In research published last month, UChicago scientists created a hydrogel out of husks from the malva nut. In traditional Chinese medicine, the malva nut, or Pang Da Hai (胖大海) belongs to the ...

Post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) is a condition that affects joints after an injury. Current treatments focus on ...

Meniscus tears are common knee injuries that have long frustrated patients and doctors due to limited repair options. A new ...

Post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) is a condition that affects joints after an injury. Current treatments focus on ...

Researchers from the Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, have developed a smart gel ...

Researchers combined hydrogels with large ... offering new potential for wound care, regenerative medicine, and artificial skin technologies. Gels are commonly found in everyday products, from ...

Meniscus tears are common knee injuries that have long frustrated patients and doctors due to limited repair options.

From a biomedical perspective, they show promise in a number of areas including devices, drug delivery and regenerative medicine 1. Hydrogels are already widely used as three-dimensional cell and ...

A new process, named STAMP, from MIT which uses 3D printing could help researchers to properly align fibers in artificial ...