#biomaterials — Public Fediverse posts

🫁‘Materials that implants are made of often cause inflammation or tissue damage.’

Prof. of Polymer Science Marleen Kamperman & research team at the UG & UMCG are developing softer materials for stents and valves, as well as less invasive means to insert them using magnets.🧲

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/the-hard-challenge-making-implants-soft-and-smart

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #materialscience #lungs #biomaterials #biology #research #science #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon
@universityofgroningen @umcgresearch
#HTRIC

3D-printed carotid artery-on-chips for personalized thrombosis investigation

https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202508890

#HackerNews #3Dprinting #personalizedmedicine #thrombosis #biomaterials #healthtech

Recreating sea silk fabric from another clam.

"[T]he silk [...] comes from the beardlike tufts of the giant clam Pinna nobilis. But the clam’s endangered species status has made it hard to keep the tradition alive.

Now, scientists have re-created the legendary fabric using discarded parts of Atrina pectinata, a related clam species farmed extensively in South Korea for food."

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/golden-fabric-clam-waste-sea-silk

@dantheclamman

#Silk #Clams #Biomaterials

#MicroscopyMonday – No this is NOT an aerial view of the Grand Canyon.

This is a scanning electron microscopy image of the cranial sutures in the rat skull. 🔬💀🐀 These are fibrous joints where the bones of the skull interdigitate, allowing for flexibility and growth during infancy and early childhood before fusing in adulthood.

🔬🦴🧪

#bone #electronmicroscopy #imaging #biomaterials #science #medicine #biology #development #osteology #evolution

#Enderstruder: An accessible #OpenSource #syringe #extruder compatible with #Ender series 3D printers:

-editable #Cura profiles for 5 commonly used #biomaterials

https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.15.553241
#DIYbio #3Dprinter #lab #instruments #bioprinting #bioink #hydrogel #tissue #engineering