What does it take to regenerate a limb? Biologists have long thought that organ regeneration in animals like zebrafish and salamanders involved stem cells that can generate any tissue in the body. But new research suggests ...
Biotechnology
May 16, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Connecticut researcher is using hydrogels to mimic the defining features of animal connective tissue.
Biotechnology
Jul 21, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A prosthodontist from Egypt is helping Lehigh researchers develop bioactive glass that mimics the behavior of living tissue.
Materials Science
Apr 13, 2010
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A team of University of British Columbia researchers has identified fat-producing cells that possess "dual-personalities" and may further the development of treatments for muscle diseases such as muscular dystrophy and fibrosis.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 18, 2010
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An article by Dr. Xavier Trepat, senior researcher of the Cellular and respiratory biomechanics group at the University of Barcelona, Spain, contributes for the first time an experimental answer to the question of how cells ...
Soft Matter
May 6, 2009
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