by Keck School of Medicine of USC A green anole lizard regenerating its tai. Credit: Ariel Vonk/Lozito Lab A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have published the first detailed description of the interplay between two cell types that allow lizards to regenerate their tails. This research, published on August 10 in Nature Communications, focused...
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA IMAGE: DR. LINGLAN FU HOLDING THE HYDROGEL CREDIT: ALEX WALLS A gel that combines both stiffness and toughness is a step forward in the bid to create biodegradable implants for joint injuries, according to new UBC research. Mimicking articular cartilage, found in our knee and hip joints, is challenging. This cartilage is...
Many of us have used Band-Aids to heal a scratch on the skin’s surface, but imagine an internal bandage that can build itself inside our bodies to help repair damaged tissues. Researchers in the lab of Knight Campus assistant professor of bioengineering Gabriella Lindberg are exploring this possibility for cartilage regeneration. The research is detailed in the paper “3D-Bioassembly of VH-Spheroids for Cartilage...
SCIENCE CHINA PRESS IMAGE: A) A SCHEMATIC ILLUSTRATION OF 3D TGFΒ-BMSC-IHI NANOSCAFFOLD. B) THE SCHEMATIC ILLUSTRATION OF GELATIN-COATED AND TGF-Β3-LOADED MNO2 NTS. C) THE FESEM IMAGE INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE BMSCS FORM CONTACTS WITH OTHER CELLS AND THE 1D FIBRIL-LIKE STRUCTURES, WHICH WAS SIMILAR TO THE STRUCTURES OF NATURAL TISSUES. D) BY REMODELING THE...
JANUARY 25TH, 2022 CONN HASTINGS MATERIALS, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY A team of researchers at the University of Connecticut have developed a biomaterial scaffold that generates small amounts of electricity when compressed. The piezoelectric material is intended to facilitate cartilage regeneration in joints. Normal movement of a joint in which the scaffold is implanted will create repeated small bursts...
WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER IMAGE: A HIGHLY ELASTIC HYBRID CONSTRUCT FOR FIBROCARTILAGINOUS REGENERATION IS PRODUCED BY COPRINTING A CELL-LADEN GELLAN GUM/FIBRINOGEN COMPOSITE BIOINK TOGETHER WITH A SILK FIBROIN METHACRYLATE BIOINK IN AN INTERLEAVED CROSSHATCH PATTERN. WINSTON-SALEM, NC, NOVEMBER, 2020 — Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine scientists (WFIRM) have developed a method to bioprint...
by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc Cells equipped with super paramagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIOs) can be directed to a specific location by an external magnetic field, which is beneficial for tissue repair. Researchers have now taken the important step of evaluating the safety and efficacy of magnetically labeled mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for use in repairing...
Example picture: New double-transgenic rodent models identified the mode of action of stem cells. Stem cell therapy has great potential for curing cartilage damage. However, it has remained unclear whether stem cells are responsible for regeneration or whether they trigger the process. Researchers at the Vetmeduni Vienna have been able to resolve this issue...
