Sentences with phrase «of elastic tissue»

A team of bioengineers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), led by Ali Khademhosseini, PhD, and Nasim Annabi, PhD, of the Biomedical Engineering Division, has developed a new protein - based gel that, when exposed to light, mimics many of the properties of elastic tissue, such as skin and blood vessels.

Bioengineers have developed a new protein - based gel that, when exposed to light, mimics many of the properties of elastic tissue, such as skin and blood vessels.

Not exact matches

A hip labral tear involves the ring of soft elastic tissue, called the labrum, that follows the outside rim of the socket of your hip joint (much like a bumper around a pool table).

As we age, our skin loses some of its elastic properties and if it stretched significantly — like say, over two growing babies — the connective tissue often tears rather than stretches.

Schweitzer has not proved that the elastic tissue she found actually consists of molecules from the original dinosaur.

Sheffield's Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Group, working with international collaborators in Europe, have constructed a novel implantable device using elastic polyurethane which replicates the natural recoil of a healthy pelvic floor.

«We are very interested in engineering strong, elastic materials from proteins because so many of the tissues within the human body are elastic.

The nano - hydrogels have shown very good characteristics of biocompatibility with the human organism, due to their physical properties, which make them resemble living tissues, especially by its high water content, its soft and elastic consistency, and its low interfacial tension which prevents them from absorbing proteins from body fluids.

The research conducted by the University of Sheffield, published today in the Journal of Neurourology and Urodynamics, provides evidence which supports the use of a softer and more elastic material better suited for use in the pelvic floor and one that releases oestrogen into the surrounding pelvic tissue to form new blood vessels and ultimately speed up the healing process.

Today is the birthday of Ines Mandl, a U.S. biochemist who conducted pioneering research on enzymes and elastic tissue that led to advances in the understanding of pulmonary emphysema.

They preload most of the motion's total energy into elastic tissues in their tongue.

A thin sheet of fabric or tissue, Mahadevan says, is like a spring: When you deform it, it stores elastic energy.

Her PhD research centered on limb lengthening: (1) muscle and joint function; (2) the elastic and viscoelastic properties of tendons; and (3) the histomorphology (cell structure) of lengthened tissue.

Tissue engineering of elastic cartilage by using scaffold / cell constructs with different physical and chemical properties.

Scientific summary: Fibroblasts are the major mesenchymal cell type in connective tissue and deposit the collagen and elastic fibres of the extracellular matrix (ECM).

Not only does collagen keep skin elastic and hair strong, but it is also critical for the functionality of joints and connective tissue.

Elastin is the protein forming the main component of elastic connective tissue, found especially in the dermis of the skin and is responsible for giving your skin that stretchy feeling.

I think of «efficiency» more on terms with the tissue and mechanical properties of movement - how good is your elastic spring?

There are many different layers of fasciae within the body, but all layers include thin and elastic connective tissues that wrap around structures within the body.

In this 60 minute class, you will gain the benefits of yin, concentrating on the connective tissues to become more elastic, and a solid yang vinyasa, strengthening the bigger muscle groups.

One of the many functions of this hormone is to keep the vaginal tissues elastic, thick, and moist.

Muscle is composed of viscous (sarcoplasm), elastic (muscle filaments) and nonelastic (connective tissue) fibers.

The end result is a happier heart and brain, cleaner blood, better oxygenation and circulation, stronger joints and elastic tissues, a powerful liver, and a low chance of protein deficiency.

In the process of eating prey in the wild, cats devoured fur, hair and tough elastic tissue which had a natural brushing effect on their teeth.

As the cancer grows and invades a greater portion of the bladder wall, it may physically obstruct urine flow or cause the tissue to become less elastic.

More elastic tissues means a reduced risk of injury and muscle and joint stiffness.

The valve is composed of elastic and collagen tissue with another substance called the spongiosa.

The periodontal ligament is made out of tough connective tissue, and runs between the bone of the jaw and the cementum of the roots, and holds the two together in a strong, flexible, elastic bond.

Most of the motion's total energy is preloaded into the tongue's elastic tissues.

Trauma leaves scars, and scar tissue is brittle, it's not like normal, elastic, healthy tissue, so that when it's poked, as life is wont to do, kind of pushing buttons here and there of that scar tissue, a little bit of PTSD may resurface now and then.