A hydrogel that knows when to go
Houston TX (SPX) May 12, 2014 - Rice University bioengineers have created a hydrogel that instantly turns from liquid to semisolid at close to body temperature - and then degrades at precisely the right pace. The gel shows potential as a bioscaffold to support the regrowth of bone and other three-dimensional tissues in a patient's body using the patient's own cells to seed the process. The hydrogel created in the l ... more

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