ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE Tissue engineers create artificial organs and tissues that can be used to develop and test new drugs, repair damaged tissue and even replace entire organs in the human body. However, current fabrication methods limit their ability to produce free-form shapes and achieve high cell viability. Researchers at the Laboratory of Applied Photonics Devices...
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Hydrogel offers real promise in treating diabetes
by Cécilia Carron, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Researchers at EPFL have developed a hydrogel that offers unrivaled protection against transplanted cell rejection. The School’s Technology Transfer Office has licensed the new product to Cell-Caps, a Geneva-based startup specialized in cell encapsulation for treating diabetes. Transplanted tissue often comes under attack from the body’s immune system and struggles to survive in...
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Nitric oxide-scavenging hydrogel developed for rheumatoid arthritis treatment
Professor Won Jong Kim and his research team developed a nano-sized hydrogel that treats inflammatory disease by scavenging nitric oxide POHANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (POSTECH) (NO) prevents high blood pressure and artery plaque build-up in our body. However, its duplicity is shown when it causes serious inflammatory disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus, Cronh’s disease, and rheumatoid arthritis. The research team of...
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Skin cells ‘crawl’ together to heal wounds treated with unique hydrogel layer
Summary: Scientist have demonstrated for the first time that their peptide-hydrogel biomaterial prompts skin cells to ‘crawl’ toward one another, closing chronic, non-healing wounds often associated with diabetes, such as bed sores and foot ulcers. Chronic wounds- new modality of healing with peptides. Time may not heal all wounds, but a proprietary mix of peptides...