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More biocompatibility for polyurethane
Polyurethane can be made more biocompatible for medical devices by grafting chitosan on it.
Designing Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery
Researchers for the University of California, Irvine, have developed a new drug-delivery system using protein-based nanoparticles.
Ravin Narain: Aiming for a Cancer Cure with Biomaterials and Nanotechnology
We speak to University of Alberta Professor Ravin Narain about his polymeric and nano-materials research, and what it might for the future of biomaterials and medicine.
Rolling Titanium into Scrolls: New Microstructures for Medical Implants
A group of researchers examined a new method for creating 3D micro-architectured Ti structures and found an attractive combination of stiffness, strength, and ductility.
A Living Cartilage Scaffold
Professor Dong-An Wang and co-workers seek to revolutionize cartilage surgery through the development of a new type of surgical graft.
Breast cancer cells targeted, then burned, by gold-filled silicon wafers
By shining infrared light on specially designed, gold-filled silicon wafers, scientists at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute have successfully targeted and burned breast cancer cells. If the technology is shown to work in human clinical trials, it could...
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