An integrated microfluidic immunophenotyping platform has been developed by Assistant Professor Jianping Fu, Professor Katsuo Kurabayashi, and co-workers.
New Faces on the Advanced Healthcare Materials Board
Chunhai Fan, Ali Khademhosseini, André Nel, Catherine Picart and Nicholas Peppas join the Editorial Advisory Board of Advanced Healthcare Materials.
Hottest papers from Advanced Healthcare Materials
The hottest topics in biomedical materials research – the most downloaded papers from Advanced Healthcare Materials for April, May, June 2013.
New glaucoma treatment device to reduce loss of sight
A new glaucoma drainage device, reported in Advanced Healthcare Materials, may reduce the risk of blindness for millions of sufferers around the world.
Tunable artificial stem cell niches
Micropatterned multicomponent interfaces as in vitro models of stem cell microenvironments with increased spatial and temporal control.
Functionalizing substrate surfaces to improve tissue engineering
Researchers investiage the effect of mussel-inspired polydopamine functionalization on the behavior of skeletal myoblasts.
Nanoscale biomaterials: cutting edge bone therapy
New work seeks to control the growth mechanisms of calcium phosphate nanobiomaterials of monetite.
Micro- and Nanoengineering of Biomaterials for Healthcare Applications
The future of nano and micromaterials for healthcare, described by Ali Khademhosseini and Nicholas Peppas as part of an Advanced Healthcare Materials special issue.
Dual imaging MRI contrast agents using robotic synthesis
Robotic synthesis rapid screening and characterisation techniques used to development new materials for MRI.
Tissue engineering scaffolds from natural polymers
Researchers fabricate controllable scaffolds from functionalised Kappa carrageenan, a naturally occurring polymer.