Able Scaffold

New life sciences research from Northwestern University discussed.
Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week; 1/9/2010; 736 words; ...process involving the transient organization of adaptor and scaffold proteins at the plasma membrane. Epsins and Eps15-like proteins...endocytic machinery. Cells that lack epsin and Ede1 UBDs are able to internalize activated, ubiquitinated receptors. Furthermore...

Research from Tufts University in the area of tissue engineering published.
Blood Weekly; 1/7/2010; 734 words; ...a new three-dimensional scaffold made of silk fibroin that...The biocompatibility of such scaffolds was positively assessed in...rate up to 68.4% and were able to proliferate and synthesize...that silk-gel material was able to create a lasting three...maxillofacial therapies, either as a ...

RTI Biologics Donates Allograft Implants for Children with Physical Disabilities in Kijabe, Kenya.
Blood Weekly; 1/7/2010; 1211 words; ...RTI. "Through the generous gift of tissue donation, RTI is able to provide these allografts to children in need." Allograft...metal implants, allografts are a natural and biocompatible scaffold, allowing the recipient's body to remodel it into his or...

Clinical trial starts to test bioengineered skin in healing venous leg ulcers.(RESEARCH ALERT)
Biomedical Materials; 1/1/2010; 711 words; ...onto a bioabsorbable polyglactin mesh scaffold. The fibro-blasts proliferate to fill the interstices of this scaffold and secrete human dermal collagen, matrix...hoping that Dermagraft will prove to be able to support the growth of new tissue in...

How to keep stem cells 'forever young'.
Asian News International; 12/29/2009; 710 words; ...finding the right nano-sized scaffold could be beneficial, so researchers...self-assembling nanofiber scaffold' (SAPNS), a nanotechnology...The researchers created the scaffold to provide a substrate for...concentration, the researchers were able to control the nanoenvironment...