POSTS TAGGED AS biomaterials

Hydrogel Scaffold for Burn Healing

Johns Hopkins University researchers intended to design a hydrogel loaded with stem cells to promote wound healing, but their [MORE]

Proton-Based Body Sensors

Electrical devices rely on electrons for signaling; biological systems signal through ions and protons, which prompted University of Washington [MORE]

Developing Pediatric Devices in Michigan and Virginia

For all the sensitivity to children’s health, it is surprising that most pediatric hospitals are financially struggling and there [MORE]

Careers in Biomedical Engineering

New knowledge has long provided economic liberation, and despite so much business uncertainty today, a convergence of biological and [MORE]

Carbon Nanotubes Regenerate Heart Tissue

While regenerative medicine researchers work on growing new hearts from collagen scaffolds and induced pluripotent stem cells, engineers at [MORE]

Growing Stronger Implants

“Regenerative medicine” brings to mind some razzle-dazzle visions, but it also holds advances in situations that seem quite conventional.  [MORE]

Tooth Regeneration

The dentist’s drill could go the way of the buggy whip if a new gel material used in bone [MORE]

Synthetic Muscles

A protein-based biomaterial that mimics the structure and function of titin in natural muscle tissue has been developed at [MORE]

Smart coatings for Safer Surgical Implants

Professor Afsaneh Rabiei, in mechanical and biomedical engineering at North Carolina State University, has led a team in [MORE]