Rutgers-developed biomaterial drives a technology transfer story toward success
... his search for improved biomaterials. Kohn's new biomaterial is a bioresorbable polymer. It was exclusively licensed early in 2004 by Rutgers' Office of Corporate Liaison & Technology Transfer to a private medical device company, REVA Medical, Inc. (San Diego, Calif.), for incorporation into REVA's stent devi...Spinal disc repair start-up orthonics receives funding from Viscogliosi Brothers, LLC
...company's technology includes an improved hydrogel biomaterial and a novel surface patterning technique used to c... it is bone, and this causes them to attach to the biomaterial and start growing new bone or cartilage," he explained. "The device will then become naturally atta...Self-assembling proteins could help repair human tissue
...by the flexible coil modules. In this way, the new biomaterial assembles itself spontaneously when the protein elements are added to the solution. The assembly process involves three different "sticky" ends. But between any two ends, Harden can insert one or more bioactive sequences, drawing from a large collec...Sandia nanolaser may help extend life-spans by rapidly analyzing possible neuroprotectant drugs
...en cells are signaled to die - acceptably, as when biomaterial is shed from a uterus during its periodic menstrual cycle, or unacceptably, as the result of certain neurological diseases - an excess of calcium ions and free radicals that result from certain chemical reactions in the body open a large pore in the ...Arizona pioneer in plastics wins top chemistry award
...rs we've been able to synthesize several promising biomaterial candidates," said Pizziconi. The researchers are in the process of scaling up and hope to "get a better feel" for the properties of the materials and how compatible they are with biological tissue. Vandenberg received his undergraduate degree in 1939...Drug delivery system may help fight osteoporosis
... we had to build a mechanism that chemically links biomaterial to the chemically therapeutic agent. Our interfacialengineering is what makes the concept unique." Most current osteoporosis drugs do not directly reach the targeted bone but end up deposited in other areas of the body, which can eventually cause mu......ers are experimenting with a new approach: using a biomaterial made of an electricity-conducting polymer in combi...nd healing. Over a period of two to six weeks, the biomaterial breaks down as the nerve begins to grow. The nerve continues growing even after the plastic has degr...