Cutting-edge research from Advanced Heathcare Materials assembled in Virtual Issues.
Get Your Sunglasses Out: UV-Radiation and Eye Health
A German team of scientists published an overview on all the most recent knowledge on the role of the ultraviolet radiation in eye health and its aging process.
Treating Biofilm Infections with Red Phosphorus [Video]
A team of researchers develop a coating based on red phosphorus to treat biofilm infections resulting from bone implantation.
Broccoli for Your Memory!
Multifaceted preventive effects of sulforaphane against Alzheimer’s disease.
Improving Medical Textiles Using Polymers
The medical textile field is in search of an antibacterial that is effective, but also human and environmentally-friendly.
New Simple Biomarker Imaging Technique for Critical Diseases
A simple optical imaging technique for biomarker analysis for critical diseases.
Catheter-associated Infections: Prevention using Polymers
Preventing catheter-associated infections using antibacterial drug-loaded polymers in catheter manufacturing.
Streptococcus and HPV: A Possible Cancer-Promoting Relationship
A possible relationship between commonly-occurring oral bacteria and the cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV).
In Flight and Fight – The Turbulence Carbon Dioxide Causes
We have recently learned that the high levels of carbon dioxide we breathe for extended periods inside planes can cause neurological problems.
Chloride and Plasma: An Antibacterial Match?
A team of Chinese researchers investigated the plasma-induced inactivation behavior of several bacteria without and with the presence of chloride.