Satellite livers could provide booster function for patients awaiting transplants
More than 10,000 Americans who suffer from chronic liver disease are on a waitlist for a liver transplant,…
Small bioprinter can deliver healing hydrogel to the throat
Healing hydrogels—cross-linked polymer chains that hold a lot of water—can promote tissue healing and prevent postsurgical complications. But…
Chemistry in Pictures: Eye spy
’Tis the season for eerie-looking experiments: check out these uncannily ocular copper dendrites growing inside a hydrogel…
Mucus-inspired hydrogel improves healing in animal models of gastric injury
Hydrogels-materials like gelatin that can absorb and hold water-can aid wound healing and enable slow-release drug delivery, but…