Stem cell transplantation is a promising therapy for a myriad of debilitating diseases and injuries; however, current expansion and transplantation protocols are inadequate. My lab designs ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo A. Ameer has been elected a Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE) by the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering ...

Devices, implants, and materials for bone and tissue regeneration are transforming medical options for people after disease or injury. The National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials (NERCB) ...

Tissue regeneration is a complex series of events, driven by highly plastic immune cells: macrophages. Typically, “pro-inflammatory” macrophages act early to support angiogenesis, while later acting ...

MD+DI: Could you give us an overview of biomaterials’ current and likely future role in tissue engineering? Hendriks: The field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (TERM) has emerged as ...

The American Chemical Society (ACS) announced today that David L. Kaplan, Ph.D., will head the brand-new, web-only journal ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering™ as editor-in-chief. With the first ...

Alginate-based biomaterials have emerged as a pivotal area of research in bioengineering due to their remarkable biocompatibility, abundance, and ...

Kiani Barnard-Pratt came to Alfred University as a biomaterials engineering major, with an interest in pursuing a career in the development of prosthetics. Now a senior, she is working on a research ...

Experiments conducted in Brazil using laboratory rats have shown that graphene-based structures can act as a powerful ally in ...

There’s no one in the world quite like you. It’s a sweet sentiment for greeting cards and love songs, but when it comes to treatment of disease or injury, your individuality may be less of a benefit ...

Jeffrey Hubbell, the Barry L. MacLean Professor of Molecular Engineering Innovation and Enterprise at the University of Chicago, recently received the Society for Biomaterials’ 2017 Founders Award, ...