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Biomaterial Could Improve Success
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[16/05/2013] Expensive, state-of-the-art medical devices and surgeries often are thwarted by the body’s natural response to attack something in the tissue that appears foreign. University of Washington (UW) engineers have demonstrated a way to prevent this. Biomaterial Could Improve Success - Read more
Creating Stronger, More Elastic Hearts
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[30/04/2013] A team of bioengineers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is the first to report creating artificial heart tissue that closely mimics the functions of natural heart tissue through the use of human-based materials. Creating Stronger, More Elastic Hearts - Read more
Bioglass to Mend Bones
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[03/04/2013] Researchers in the materials engineering department of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, have been studying new materials or implants that are of interest in medicine and in helping to mend bones, in particular. Bioglass to Mend Bones - Read more
Biologized, Adaptable, Biodegradable
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[02/01/2013] The personalization of medical devices is a growing trend and for good reason. With the help of different procedures, researchers design implants and prosthetics that are not just adapting perfectly to the organism, but that can also biodegrade. Yet to what extent is the new generation of these types of medical devices already useful for the patient? Biologized, Adaptable, Biodegradable - Read more
Interfacing Biological and Artificial Systems
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[14/12/2012] In their recently published article researchers from the University of Tokyo describe how developments in synthesis techniques have liberated the polymer MPC’s potential for a huge range of medical and biological applications. Interfacing Biological and Artificial Systems - Read more
Nanoparticle Resets Immune System
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[19/11/2012] A biodegradable nanoparticle turns out to be the perfect vehicle to stealthily deliver an antigen that tricks the immune system into stopping its attack on myelin and halt a model of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice, according to new Northwestern Medicine research. Nanoparticle Resets Immune System - Read more
”An absolutely reliable function has to be guaranteed over a long period of time“
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[08/08/2012] It is the dream of those who are on the waiting list for a donor heart: an artificial heart that can be immediately implanted as needed and thus saves lives. ReinHeart is the name of the artificial heart system that is currently being developed at the Institute for Applied Medical Technology at RWTH Aachen University (AME). ”An absolutely reliable function has to be guaranteed over a long period of time“ - Read more
New Polymer Research
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[06/09/2011] A protective delivery vehicle that shuttles friendly bacteria safely through the stomach to the intestines could provide a major boost for the probiotics industry. The new technology could also be used for the delivery of certain drugs and even increase calcium absorption, according to research at the University of York. New Polymer Research - Read more
Germ Reducing Implants
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[14/01/2011] Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research develop materials that will reduce the risk of inflammations after operations or in wounds. To this end, the scientists work in cooperation with nine other research centers and industrial partners in the EMBEK1 project. The project is designed for three years and is funded with 2.8 Million Euro by the European Union. Germ Reducing Implants - Read more
Screws of Bone-Hard Biomaterial
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[03/03/2010] Screws used in surgical operations are often made of titanium. They usually have to be removed after a while or replaced by new ones. A new biomaterial makes this unnecessary. It promotes bone growth and is biodegradable. Screws of Bone-Hard Biomaterial - Read more
Scaffold Provides Biodegradable Structure
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[16/02/2010] Materials scientists have built a three-dimensional scaffold out of a natural material that mimics the binding sites for stem cells, allowing the cells to reproduce on a clean, biodegradable structure. Scaffold Provides Biodegradable Structure - Read more
A Coating for Life
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[30/11/2009] Researchers have developed a new patent-pending fibre platform that carries drugs where they are needed, and then dissolves. A Coating for Life - Read more
Fabrics in the Belly
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[01/11/2009] It is not just fashion victims that cherish cotton, viscose and polyester. Also medicine takes advantage of the variability of textile fibres inside and outside the human body. This is one topic of this year's special show MEDICA VISION at MEDICA 2009. Fabrics in the Belly - Read more
Of Potency and New Organs (Part 3)
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[15/04/2009] by Wiebke Heiss / MEDICA.de
Of Potency and New Organs (Part 3) - Read more
Material Rush Hits Medicine (Part 1)
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[15/12/2008] by Wiebke Heiss / MEDICA.de
Bronze Age or Iron Age, gold rush or diamond fever - epochs and phenomena show that man always wanted one thing: material. A huge leap in human development almost always occurs in concordance with the discovery or use of certain materials. That is also true for medicine. Material Rush Hits Medicine (Part 1) - Read more
Material Rush Hits Medicine (Part 2)
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[15/12/2008] by Wiebke Heiss / MEDICA.de Material Rush Hits Medicine (Part 2) - Read more
Growing Bones of Metal
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[01/10/2008] Layer upon layer – this is the central feature of a process called rapid prototyping (RP). The technique originally used by the automobile industry for designing cars quickly is being applied more and more in medical technology. Hearing aids produced with RP are already standard, bone implants are in development. Growing Bones of Metal - Read more
MEDICA 2005: from Diagnostics to Treatment
( Exhibitor name: Leica Mikrosysteme Vertrieb GmbH )
[08/11/2005] Leica Microsystems Shows its Complete Portfolio for Medical Applications Düsseldorf, Germany. The range extends from specimen preparation, microscopy and image analysis for diagnostic purposes to...MEDICA 2005: from Diagnostics to Treatment - Read more
