Oncology & Cancer

Microcapsules for targeted drug delivery to cancer cells

A team of scientists from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) together with their colleagues developed a method of targeted drug delivery to cancer cells. The discovery is based on the use of mesenchymal ...

Medical research

New regulatory factor identified in bone formation

Researchers report the identification of a novel transcription factor that helps regulate the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into bone in mice. Bone cell differentiation is still poorly understood, and MSCs ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism

3-D printing may help treat osteoarthritis

In a Journal of Orthopaedic Research study, scientists used 3-D printing to repair bone in the joints of mini-pigs, an advance that may help to treat osteoarthritis in humans.

Neuroscience

New advanced biomaterial to repair damaged nervous tissue

A team of researchers from the Centre for Biomedical Technology (CTB) at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) in collaboration with the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), the Instituto Cajal and the Hospital Clínico ...

Medical research

New approaches for drug-based kidney disease therapy

Whilst most scientific attention in the fight against kidney disease is currently focused on stem cells, the EVESTIMINJURY project has been investigating the extracellular vesicles being released by these stem cells. The ...

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