Hot-glue guns are normally associated with arts-and-crafts, home decorations, and toys. Now, Israeli scientists have developed a hot-glue gun to adhere human tissues.
Tailoring Biomaterials for Metabolic Diseases
A special issue of Advanced Healthcare Materials on biomaterials tailored for metabolic diseases.
Developing Alternatives to Antibiotics
Moving away from our dependence on antibiotics through alternative antimicrobial strategies.
Influence of Protein on the Antimicrobial Effect of Plasma
Can plasma offer a solution for decontamination of food or water which includes the presence of proteins?
Cold Atmospheric Plasma Fighting Infections
German researchers tested the efficacy of cold atmospheric plasma in the inactivation and removal of infections.
Plasma and Pills Together Combat Pancreatic Tumors
Chinese researchers combined a glow‐like helium atmospheric pressure plasma jet with clinical antitumor drug‐Tegafur‐ to treat pancreatic tumor cells in vitro.
Oh Buoy! Engineering Gradient Tissues
A simple, quick and versatile approach for fabricating gradient tissues through the physical force of buoyancy.
Minimally-Invasive Electrodes for Real-Time Transdermal Biosensing
A real-time, in vivo, and minimally-invasive transdermal biosensing system for hydrogen peroxide monitoring is developed.
Rebuilding Skin using Hydrogels
Researchers are looking at hydrogel scaffolding with drug-delivery properties to improve skin tissue engineering.
The Natural Solution to a Sticky Problem: Wearable Skin Patches
Scientists develop a reversible adhesive skin patch with high air permeability and water drainage.