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Nanomaterial Regrows Severed Nerves

Nanomaterial stimulates and regrows severed nerves like sci-fi tech
“In a move that echoes a sci-fi series, researchers have developed a [MORE]

Light-Activated Molecular Machines

Light-activated molecular machines get cells ‘talking’
“Rice University scientists have used light-activated molecular machines to trigger intercellular calcium wave signals, revealing [MORE]

Novel Peptide Hydrogels

3D Printing of self-assembling anofibrous multidomain peptide hydrogels
“In this work [Rice University], the printability of multidomain peptides (MDPs), a class [MORE]

Light-Activated Molecular Machines for Antifungal Therapy

Visible-Light-Activated Molecular Machines Kill Fungi by Necrosis Following Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Calcium Overload
“Here, it is reported [from researchers at Rice [MORE]

Nanodrills for Treating Bacterial Infections

Light-activated molecular machines are fast-acting broad-spectrum antibacterials
“Here, we [biochemists at Rice University] report the discovery of a distinctive antibacterial therapy [MORE]

Novel Immunotherapy Delivery System

Cell-Loaded Beads Release Cytokines to Eradicate Tumors
“Researchers at Rice University have created a cytokine delivery system that can produce localized [MORE]

An Engineered Bacterium for Diagnosing a Human Disease

Engineered organism could diagnose Crohn’s disease flareups
“In an important step toward the clinical application of synthetic biology, Rice University researchers [MORE]

Heat’s Influence in 3D Printing of Regenerated Organs

Infrared tomography of hydrogel perfused by cube thermofluid channel
This report from tissue engineers at the University of Washington and Rice [MORE]

AI-Designed Bioscaffolds

AI speeds development of 3D-printed bioscaffolds
3D printing of bioscaffolds for tissue regeneration involves enough variables that machine learning can sort [MORE]

Alginate Shield for Stem Cell Therapy

 
Biomaterial protects stem cells
Rice University “researchers have been developing a variety of biomaterial carriers to encapsulate cells, and protect them [MORE]

Laser Printed Blood Vessels

Blood vessels 3D printed with sugar
Imagine a 3D filigree submerges in a mixture of cells and hydrogel.  The filigree is [MORE]

Magnetically Powered Bioelectronic Implants

Magnetoelectric film on top of rice
From Rice University neuroengineers: “The neural stimulator draws its power from magnetic energy and is [MORE]

Getting Oxygen into Regenerated Tissues

Oxygen measurement in tissues
Tissue regeneration has accelerated from using hydrogels, but a next step is to see and be sure [MORE]

3D Printed Air Sacs Mimic Lungs

3D printed lung air sac
Using technology named “Stereolithographic Apparatus for Tissue Engineering” a Rice University lab has 3D-printed a life-like [MORE]