A new gel helps wounds heal

Originally shared by Corina Marinescu

A new gel helps wounds heal 
Researchers from UCLA have developed an injectable hydrogel that helps skin wounds heal faster.  

The new synthetic polymer material creates an instant scaffold, sort of like stacked gumballs, that allows new tissue to latch on and grow within the cavities formed between linked spheres of gel.

PR:
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-researchers-develop-new-material-to-accelerate-healing

Paper:
http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v14/n7/full/nmat4294.html

#health   #research   #science   #bioengineering  

Biological engineering regarding the mechanisms of life. Biology is technology.

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

Biological engineering regarding the mechanisms of life. Biology is technology.

Cornell University (10 June 2015): "Cornell engineers have created a functional, synthetic immune organ that produces antibodies and can be controlled in the lab, completely separate from a living organism. The engineered organ has implications for everything from rapid production of immune therapies to new frontiers in cancer or infectious disease research." http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/06/engineers-synthetic-immune-organ-produces-antibodies

Science Daily (10 June 2015): "The first-of-its-kind immune organoid was created in the lab of Ankur Singh, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, who applies engineering principles to the study and manipulation of the human immune system." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142961215005104

See also: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-06/cu-ffs061015.php

https://web.archive.org/web/20150614170835/http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/06/engineers-synthetic-immune-organ-produces-antibodies https://archive.is/U2Tn2

#humanmachine #immunesystem #bioengineering  
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150610175603.htm