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Single-step loading of cells into nanofibrous hydrogel scaffolds via reactive electrospinning comments

by Todd Hoare Fei XU
Hydrogels have attracted significant interest in the context of tissue engineering due to their generally high cell compatibility and similar physical properties to native soft tissues...
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The development of DNA oligomer-crosslinked hydrogels for sustained release applications comments

by Emily Baldwin
Wet age-related macular degeneration AMD is a disease of the posterior chamber of the eye and is the leading cause of vision loss in those 50 years of age and older, with approximately 500,000 people worldwide losing their vision annually...
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Transiently Cationic Nanoparticles for Controlled Protein Release comments

by Molly Shoichet Timothy Cheung
Traditionally, controlled release from local delivery vehicles has involved diffusion-based strategies, where an encapsulated therapeutic diffuses slowly out of a nanoparticle...
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45S5 Bioactive Glass Reactivity by Dynamic Vapour Sorption comments

by Showan N. Nazhat Shiva Naseri
The bioactivity i.e., the ability of carbonate hydroxyapatite CHA formation to promote bone bonding of 45S5 Bioglass has been studied over four decades...
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Integrating Morphogen releasing Microspheres into Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Aggregates with Hydrogel Scaffolds to Induce Neuronal Differentiation comments

by Stephanie Willerth Tara Styan
The Willerth Lab differentiates human induced pluripotent stem cells hiPSCs into functional neurons for drug screening and therapeutics see https www...
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