In the heart wall the pressure required to pump blood dominates the biomechanics of the contraction cycle of the heart.
Advanced Healthcare Materials
Injectable hydrogels for precise chemotherapy
Recently, Dr. Wu and Dr. Loh have designed a biocompatible and injectable hydrogel based on thermogelling copolymer.
Long-term subconjunctival delivery of brimonidine tartrate for glaucoma treatment
A long-term glaucoma treatment using drug-loaded double-polymer core-shell microspheres embedded in a porous removable carrier.
Superhydrophilic–superhydrophobic patterned surfaces as high-density cell microarrays
Levkin and co-workers developed an advanced version of cell microarrays by creating patterns of superhydrophilic spots separated by superhydrophobic borders on a surface.
MicroRNA-Responsive Drug Release System for Selective Photodynamic Therapy
A microRNA-responsive drug release system will strengthen the selectiveness of the photodynamic therapy system.
Tissue-engineered fibrin-based heart valve
The BioTexValve demonstrates the potential of bio-inspired textile-reinforcement for the fabrication of functional tissue-engineered heart valves for the aortic position.
Scaffold-free tissue engineering to create a human neural tissue construct
This new tissue engineering approach may be useful to establish a technology for regenerative medicine and drug discovery using the patient’s own neurons.
A new near-infrared responsive drug carrier for imaging-guided chemotherapy
A promising multifunctional nanocarrier for opto-acoustic imaging-guided chemotherapy or phtotothermal therapy is presented.
Injectable ROS-responsive hydrogels for sustained drug delivery
Researchers designed and synthesized a novel ROS-responsive thermogelling hydrogel based on methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(L-methionine) diblock copolymers.
Synthetic polymer meshes offer great potential to translate IPSCs
A patient-derived stem cell source offers great potential for individual-tailored cell therapies and regenerative medicine.
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