Biomedical Engineering

Studies from the People's Republic of China and United States add new findings to biomedical engineering body of knowledge

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, September 25th, 2006

New findings from the People's Republic of China and United States describe advances in biomedical engineering.

Study 1: Collagen-modified poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) scaffold was developed for hepatic tissue engineering.

"Hepatic tissue engineering offers a promising approach toward alleviating the need for donor liver, yet many challenges must be overcome including choice of scaffold, cell source, and immunologic barriers.

"Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) polymers are innovative biodegradable materials that have been shown to be useful as scaffolds for seeding and culturing various types of cells," investigators in the...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-09-25)

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