http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Researchers in the US have created a type of hydrogel that has proven to be effective in treating patients with damaged cartilage. The gel, the team writes, in their paper published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, thickens when exposed to light, providing a lattice platform for the development of new cell growth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-hydrogel-cartilage.html Medical research Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:50:01 EST news277110521 Building a tunnel made up of both hard and soft materials to guide the reconnection of severed nerve endings may be the first step toward helping patients who have suffered extensive nerve trauma regain feeling and movement, according to a team of biomedical engineers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-hybrid-tunnel-severed-nerves-health.html Medical research Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:40:01 EST news274972448 (Medical Xpress)—Findings from a new University of Reading study could lead to cheaper, wider and more effective stem cell research and treatment of disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-stem-cells-effective-global-treatment.html Medical research Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:41:45 EST news274523904 Borrowing from microfabrication techniques used in the semiconductor industry, MIT and Harvard Medical School (HMS) engineers have developed a simple and inexpensive way to create three-dimensional brain tissues in a lab dish. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-precisely-d-brain-tissues.html Neuroscience Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:21:25 EST news273417677 A new technology which delivers sustained release of therapeutics for up to six months could be used in conditions which require routine injections, including diabetes, certain forms of cancer and potentially HIV/AIDS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-technology-sustained-drugs-months.html Medical research Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:00:01 EST news264092906 A cartilage gel being developed by tissue engineers and biochemists at the University of Sydney could bring increased mobility to people living with debilitating sports injuries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-cartilage-gel-injuries-sporting-chance.html Medical research Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:59:30 EST news250408763 (Medical Xpress) -- University of California, San Diego researchers have developed a new injectable hydrogel that could be an effective and safe treatment for tissue damage caused by heart attacks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-gel-tissue-heart.html Cardiology Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:20:00 EST news249124790 Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a jelly-like material and wound treatment method that, in early experiments on skin damaged by severe burns, appeared to regenerate healthy, scar-free tissue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-third-degree-treatment-hydrogel-scar-free-skin.html Medical research Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:55:13 EST news243003038 (Medical Xpress) -- Because of its high water content and polymer network, peptide hydrogel is a promising material for protein storage and transfer without significant loss of their biological activity. These hydrogels have potential as injectable materials for medical applications, e.g., liquid injection agents that become gelatinous in the human body to keep drugs around cancerous tumors. In this study, scientists from Kansas State University, University of Nebraska, and PNNL used two native functional sequences from spider flagelliform silk protein and a trans-membrane motif of human muscle L-type calcium channel to design a self-assembling peptide, h9e. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-scientists-merge-spider-silk-human.html Medical research Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:50:29 EST news242027414 A technology usually reserved for designing buildings, bridges and aircraft has now been used to aid breast tissue reconstruction in cancer patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-computer-aided-breast-tissue-reconstruction.html Medical research Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:16:28 EST news234677766