Bioengineers from Trinity have developed a prototype patch that does the same job as crucial aspects of heart tissue.
Biochemistry
Feb 13, 2020
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It was a sunny and pleasant spring day in Dezful, a small city in the south part of Iran. There were not many people on the street but I remember a young teenager pedalling slowly on his bike. I remember him because a moment ...
Engineering
Oct 6, 2017
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(Phys.org) -- Dr. Balaji Sitharaman, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Stony Brook University, and a team of researchers developed a new, highly efficacious, potentially safer and ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 8, 2012
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Many diseases affecting the brain and nervous system are linked to the formation of protein aggregates, or solid condensates, in cells from their liquid form condensate, but little is known about this process.
Biotechnology
Aug 24, 2023
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For patients with malignant brain tumors, the prognosis remains dismal. With the most aggressive treatments available, patients are usually only expected to live about 14 months after a diagnosis
Bio & Medicine
Apr 9, 2020
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Long duration, controllable drug delivery is of wide interest to medical researchers and clinicians, particularly those seeking to improve treatment for patients with chronic pain or to prevent cancer recurrence after surgery. ...
Biochemistry
Jan 31, 2012
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Hydrogels—polymer networks with high water content—can act as a tissue mimic, providing conditions for a viable culture of embedded cells, with various applications in biomedical engineering such as tissue engineering ...
Polymers
Dec 20, 2023
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Some engineered living materials can combine the strength of run-of-the-mill building materials with the responsiveness of living systems. Think self-healing concrete, paint that changes color when a specific chemical is ...
Materials Science
Dec 20, 2021
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Through the assembly of genetic components into "circuits" that perform logical operations in living cells, synthetic biologists aim to artificially empower cells to solve critical problems in medicine, energy and the environment. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 2, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanotechnology researchers have known for years that RNA, the cousin of DNA, is a promising tool for nanotherapy, in which therapeutic agents can be delivered inside the body via nanoparticles. But the difficulties ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 21, 2011
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