The authors are supported in part by the National Center for Research Resources (grant number UL1RR033173), funded by the Office of the Director, NIH (grant number 1R15 AR063901-01), supported by the ...

A team of chemists and bioengineers at Rice University and the University of Houston have achieved a significant milestone in their work to create a biomaterial that can be used to grow biological ...

Columbus-based RenovoDerm LLC has received FDA medical device clearance for its Phoenix Wound Matrix, a micro-engineered plastic matrix that, when covering a wound, creates a scaffold for skin cells ...

Researchers have developed new wound dressings that dramatically accelerate healing and improve tissue regeneration. The two different types of nanofiber dressings, described in separate papers, use ...

Tissue engineering requires a porous scaffold that will serve as both substrate and support for tissue growth. The scaffold forms the necessary spatial composition for directing cells to grow into the ...

A joint research team develops robust and stretchable extracellular matrix (ECM) membrane reinforced by nanofiber scaffolds. Animal models are widely used for evaluating a drug in its development ...

One of the human body’s most amazing qualities is its ability to regenerate itself. Everything from paper cuts to broken bones can be healed through time, but there are limits. Once damage gets too ...

University of Connecticut bioengineers have used piezoelectric biodegradable nanofiber tissue scaffold technology to successfully regrow cartilage directly in a rabbit’s knee, an achievement that ...

DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes consolidate into a uniquely soft, tough porous network with salt-adjustable mechanical properties. Repairing or replacing damaged organs requires biocompatible materials ...

The group is involved in the rapidly developing field of nanobiopharmacy. It focuses on tissue engineering (e.g. scaffolds for cartilage and skin replacement, differentiation of stem cells into ...

Nanomedicine. 2013;8(9):1459-1481. It is known that the control of cell–material interactions is critical for tissue regeneration. Therefore, many materials have been developed for regulating cell ...