Medical Biomaterials Articles
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Protein Engineering: Designing Molecular Machines for a Healthier Future
Proteins are the workhorses of life, performing a vast array of essential functions, from catalyzing biochemical reactions to building and maintaining cellular structures. Protein engineering, a rapidly evolving field at the intersection of biology, chemistry, and computer science, aims to harness the power of these molecular machines by designing and manipulating their structure and function to ...
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Harnessing the Potential of Marine Polysaccharides as Valuable Resources
Source of Marine Polysaccharides Marine polysaccharides are primarily sourced from a diverse range of marine organisms that thrive in oceans and seas. Seaweeds are the primary and most abundant source of marine polysaccharides. Seaweeds with high polysaccharide content, such as red algae (Rhodophyta), brown algae (Phaeophyceae), and green algae (Chlorophyta), have been extensively studied for ...
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PEG & Hydrogel Solutions
What is Hydrogel? Hydrogels are a class of widely studied and applied biomaterials. Hydrogels have been widely studied as cell scaffolds and drug delivery vehicles because their chemical and physical properties are very close to the natural environment of cells. Hydrogels can encapsulate both cells and biomolecules, and many gel systems can closely control the release properties through ...
By BOC Sciences
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Bioreactors For Pharmaceuticals
The Use of Bioreactors In The Pharmaceutical IndustryThe pharmaceutical industry relies heavily on bioreactors to support a wide range of biological research applications, from cell therapy to vaccine development.1 These bioreactors provide a controlled environment for the growth of microorganisms, such as bacteria, cells, and algae, in order to produce biomolecules or biomaterials used in ...
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History Development of Hydrogels
Hydrogels are composed of hydrophilic polymers, whose three-dimensional network structure can not only absorb a large amount of water, but also be used to carry drugs. Hydrogels prepared with suitable materials have the characteristics of high biocompatibility, mechanical and viscoelastic control. Since the term was coined in the late 19th century, hydrogels have been widely used in drug ...
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BeadReady™ successfully storing cells for 3D biofabrication
Another fantastic publication highlighting one of the multiple applications Atelerix products have within the scientific research and development industry. Anastassia Kostenko , Che J. Connon, and Stephen Swioklo (2023), have successfully shown that Atelerix BeadReady™ is a simple, adaptable solution for room temperature cell storage in combination with biofabrication and how this can be ...
By Atelerix Ltd
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Project - Rising competitiveness of early stage researchers and research management in Latvia (RISEus2)
H2020 WIDESPREAD-05-2020: Twinning project GA No 952347 Click here for the News on the project implementation General information Project coordinator: Professor Dr.sc.ing. Janis Locs Project period: 1.01.2021.-31.12.2023. Project Partners: AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland (ARI), Institute National Polytechnique de Toulouse CIRIMAT, France (INPUT-CIRIMAT), FORM-Lab Frankfurt Orofacial ...
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Silk Fibroin Enhances Tendon Repair and Tissue Regeneration
Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation have used silk protein, which is produced by silkworms, as a biomaterial for tendon repair. The researchers report that their approach has made significant progress in tendon regeneration of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). SF is a promising biomaterial for tendon repair, but its relatively rigid mechanical properties and low cell ...
By Matexcel
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What Are Heparins?
Heparin, also known as standard heparin or unfractionated heparin, is a linear polysaccharide consisting of 1-4 linked disaccharide repeat units of uronic acid and glucosamine residues. Heparin was discovered nearly 100 years ago and has been used clinically as a blood anticoagulant since 1935. This is due to its ability to bind to the antithrombin(serine protease inhibitor), causing the ...
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Do You Really Know Hydroxyapatite?
As an important branch of biomedical materials, bioceramics are mainly used to manufacture hard tissue repair devices and artificial organs in vivo, and generally have good biocompatibility. According to the chemical activity in the physiological environment, bioceramics can be divided into three types: Nearly inert bioceramics, only weak or no chemical reaction occurs when exposed to the ...
By Matexcel
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Science Bake Off - Engineers Use Soda Bread In Tissue Engineering
Summary Scientists were not immune to the home baking trends that grew out of a year of self-isolation and working from home. A creative application of soda bread as scaffolding for tissue engineering produced some exciting results and highlights the value of keeping it ...
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Fabrication And Characterization Of 3D Bioprinted Triple-Layered Human Alveolar Lung Models
Researchers from Nanyang Technological University and its Center for 3D printing (SC3DP) have developed a 3D printed a highly repeatable and scalable three-dimensional in-vitro alveolar lung model using our REGENHU bioprinter, that could be exploited for pathogen translocation studies and respiratory-related toxicological testing applications. The triple-cell layered lung model was realized ...
By Regenhu
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Bioinspired Hydrogel To Improve The 3d Printability Of Mechanically Demanding Tissues Such As Intervertebral Disc
Researchers from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas and Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz developed a 3d printable, bioinspired hydrogel composed of two different biopolymers, chitosan and cellulose nanofibers, through an environmentally friendly process by avoiding both ...
By Regenhu
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Micron developing microneedle technology for self-administration of vaccines and therapeutics
Closely-held Micron Biomedical is developing a dissolvable microneedle-based technology that could enable self-administration of vaccines and therapeutics. “While microneedle technology is not new, our company represents the evolution of the technology over many years,” Steven Damon, CEO, says in an interview with BioTuesdays.com. “We’re developing an innovative ...
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Discover Our Unique Cartilage Repair Solution
There are now nearly 230 million patients with osteoarthritis in the world and 4 million additional cartilage lesions per year. Osteoarthritis results anatomically in the destruction of cartilage in the joints (knee, hip, etc.), which causes severe pain and a significant reduction in mobility. ACS Biotech is an innovative biotechnology company created in 2013 by Pascale Hazot, Doctor of ...
By ACS Biotech
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Evonik Enhances Glycolide-Based Polymer Portfolio for Medical-Textile Materials
Evonik has announced the signing of an exclusive global agreement with ITV Denkendorf Produktservice (ITVP), a German-based R&D and manufacturing leader for medical-textile materials. New Platform of Glycolide-based Polymers Under the agreement, Evonik will expand its market-leading RESOMER® portfolio with the launch of a new platform of glycolide-based polymers suitable to produce ...
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Spray Drying of polymeric micelles - Case Study
“The Nano Spray Dryer B-90 HP shows high potential to investigate innovative nanoparticle types for nanopharmaceuticals and drug delivery, including stabilization of self-assembly nanomaterials such as polymeric micelles.” Customer name Prof. A. Sosnik, Head Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Nanomaterials Science Company / Institution Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, ...
By BUCHI
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Biomedical Engineering Research Unit, MTEC, Thailand - Case Study
“Particle size and shape of the bioceramics required were successfully develped by spray drying technique.” Customer name Dr. Naruporn Monmaturapoj Company / Institution Biomedical Engineering Research Unit, MTEC, Thailand Product lines Spray Drying and Encapsulation Industries Pharma & Biotech Customer: Biomedical Engineering Research Unit, MTEC, Thailand Dr. Naruporn ...
By BUCHI
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New Method to Produce Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymers with Facile Degradability
A team of chemists at MIT has formulated a method to produce polymers that can disintegrate more readily in the body as well as in the environment. A new type of polymer designed by MIT chemists incorporates a special monomer (yellow) that helps the polymers to break down more easily under certain conditions. (Image credit: Demin Liu) A chemical reaction known as ring-opening metathesis ...
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Spray Drying of polymeric micelles - Case Study
Customer: Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel The research focuses on the pharmaceutical nanomaterials science and drug delivery fields, with special interest in biomaterials science, colloidal chemistry (drug and polymer self-assembly), mucoadhesive drug delivery systems, nanomedicine (drug encapsulation, release and targeting). Application: Drying polymeric micelles ...
By BUCHI
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