News tagged with collagens
Glass sponges inspire: Hybrid material made of collagen fibers and silica as possible substrate for bone tissue culture
(PhysOrg.com) -- As well as organic structures, mineral structures also play an important role in living organisms. You don’t even have to go as far as seashells or the artful silica scaffolds of diatoms; ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Turning viruses into molecular Legos
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have turned a benign virus into an engineering tool for assembling structures that mimic collagen, one of the most important structural proteins in nature. ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Biochemists identify how tissue cells detect and perfect
Scientists have discovered how cells detect tissue damage and modify their repair properties accordingly. The findings, published today [6 October] in the journal Developmental Cell, could open up new opportunities for im ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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New method to grow synthetic collagen unveiled
In a significant advance for cosmetic and reconstructive medicine, scientists at Rice University have unveiled a new method for making synthetic collagen. The new material, which forms from a liquid in as ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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How dinosaurs put proteins into long-term storage
(PhysOrg.com) -- How does one prove that the protein isolated from a 68-million-year-old dinosaur bone is not a contamination from the intervening millenia or from the lab?
Jul 26, 2011 |
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Synthetic collagen from maize has human properties
Synthetic collagen has a wide range of applications in reconstructive and cosmetic surgery and in the food industry. For proper function in animals a certain number of prolines within the protein need to be hydroxylated. ...
Jun 24, 2011 |
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US approves cell therapy injection for wrinkles
US regulators have approved a new type of therapy that uses a person's own skin cells to create an injectable cosmetic plumper to smooth out laugh lines, Fibrocell Science said Wednesday.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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New evidence backs up claim of dinosaur soft tissue find
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study, biochemist James San Antonio and colleagues offer evidence to support the claims by Mary Higby Schweitzer back in 2005, that she and her colleagues had unearthed a soft tissue ...
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Citrate key in bone's nanostructure
Bone is one of nature's surprising "building materials." Pound-for-pound it's stronger than steel, tough yet resilient. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have identified the composition ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Unlocking the past with the West Runton Elephant
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of York and Manchester have successfully extracted protein from the bones of a 600,000 year old mammoth, paving the way for the identification of ancient fossils.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Key to tissue growth may be in anti-wrinkle cream
The first study to investigate the chemical structure of an advanced class of anti-wrinkle cream has shown that it could be used to promote wound healing and regenerative medicine.
Nov 01, 2010 |
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From dolphins to dinosaurs -- how fine detail is preserved in fossils
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some fossils preserve soft tissue in very fine detail while others most of the detail is lost? After death there is a race against time between soft tissue destruction and mineralisation ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 22, 2010 |
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The Achilles' heel of tendons
Tendons are the body's marionette strings, connecting bones to muscles that raise an eyebrow or propel us into a full run. That is, until an unusually forceful or awkward pull on the strings leaves us with a sprain, strain ...
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Investigational eye treatment: Corneal collagen crosslinking research study
The Cornea and Laser Eye Institute, with Principal Investigator, Peter S. Hersh M.D., is conducting a research study to study the safety and effectiveness of corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) using Riboflavin/Dextran and ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Custom-made gels suitable for drug delivery
That gels based on proteins from yeasts can be used as drug delivery systems and carriers of antibodies is the most important conclusion from the Helena Teles’ doctoral research at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. ...
Sep 07, 2010 |
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