A hydrogel coating platform for microcarriers based on interfacial polymerization enables scalable production of mesenchymal stem cells.

A hydrogel coating platform for microcarriers based on interfacial polymerization enables scalable production of mesenchymal stem cells.
Grubbs and co-workers review developments in brush block copolymer (BBCP) self-assembly toward photonic crystal applications. In this rapidly developing field, questions regarding the conformation of BBCPs and the formation of new morphologies provide further research opportunities.
Polymeric materials to prevent blood coagulation. (Image credit: nobeastsofierce/Shutterstock)
Researchers from Sweden describe a biomimetic 3D corneal model with keratocytes on patterned silk-fibroin.
Incorporation of nanomaterials within hydrogels has great potential, as a simple approach, to generate multifunctional scaffolds with unprecedent biological, mechanical, and electrical properties.
Vascularized cardiac patch provides a cell home for a patient’s own stem cells for drug screening and a personalized tissue graft.
The first description on the use of oscillating magnetic fields for magnetic nanoparticle-mediated (MNP) gene transfer to neural stem cells NSCs.
Silver nanoparticles are a more effective cancer treatment in immune competent mice.
Researchers optimized then evaluated the reliability and robustness of a bioceramic manufacturing process based on the impregnation of 3D-printed mold.
Researchers from China present a ferrocene-grafted photochromic triad that can act as multifunctional switch.