Medical research
Growing tumours on brain-like tissue for better therapies
A new brain tumour model to provide more realistic test responses to chemo and radiotherapy is being developed by NSW scientists.
Feb 14, 2019
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Bioactive scaffolds guide the way to sore knee relief, cartilage repair
NIBIB-funded researchers have developed a 3-D-printed scaffold coated in aggrecan, a native cartilage component, to improve the regeneration of cartilage tissue in joints. The scaffold was combined with a common microfracture ...
Jan 15, 2019
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Functional regeneration of tendons using scaffolds developed via microarchitectural engineering
The underlying structure-function relationship of living tissues depends on structural and hierarchical anisotropy. Clinical exploitation of the interplay between cells and their immediate microenvironment has rarely used ...
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Stem cells control their own fate, making lab-grown tissues less effective
Tissues grown in the lab from stem cells may fail to live up their therapeutic promise because the cells choose their own fate.
Oct 4, 2018
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Experimental bone can help osteoarthritis patients
Researchers from the Faculty of Chemical Technology, Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania are developing an artificial bone that can be used to treat osteoarthritis. The bi-functional composite imitates the complex ...
Sep 26, 2018
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Neuroscience
Presynapses come in a packet—scientists identify the components and architecture of neuronal contact sites
Synapses are the interfaces for information exchange between neurons. A German research collaborative now reports on the materials that form new presynapses for the release of neurotransmitters. The findings may help to design ...
Aug 30, 2018
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3-D liver tissue implants made from human stem cells support liver function in mice
Stem cells transformed into 3-D human liver tissue by scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh show promising support of liver function when implanted ...
Aug 28, 2018
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Team develops novel self-fitting scaffold for bone regeneration
Researchers from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have designed and fabricated a high-performing, self-fitting bone scaffold by combining a shape memory foam and hydroxyapatite, the principal mineral component ...
Aug 15, 2018
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Researchers create new programmed shape-morphing scaffolds enabling facile 3-D endothelialization
Recently, a research team led by Dr. DU Xuemin at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences created a new shape-morphing scaffold, enabling programmed deformation from a 2-D ...
Jun 1, 2018
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Dentistry
Live 3-D printing of osteogenic scaffolds into bone defects
At the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction with the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR), Venu G. Varanasi (University of Texas ...
Mar 21, 2018
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