Tag: materials science
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Synthetic Beating Heart Repair Tissue Being Developed
A bioengineering team is developing a synthetic patch that contracts and sends electrical signals to repair heart muscle tissue after a heart attack.
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Tough Ingested Hydrogels Designed for Long-Term Drugs
A medical engineering team developed and tested in animals a new water-based polymer material to deliver drugs for long-term release in the stomach.
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Takeda, Biosurfaces Partner on Nanofiber Devices
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company is joining with a developer of medical devices from nanoscale bioactive fibers to design new devices for gastrointestinal, or GI, disorders.
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Students Design Prototype Soft Artificial Heart
Two graduate students in materials science and engineering designed and tested an artificial heart made with soft plastics for eventual use as an implanted device.
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Nanotech Treatment Studied for Brain Tumors
Medical researchers and engineers designed and tested in mice a way to deliver gene-silencing therapies in nanoscale particles to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
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Flu Vaccine Patch Shown Safe, Responsive
A patch to deliver flu vaccine with tiny painless needles worn like a band-aid was shown in a clinical trial to be safe and produce an immune response.
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High-Resolution Surgical Brain Monitor Demonstrated
Biomedical engineers demonstrated a higher-resolution device for mapping the brain during surgery to highlight healthy and diseased tissue.
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Laser-Produced Graphene Kills Resistant Bacteria
A materials science and engineering team found a form of graphene produced by lasers can kill films of bacteria resistant to treatment, aided by a weak electric current.
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Students Create Biodegradable Feminine Pad
A group of engineering students in Utah developed a new feminine hygiene pad that, unlike most such products today, is made of fully natural materials and 100 percent biodegradable.
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Trial to Test Spherical Nanotech Brain Cancer Drug
An early-stage clinical trial will soon begin testing spherically-shaped nanoscale particles to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.