cells stimulated to grow. One difficulty [MORE]
A Hair-Sized Lung Probe
Lung alveolus
In an extremely fine optical fiber, Scottish scientists devised a tool for assessing lung disease deep in the organ. [MORE]
Micropatterning Tissues
Micropatterning tissues
“All micropatterning techniques involve three basic steps. . . : Generation of a pattern of controlled surface adhesiveness; Seeding [MORE]
Urine Test for Transplant Rejection
T cell granzyme B attacks organ cell
To determine if rejection of a transplanted organ is beginning, researchers at Emory University [MORE]
Coating Stem Cells to Target Heart Tissue
Artificial plasma membrane binding construct
Stem cell scientists at the University of Bristol, and colleagues in Australia and France, described their [MORE]
Regenerative Medicine without Stem Cells
Regeneration of lung over 36 hours
As promising as stem cells are for regenerating damaged tissues, they are not without their [MORE]
Paper Organs, Ready to Grow
3D printing paper organs
Here’s a novel idea: create paper models of organs and tumors, complete with blood vessels, nerves and [MORE]
Making Closer Contact between Sensors and Cells
Floating and flexible cellular sensor
Tissue culture researchers at Purdue University are using an ultra-buoyant polymer scaffold with electrophysiological sensors to [MORE]
Artificial DNA Controls Sequenced Release of Drugs from a Capsule
Sequencing release of drug
The earliest controlled release drug dates from 1938, and relied on polymer coatings to survive gastric acids [MORE]
Predicting Microbiome Changes
Gut microbiome
Enteroendocrine cells in the human gut secrete serotonin, hormones and other chemicals that send signals to the brain via [MORE]