Sentences with word «biocompatible»

The therapeutic strategies are based on stiff porous scaffolds made of biocompatible materials to be used as molds.

A. Microchip your pet: A microchip is a tiny transponder about the size of a raw grain of rice and is made of biocompatible material.

The researchers are now working on miniaturizing the motes further, discover more biocompatible materials to package them in so they can last in the body longer, and incorporate other sensors into them.

The man cut the chip out of the travel card, encased it in biocompatible plastic and had it implanted under the skin on his left hand.

«So, we loaded MSCs with oncolytic herpes virus and encapsulated these cells in biocompatible gels and applied the gels directly onto the adjacent tissue after debulking.

«We know that 70 - 75 percent of glioblastoma patients undergo surgery for tumor debulking, and we have previously shown that MSCs encapsulated in biocompatible gels can be used as therapeutic agents in a mouse model that mimics this debulking,» he continued.

The researchers printed tracheae from biocompatible plastic and tested them in piglets.

«This suggests that the bovine graft may be as biocompatible as hydroxyapatite,» says Cohen, but he stresses that more evidence will be needed to prove the safety of cow bone grafts.

This is the first time to demonstrate using biocompatible photo - click reaction to develop photo - clickable miRNAs for intracellular target identification.

It is also biocompatible, since it does not require additives, e.g. solvent, and remains stable in the presence of biological fluids.

It is totally biocompatible with no risk of rejection, and limited risk of infection.»

The researchers hope to make other biocompatible devices that could one day carry clot - busting agents to clogged vessels.

Hematological and tissue compatibility studies in macaque monkeys revealed that PEG - IONCs are highly biocompatible.

Eventually the team hopes to develop biocompatible versions of the matrix as one of several next steps toward a new kind of implantable cardiac device, said Roche, whose co-advisors are Walsh and Wyss Institute Core Faculty member David Mooney.

The UAB researchers have previous experience making and testing biocompatible microcapsules with alternating layers of tannic acid and poly (N - vinylpyrrolidone), or TA / PVPON.

By combining biocompatible light - capturing nanowire arrays with select bacterial populations, a potentially game - changing new artificial photosynthesis system offers a win / win situation for the environment: solar - powered green chemistry using sequestered carbon dioxide.

His lab has produced a dizzying array of miniature biocompatible electronic devices that use soft materials, such as plastics and biological tissues.

The strategy of the devices» transport mechanism is both simple and ingenious, i.e., the scientists put commercially - available, biocompatible magnetic particles into an artificial vasculature.

Apart from their application in the field of food containers, the proteins obtained can be used to produce biocompatible materials.

«In short, this is a fully biocompatible smart system that responds, when needed, to normalize glucose levels in the blood,» says Zhen Gu, co-corresponding author of a paper on the work and an associate professor in the joint biomedical engineering program at NC State and UNC.

The investigators paired inorganic, solar water - splitting technology (designed to use only biocompatible materials and to avoid creating toxic compounds) with microbes specially engineered to produce fuel, all in a single container.

Successfully implanting complex, wireless, biocompatible electronics in the eye is an extraordinary achievement.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Stable, biocompatible microcapsules from the lab of Eugenia Kharlampieva, Ph.D., have gained a new power — the ability to scavenge reactive oxygen species.

By combining biocompatible light - capturing nanowire arrays with select bacterial populations, the new artificial photosynthesis system offers a win / win situation for the environment: solar - powered green chemistry using sequestered carbon dioxide.

A simple process The microchip is contained in small biocompatible capsule smaller than a grain of rice, ensuring that the device is non-toxic, hypoallergenic and completely safe.

Nanodrugs, drugs attached to tiny biocompatible particles, show great promise in treatment of a number of diseases, including cancer.

Besides testing biocompatible fluids, the authors also tested ordinary sodium sulfate, a safe and fairly inert solution, as a liquid electrolyte suitable for use in external wearable devices.

However, energy is lost in the transfer process from one molecule to the other, and surfactants are not biocompatible.

The 3D digital information can be used with CAD / CAM technology, 3D printing, and other advanced manufacturing techniques to create biocompatible implants, splints, or treatment guides.

Such arrays allow for their use as biocompatible surfaces for cell investigations, which are subject of ongoing studies.

We started with plastics, progressed to biocompatible inks, and now we can 3 - D print glass.

The group printed the organs by overlapping pieces of biocompatible gelatin — think of stacking Lincoln Logs.

Instead, they will be placed in biocompatible microfluidic chambers that provide a nurturing environment mimicking the basic function of living cells.

«He invented biocompatible catalysts» that jump - start the chemical reactions inside the system without killing off the fuel - generating bacteria.

In the early days, biomaterials were expected to be inert, or at least biocompatible, to disturb the body as little as possible.

«It's a very smart approach» to building potentially biocompatible, environmentally friendly energy sources and «has a bright future for commercialization,» says Jian Xu, an engineer at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge not involved in the work.

Because titanium and gold by themselves are among the most biocompatible metals and are often used in medical implants, the team believed titanium -3-gold would be comparable.

«These metabolites are inherently biocompatible, so the hurdles to approval are going to be much lower compared to those associated with completely new chemical entities.»

«They provide unique, biocompatible platforms for wireless delivery of light to virtually any targeted organ in the body,» he said.

One laboratory taught me diverse molecular and cellular techniques, and the other trained me to engineer biocompatible scaffolds.

It overcomes a significant barrier in the field by enabling the manipulation and patterning of micro - or nanometer sized protein crystals using low power, biocompatible acoustic waves.»

To overcome these issues, Steven J. Jonas, Paul S. Weiss, Xiaobin Xu and colleagues sought to create biocompatible nanospears that can be configured to transport DNA into cells precisely using an external magnetic field without either damaging the cells or having to use chemical propellants.

Among those solutions were two biocompatible ones suitable for implantable devices, given that they pose no harm to the surface or interior of the body.

This is an artistic rendering of fiber - shaped implantable batteries using biocompatible electrolytes.

The membranes scatter light 20 to 30 times more efficiently than paper, and could be used to produce next - generation efficient bright sustainable and biocompatible white materials.

3D printing jelly - like biocompatible «inks» laced with living cells could create new organs — from a pancreas to a retina — on demand.

New polymers, ceramics, glasses and composites are among the many materials now enabling medical engineers to design innovative, and increasingly biocompatible, replacements for damaged human tissues

«We can attach polymers together to build 3 - D structures, and then gently detach them again under biocompatible conditions.»