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Chemistry World
October 13, 2015
Thadchajini Retneswaran |
Alginate bolsters 3D-printed hydrogel fix for damaged knees A team from Texas in the US has developed a super tough biomaterial that could be used to print load-bearing body parts such as knee cartilage.   |
Chemistry World
April 2, 2009
Michael Gross |
Light-guided hydrogels direct cell growth Researchers in the US have developed a gel-like material whose structural and chemical properties can change in response to laser light |
Chemistry World
October 8, 2012
Emma Shiells |
Medicinal hope for injectable hydrogels Doo Sung Lee and colleagues from Sungkyunkwan University developed an amphoteric copolymer to form dually cationic and anionic hydrogels, in response to pH and temperature changes. |
Chemistry World
May 22, 2014
Elisabeth Bowley |
Super strong hydrogel Researchers from China have accidently discovered a super strong, super stretchy hydrogel, which has the potential to be used in tissue engineering. |
Chemistry World
May 22, 2009
Phillip Broadwith |
'Printing' organs with hydrogels Dutch researchers have developed a way to 'print' stable cell-containing scaffolds, creating a method that could one day be used to help make tailor-made tissue grafts |
Chemistry World
September 2, 2015
Carolyn Devlin |
Shrinking hydrogel reinforces fabric for soft yet strong material A hydrogel -- fabric composite that can support a load almost three times greater than the fabric alone has been made by scientists. |
Chemistry World
January 20, 2010
Hayley Birch |
Hydrogel self-heals in seconds Japanese researchers have created a rapidly self-healing hydrogel material, composed largely of water, which they say could have applications in regenerative medicine and green chemistry. |
Chemistry World
August 30, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
Responsive gel stays strong The first hybrid gel that is responsive as well as robust has been made by scientists in the UK. |
Chemistry World
September 15, 2010
Lewis Brindley |
Gel electrodes show biomedical promise Composed of conductive polymers patterned onto slices of hydrogel, the biocompatible electrodes can function under wet conditions for up to a month - making them very useful in medical research. |
Chemistry World
October 23, 2011
David Bradley |
Clicking Together Cultural Niches Researchers in the US have made three-dimensional hydrogels that are not only compatible with living cells but can be tuned to create specialist growing environments - culture niches - for studying cell function. |
Chemistry World
August 14, 2008
Jane Qiu |
Gel Releases Drugs on Cue A novel gel that delivers drugs in response to a chemical cue may help to make insulin jabs a thing of the past. |
Chemistry World
September 27, 2011
Maria Burke |
Patching up Patients with a Heart of Gold Researchers have used gold nanowires to boost the propagation of electrical signals in cardiac patches, significantly increasing their therapeutic value. |
Chemistry World
April 15, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
Polymer lubricant may stave off knee surgery A synthetic polymer could make a better replacement lubricant for joint cartilage in people with arthritis, US researchers claim. The polymer is not broken down in the body like currently used replacement lubricants. |
Chemistry World
January 7, 2011
Russell Johnson |
Sticky hydrogels make resilient wound dressings An adhesive material made from a hydrogel filled with nanoparticles could lead to wound dressings that won't fall off when you sweat. |
Chemistry World
August 2, 2006
Jessica Ebert |
Smart Microlenses Come Into Focus Liquid lenses that can flex between convex and concave forms in response to a change in temperature or pH could find uses in autonomous imaging systems for medical diagnostics, their inventors say. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 34
David Bradley |
The end of spectacles? A technique for forming a gel inside the eye under physiological conditions has been developed by US researchers. The gel could provide a permanent solution to the poor vision that afflicts almost everyone from middle-age onwards. |
Chemistry World
June 25, 2013 |
Press P to print Much of the headline-grabbing scientific 3D printing has been in biotechnology, where body parts have been printed using biological polymers. But why stop at replacement body parts? Why not go beyond biology and use 3D printing to enhance the human body? |
Chemistry World
January 6, 2012
Tegan Thomas |
Blood barrier gel aids medical analysis US scientists have developed a separator gel that can form a permanent barrier between blood components when exposed to ultraviolet light. |
Chemistry World
March 29, 2009
Lewis Brindley |
Gene gels pump out proteins Gels made with genes incorporated into the structure could soon make protein production cheaper and easier, according to researchers in the US. |
Chemistry World
July 31, 2012
David Bradley |
Hydrogels can release drugs one at a time A hydrogel that can be programmed to release different protein drugs one after the other rather than all at once could simplify the delivery of complex therapeutic regimens for various diseases. |
Chemistry World
April 15, 2015
Christopher Barnard |
Hydrogel with a basic instinct for drug delivery A self-assembling hydrogel with nanofibers that specifically capture and release anti-inflammatory compounds has been created for applications in targeted drug delivery. |
Chemistry World
December 21, 2012
Laura Howes |
DNA hydrogel has a long memory It might look like a pink gloopy liquid to begin with but when you pour Dan Lou's DNA hydrogel into water it spontaneously reforms into its original shape. |
Chemistry World
March 2010 |
News in brief Updates on hydrogels, DNA origami, graphene transistors, the European Research Council, and other science news. |
Chemistry World
February 21, 2014
Phillip Broadwith |
Refined gels for cultured cells UK start-up Biogelx is developing self-assembled peptide hydrogels that can provide support to growing cells, but also present well-defined surface chemistry to help cell biologists address biological problems. |
Chemistry World
August 27, 2013
Polly Wilson |
Hydrogel treatment targets tumors Hydrogels of cancer drug taxol injected directly into tumors have been shown to be more effective at inhibiting tumor growth than intravenous taxol injections of four times the dosage. |
Chemistry World
August 28, 2015
Jennifer Newton |
Synthetic stomach membrane to minimize animal tests Scientists in the UK have made a synthetic surface that could replace animal tissues in liquid drug formulation tests. |
Chemistry World
January 12, 2011
Amaya Camara-Campos |
Artificial intestine for gut studies Three-dimensional hydrogel scaffolds for studying cells under realistic physiological conditions have been made by scientists from the US and Korea to study drug absorption in the gut. |
Chemistry World
September 10, 2012
Andy Extance |
Sweaty Buildings Cool Themselves Covering the roofs of buildings with a hydrogel could help them keep cool by sweating. |
Chemistry World
October 30, 2014
Philip Ball |
Spheres of influence Ferran Adria has worked for years to perfect the technique of spherification: encapsulating liquid foods in an edible polymer skin. It is one of the most striking coups of molecular gastronomy. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2008 |
10 Tech Concepts You Need to Know for 2009 Concepts from energy scavenging to low rolling-resistance tires are expected to make headlines for 2009 |
