This month’s top Advanced Healthcare Materials papers.
Therapeutics
Heart-Protective Nanoparticles
Porous silicon nanoparticles as multifunctional drug carriers for intravenous administration.
Cover Art – Featuring Stem Cell Constructs, Prostate Cancer Detection and Polymer Micelles
This week’s Advanced Healthcare Materials covers.
2018 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences – Call for Nominations
Since 2002, the annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences, awarded by the Wiley Foundation, has celebrated research that champions novel approaches and that has challenged the accepted thinking in biomedical sciences.
3D-Printed, Bioinspired Blood Vessels for Treatment of Ischemic Diseases
Researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology and Pusan National University engineer a bioinspired blood vessel for treating ischemic diseases using a 3D bioprinting technique.
Non-Toxic Targeted Gene Therapy in Obese Rats
Obesity is a growing epidemic around the world.
Nature’s Nanoparticles for Improving Gene Transfer
A cryo-transmission electron micrograph of a new gene delivery system called exo-AAV. The adeno-associated virus vector (AAV) is packaged within a lipid bubble called an exosome. Multiple AAV vectors can be observed as dark structures inside the larger spherical exosome structure.
ESB 2017 Focusing on Translating Biomaterial Research
The 28th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials features recent highlights of biomedical materials research with a theme of “translational activities for exploiting research on biomaterials”
Cover Art – Featuring 3D Bioprinting, Supercritical Fluid Technology and Electrocorticography
This week’s Advanced Healthcare Materials covers.
Vascular Health Profile Predicts Cardiovascular Outcomes in Diabetics
Researchers developed a novel high dimensional cytomic assay, the Vascular Health Profile (VHP).
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