Recent findings on the roles and identity of the bone marrow microenvironment and how these niches might be targeted in the case of diseases are discussed.
Bone Repair: A Breaking Story
Researchers in Barcelona have proposed a new mechanism for bone repair. They hope that the work might pave the way for advances in self-healing prostheses.
Cover Art – Ocular Therapeutics, Cryopreservation and Bone Tissue Engineering
Latest Advanced Healthcare Materials covers.
Bone-Inspired Metallic Tubes
The gradient structure of bones inspired researchers to develop a technique by which a gradient structure can be imparted to metallic tubes.
Most Read – Featuring Cancer Nanomedicines, 3D Stem Cell Bioprinting and Cranial Bone Reconstruction
This month’s top Advanced Healthcare Materials papers.
Most Read – Featuring Vascularized Bone Engineering, Spinal Cord Injury Therapies and More
March’s top Advanced Healthcare Materials papers
Bone Glue that Stays Sticky when Wet
Groll, Gbureck and co-workers design a new material strategy that shows significantly improved wet adhesion of bone adhesives.
Nanovesicles Prompt Self-Renewal of Bone Marrow Stem Cells
“Man-made” extracellular vesicle-mimetic nanovesicles developed with characteristics similar to those of extracellular vesicles.
Bone-inspired Materials by Design
Design principles, and ways to manufacture them via additive manufacturing are studied, to achieve an amplification in mechanical properties of materials.
Growing bone with virus nanoparticles
Topography of plant virus nanoparticles has been shown to influence osteogenesis of bone derived mesenchymal stem cells.