A combination of a synthetic material with natural bone fills bone defects and encourages tissue regeneration, with potential for use during surgical procedures. The research was carried out at the Tohoku University Graduate ...
Mar 8, 2022
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Brittany Taylor is a biomedical engineer and assistant professor who studies novel ways to improve bone and tendon healing after injuries. She is exploring drug delivery systems and temporary artificial tissue replacements ...
Jan 5, 2022
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Improper use of disinfectants can have negative effects on your health and the environment. That's always been true. But the pandemic has introduced a new wrinkle: some disinfectants could also hurt the efficacy of your face ...
Sep 9, 2021
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University of Louisville researchers have found a less toxic way to deliver medicines by using the natural lipids in plants, particularly grapefruit and ginger.
Nov 30, 2020
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Researchers have used threads made of engineered human tissue to weave blood vessels that could one day help repair diseased or damaged blood vessels.
Apr 27, 2020
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The American population is aging, and conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease are on the rise. With those factors in place, the medical community has growing concerns about wound treatment. According to the ...
Aug 2, 2019
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A UBC invention has made it possible for doctors to vastly improve their bypass surgery techniques without relying on animals.
Sep 1, 2016
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Deaths from using synthetic marijuana, or spice, have tripled so far this year and the number of emergency calls to US poison centers have soared, officials said Thursday.
Jun 11, 2015
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(Medical Xpress)—A University of Oxford spin-out, OxSyBio, will develop 3D printing techniques to produce tissue-like synthetic materials for wound healing and drug delivery. In the longer term the company aims to print ...
Apr 17, 2014
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Amyloids, or fibrous aggregates of abnormally folded proteins, are a common feature in degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancer. Amyloids occur naturally in the body, but despite decades of research, ...
Apr 22, 2013
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