POSTS TAGGED AS inflammation

Microgel Coated Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Can Reverse Lung Tissue Fibrosis

Microgel coated MSCs to degrade scar tissue
“. . . [University of Illinois at Chicago] researchers engineered a thin microgel that, [MORE]

Safer Viral Vectors

George Church launches gene therapy startup to design safer viral vectors
A bioengineering team at Harvard “has developed a way to [MORE]

Soft and Sweet Brain Implants

Sugar needle brain implant
“A softer implant would help to reduce tissue irritation, but poses challenges in terms of manufacturing and [MORE]

Salt, Immunity and Inflammation

Salt inhibits immune response of mitochondria
A collaboration of German scientists has found that “excessive salt levels can dampen mitochondrial activities [MORE]

Material to Relieve Arthritis Pain

Stem cell therapy to reverse arthritis
“With no real forms of treatment other than pain-relieving medications or a full joint replacement, [MORE]

Nanofiber Drug Delivery

Self-assembling nanofibers prevent damage from inflammation
“Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a self-assembling nanomaterial that can help limit damage [MORE]

New Material for Soft Tissue Engineering

New thermoplastic biomaterials
Elasticity and biodegradability are to properties that are difficult to engineer together.  In this piece, a collaboration of [MORE]

Urine Test for Asthma

Urine testing for asthma
Using mass spectrometry, a research group headed at the Karolinska Institutet has been able to sort out [MORE]

Wearables after COVID-19 Has Passed

Covid 19 – still a concern for the heart
While the death toll from COVID-19 keeps rising, this piece from last [MORE]

Gene Therapy for Obesity

Gene therapy to build muscle and reduce OA
In studying osteoarthritis and obesity, Washington University in St. Louis reports this: “Follistatin [MORE]

Organ Specific Blood Vessel Cells

Formation of new blood vessels

University of Illinois cell scientists have discovered that gene expression profiles for blood vessel formation differ [MORE]

The Idea of Anti-Aging

Anti-aging
Easter Island, in the South Pacific, is where scientists from the University of Montreal in 1964 discovered a fungicide that [MORE]

Artificial Proteins for “Smart” Cells

LOCKR responds to changes in cellular environment
Describing their engineered protein as “a latch, a cage, a key, and a bioactive [MORE]

Mapping Rheumatoid Arthritis

RA- early diagnosis with imaging
Oxygenated blood absorbs infrared light in a way (glows brighter) that reveals inflammation indicative of rheumatoid [MORE]