POSTS TAGGED AS microparticles

Microparticle Therapy Effective for Multiple Sclerosis

Microparticle therapy reverses MS in 100% of mice, cures one third
“To target, engage, and activate myelin-specific Tregs, we [biomedical engineers, [MORE]

Time-Released Microparticles for Self-Renewing Vaccines

After the lids are deposited onto the PLGA cups, the particles are heated slightly to form a tight seal between [MORE]

Heart Patch for Therapeutic Angiogenesis

To address oxygen deprivation in the heart, chemical engineers in South Korea “. . .  developed a bioengineered mussel adhesive [MORE]

Scaffolds that Deliver Genes to Spinal Cord

Scaffolds that Deliver Genes to Spinal Cord
“As genetic vectors have short lifetimes in vivo, rapid host cell infiltration into scaffolds [MORE]

A Microrobotic “White Blood Cell”

 
Robotic white blood cells deliver drugs directly to cancer cells
Max Planck Institute bioengineers have built microparticle drug-delivering artificial white blood [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 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]

Remote Controlled Surgical Devices in the Planning

Magnetic activators
MIT researchers have created a magnetic ink and used it to 3-D print a surgical tool prototype that can [MORE]

Barcoding Biomarkers

LabOnAChip
Quoting directly: “Researchers at Rutgers University are now reporting in journal Lab on a Chip on a new barcoding technique [MORE]

A Gel for Vascular Graft Surgery

Gel for Coronary Bypass
About 50% of coronary bypasses fail after a few years because of cell proliferating (hyperplasia) where the [MORE]

Microparticles to Repair Heart Damage

TECH-DIAGRAM-COUR
Using microparticles made of biodegradable polyglycolic acid, which has an electrical affinity for inflammatory monocytes, c (Elmhurst, IL) Cour Pharmacetical [MORE]

Breathing Microspheres

Injectable Oxygen
In emergency situations, where a person’s lungs have filled with a liquid (e.g. pneumonia), life saving oxygen flow [MORE]