Nature Materials – To repair complexly shaped tissue defects, an injectable cell carrier is desirable to achieve an accurate fit and to minimize surgical intervention. However, the injectable carriers ...

Biodegradable microspheres can be used to deliver heart cells generated from stem cells to repair damaged hearts after a heart attack, according to new findings by UCL researchers. This type of cell ...

Chondrocyte-stimulated tissue regeneration was reportedly aided by star-shaped polymer architecture. Scientists report on the construction of biodegradable star-shaped poly(l-lactic acid) (SS-PLLA) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The microspheres (green), hepatocytes (magenta), and supporting fibroblasts (orange) assemble and reorganize into engineered liver ...

Researchers at MIT have developed injectable tissue grafts, dubbed “satellite livers,” that self-assemble inside the body after being delivered through a standard syringe. In work described by MIT on ...

(Nanowerk News) The University of Nottingham has secured £1.2m to develop injectable stem cell-carrying materials to treat and prevent fractures caused by osteoporosis and other bone-thinning diseases ...

PRINCETON, NJ ─ November 18, 2013 ─ GE Healthcare announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow the company to manufacture Optison™ ...

Stem cells grown over the surface of the microspheres. Credit: University College London Biodegradable microspheres can be used to deliver heart cells generated from stem cells to repair damaged ...