Imagine going to a surgeon to have a diseased or injured organ switched out for a fully functional, laboratory-grown replacement. This remains science fiction and not reality because researchers today ...

The 19th-century science fiction novel Frankenstein explores the idea of combining artificial materials with human body ...

One of the greatest challenges in medical device chemical characterization is performing adequate assessment of biological or toxicological risks from extractables that can compromise patient safety.

Nanoparticles and polymer nanocomposites have rapidly emerged as transformative materials in the field of biomedicine. By integrating the unique optical, chemical, and physical properties of nanoscale ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The ARO is exploring the project with Northwestern University which, scientifically, is looking at biological polymers, such as DNA, to generate synthetic materials ...

An injectable polymer therapy that takes advantage of the excess of cysteines on tumor cells can stimulate an immune response to fight many different types of cancers in mice (ACS Cent. Sci. 2022, DOI ...

Synthetic biologists at Northwestern Engineering have developed a set of design rules that guide how ribosomes can incorporate new kinds of monomers — a step forward in using these cellular machines ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: “The ability to harness and adapt cellular machinery to produce non-biological polymers would, in essence, bring synthetic materials into the realm of biological ...

Many emerging medical technologies rely on seamless integration between biological systems and electronics. This requires ...

Ever wondered how scientists can create new tissues, deliver life-saving drugs, or even use tiny enzymes to clean up pollution? It's all thanks to the amazing world of polymers! Polymers are long ...