Bioabsorbable elastic materials are promising substrates for tissue engineering. A drawback of synthetic polymers as cell culture substrates is their low surface adhesion due to the lack of ...

Scientists at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and at Nanjing University have combined a widely used medical polymer with a natural blood protein to develop a new nanoparticle drug delivery ...

Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) or PLGA is a co-polymer synthesized from lactic acid and glycolic acid, widely recognized for its exceptional biocompatibility and biodegradability. Owing to these ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from the Martin Research Group at the University of Michigan have demonstrated they can precisely release individual drugs and bioactive molecules at desired points in time ...

(Nanowerk News) MIT engineers have invented a new 3-D fabrication method that can generate a novel type of drug-carrying particle that could allow multiple doses of a drug or vaccine to be delivered ...

The scope of applications for biodegradable and biocompatible polymers – PLA and PLGA, is wide, from food packaging to farming materials to biomedical devices like stents, drug release systems, and ...

The continuous advancement of biomaterials has led to the development of various copolymers, among which Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) and Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) copolymers have garnered ...

Daejeon, Republic of Korea, March 7, 2016--Renewable non-food biomass could potentially replace petrochemical raw materials to produce energy sources, useful chemicals, or a vast array of ...