Browsing by Subject "Hydrogels"
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Axonal Regeneration Supported by Oligo[poly(ethylene glycol)fumarate] Cell-Loaded Hydrogel Scaffolds in the Transected Rat Spinal Cord
(2012-04-16)Spinal cord injury results in complete tissue destruction and irreversible loss of neurologic function below the level of the lesion in 40% of patients in Ireland. Tissue engineering using polymer scaffolds offers potential ... -
Development of novel biomaterials and medical devices to improve diabetes treatment and ambient cell transportation
(NUI Galway, 2023-02-08)Diabetes mellitus is a global pandemic affecting to more than 500 million people worldwide, with Type 1 diabetics being the most at risk due to life-threatening hyper and hypoglycaemic complications. Islet transplantation ... -
Novel mechanobiological modelling of bone metastasis reveals that substrate stiffness, biochemical bone cell signaling and mechanical stimulation alter metastatic activity
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-01)For more than 70% of breast cancer patients, cancer cells spread from their primary site and metastasize to bone. Although much research has been conducted to understand the pathogenesis of the metastatic bone disease, ...