MCGILL UNIVERSITY IMAGE: A RENDERED IMAGE OF THE VOCAL CORD BIOREACTOR FOR TESTING THE HYDROGELS. CREDIT: ZIXIN HE Combining knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering, scientists from McGill University develop a biomaterial tough enough to repair the heart, muscles, and vocal cords, representing a major advance in regenerative medicine. “People recovering from heart damage...
IMAGE: A SYNTHETIC HYDROGEL IN WHICH ENDOTHELIAL CELLS (PINK CELL NUCLEI) FORM NEW BLOOD VESSELS THAT GROW FROM A PARENT BLOOD VESSEL (UPRIGHT ON THE LEFT). THESE FORM CAVITIES CONNECTED TO THE PARENT VESSEL. HERE, THE VESSELS WERE PERFUSED WITH A LIQUID CONTAINING FLUORESCENT BEADS (YELLOW). THE BEADS FLOW INTO THE NEW VESSELS AT A...
by Max Planck Society A synthetic hydrogel in which endothelial cells (pink cell nuclei) form new blood vessels that grow from a parent blood vessel (upright on the left). These form cavities connected to the parent vessel. Here, the vessels were perfused with a liquid containing fluorescent beads (yellow). The beads flow into the new vessels...
