Arthritis and sport-related injuries are a common occurrence in the elderly, athletes and others who experience severe pain as a result of damaged cartilage tissues. Scientists have now demonstrated how to use 3-D bioprinting to create cartilage tissues that could resolve this issue.
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have developed a new implantable material, which has the potential to reduce complications for women suffering from urinary incontinence. Extremely rigid materials, which are used to treat urinary incontinence, can cause adverse side-effects.
Using the idea of colorful "grow capsules" in water that blossom into animal-shaped sponges, scientists have created biodegradable polymer grafts. These grafts, when surgically implanted in damaged vertebrae, can grow to the required shape and size in order to fix the spinal column.
Driven by large and widespread feedstocks and government incentives, Southeast Asia is positioned to be a hub for bio-based materials and chemicals (BBMC), according to Lux Research.
Scientists have successfully developed a thin, water-soluble, nonpermanent adhesive gel that can be utilized in the field of biomedical applications. Developed from a naturally occurring chemical reaction, this water-soluble adhesive could be useful for drug delivery or tissue repair. The researchers from LSU and the University of Sheffield collaborated for this study, which has been reported in the scientific journal, Angewandte Chemie.
EOS supports the University of Michigan in customising a biocompatible material for additively manufacturing medical implants
Researchers at Cornell University have discovered that bone does something better than most man-made materials: it bounces back after it breaks. In an article published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cornell scientists report that cancellous bone – the spongy foam-like type of bone found near joints and in the vertebrae that is involved in most osteoporosis-related fractures – displays unique material properties that allow it to recover shape after it breaks.
Organisms such as cacti and desert beetles can survive in arid environments because they've evolved mechanisms to collect water from thin air. The Namib desert beetle, for example, collects water droplets on the bumps of its shell while V-shaped cactus spines guide droplets to the plant's body.
Researchers from the University of Southampton have demonstrated the ability of copper to kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria that spread from one person to another by physical contact or fingertip contamination of surfaces.
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully developed an environmentally-friendly food packaging material that is free from chemical additives, by fortifying natural chitosan-based composite film with grapefruit seed extract (GFSE). This novel food packaging material can slow down fungal growth, doubling the shelf-life of perishable food, such as bread.
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