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Artificial Pancreas Reduces Disease Management Burden for People with Diabetes

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2023 – Type 1 diabetes affects 46.3 million people worldwide, and the number of people affected increases by about 3% each year. It requires […]

Fibroblast Inhibitors Assist Anti-Cancer Drugs to Suppress Cancer Growth

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2023 – Fibroblasts build and maintain the extracellular matrix, or physical scaffolding for cells, in the connective tissues within the body. It is believed […]

Simulating Cuts and Burns Reveals Wound Healing and Clearing Power of Fibroblasts

Therapies that build on the natural tissue clearance by fibroblasts may accelerate healing, especially in slow-to-heal burn wounds. WASHINGTON, March 14, 2023 – Burn wounds are notoriously […]

Your Gut’s Microbiome, On a Chip

Organ-on-a-chip devices simulate the gastrointestinal system to examine food and drug metabolism without clinical trials or animal models. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2023 – The gut is one […]

Hydrogel Injections Treat Antibiotic-Resistant Infections After Hip, Knee Replacements

Technique can suppress infections and encourage healing around prosthetics without the problems caused by antibiotics and tissue grafting. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2023 – Total hip and knee […]

How Metastatic Cancer Causes Leaky Blood Vessels

Direct contact between cancer and blood cells changes their normal clockwise orientation to a more metastasis-prone counterclockwise position. WASHINGTON, December 6, 2022 – Preventing metastasis – the […]

Electrospinning Promises Major Improvements in Wearable Technology

Article: Recent progress in electrospun nanomaterials for wearables DOI: 10.1063/5.0088136 WASHINGTON, June 28, 2022 – Wearable technology has exploded in recent years. Spurred by advances in flexible […]

Editorial: Bionic Devices Offer Benefits, But Pose Health, Ethical Concerns

Link to editorial: Possibilities in bioelectronics: Super humans or science fiction? DOI: 10.1063/5.0079530 WASHINGTON, January 6, 2022 — Superhuman performance is no longer science fiction. Bionic devices […]

Printing Technique Creates Effective Skin Equivalent, Heals Wounds

Link to article: A suspended layer additive manufacturing approach to the bioprinting of tri-layered skin equivalents DOI: 10.1063/5.0061361 WASHINGTON, December 3, 2021 — Chronic wounds are deep […]