An injectable hydrogel can mitigate damage to the right ventricle of ... In a healthy heart, the right ventricle's job is to pump blood to the lungs; a job that entails dealing with blood at lower ...

Tissue-engineering techniques are in the works to regrow heart muscle after a heart attack and repair lungs and other organs.

It entraps bacteria, viruses, dust and pollen to protect the lungs, and the mucus is moved ... affects its expansion and transport. Mucus is a hydrogel composed primarily of water and solid ...

Inflammation caused by lupus may affect the lungs in many ways, and can involve the membrane lining of the lungs, the lungs themselves, the blood vessels within the lungs, and the diaphragm. The most ...

Researchers designed bioinspired hydrogels capable of using sunlight to produce hydrogen and oxygen from water. Hydrogels contain polymer networks that facilitate energy conversion, offering a ...

Applied directly to the area where a tumour is located, a hydrogel developed by researchers ... to suppress the formation of metastases in the lungs. The researchers recorded improved immune ...

Nov. 6, 2024 — Exhaled breath contains chemical clues to what's going on inside the body, including diseases like lung cancer. And devising ways to sense these compounds could help doctors ...

For example, microfluidic devices can be engineered to replicate the behavior of blood vessels or organs, such as the lungs or liver ... artificial placentas that are produced with customized hydrogel ...

In the 2024 fiscal year, which ended June 30, innovators disclosed 372 new technologies, licensed 121, and started nine ...

today announces the launch of FibGel™—a natural injectable hydrogel for permanent implantable medical devices. Calluna Pharma AS (Calluna), a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering ...

They can often be found in three iterations; thick hydrogel, bio-cellulose or traditional tissue, and customarily are made in a one-size-fits-all shape, but you can easily cut them to fit your ...