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A Cerberus‐Inspired Anti‐Infective Multicomponent Gatekeeper Hydrogel against Infections with the Emerging “Superbug” Yeast Candida auris

, 2020
The pathogenic yeast Candida auris has received increasing attention due to its ability to cause fatal infections, its resistance toward important fungicides, and its ability to persist on surfaces including medical devices in hospitals.
Bodenberger, N., Dietz, S., Flaig, C., Franco, O., González‐Garcia, M., Gottschalk, K., Heerde, T., Kang, F., Kissmann, A., Kubiczek, D., Otero‐González, A., Raber, H., Rosenau, F., Staendker, L., Walther, P., Weil, T., Wittgens, A.   +16 more
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The Glitter of Carbon Nanostructures in Hybrid/Composite Hydrogels for Medicinal Use [PDF]

, 2016
In recent years, we have witnessed to fast developments in the medicinal field of hydrogels containing various forms of integrated nanostructured carbon that adds interesting mechanical, thermal, and electronic properties.
Bosi, Susanna, Da Ros, Tatiana, Iglesias, Daniel, Marchesan, Silvia, Melchionna, Michele   +4 more
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Bioprinting Organs—Science or Fiction?—A Review From Students to Students

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Bioprinting artificial organs has the potential to revolutionize the medical field. This is a comprehensive review of the bioprinting workflow delving into the latest advancements in bioinks, materials and bioprinting techniques, exploring the critical stages of tissue maturation and functionality.
Nicoletta Murenu, Camilla Mussoni, Mateo S. Andrade Mier, Paula Buettner, Nathaly Chicaiza‐Cabezas, Yi‐Yu Robin Dai, Jessica Faber, Maren Fiedler, Zan Lamberger, Xuen Jen Ng, Vanessa Moessler, Anna Rederer, Jonas Roeder, Sabrina Stecher, Katinka Theis, Jeanette Weigelt, Silvia Budday, Gregor Lang, Natascha Schaefer   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protein-based materials, toward a new level of structural control [PDF]

, 2001
Through billions of years of evolution nature has created and refined structural proteins for a wide variety of specific purposes. Amino acid sequences and their associated folding patterns combine to create elastic, rigid or tough materials.
Tirrell, David A., van Hest, Jan C. M.
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Microphysiological Systems of Lymphatics and Immune Organs

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review surveys recent progress in engineering lymphatic microenvironments and immune organoids within microphysiological systems, emphasizing innovative strategies to recreate the biochemical and biophysical complexity of native lymphatic tissues.
Ishita Jain, Ankur Singh, Andrés J. García   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spherical Skin Model: Stratified Co‐Culture of Fibroblasts and Keratinocytes on Spherical Beads Toward Compound Screening

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Models of the human skin must combine the relevant biological contents and suitable biomaterials with the correct spatial organization. Performing compound screening on such in vitro models also requires fast and reproducible production methods of the models.
Elisa Lenzi, Nadia Vertti‐Quintero, Julien Husson, Anne‐Laure Bulteau, Carine Nizard, Karl Pays, Sébastien Sart, Charles N. Baroud   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hyaluronan and self-assembling peptides as building blocks to reconstruct the extracellular environment in skin tissue [PDF]

, 2013
Funding for this study was provided by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, grant PTDC/EBB-BIO/114523/2009). D. S.
Agren, Aruffo, Behanna, Burdick, Capito, Carvajal, Chow, Clark, Collier, Costa, Cui, Daley, Discher, Gajewiak, Galler, Giancotti, Hersel, Hubbell, Jiang, Jung, Khetan, Kleinman, Lauffenburger, Lin, Lowik, Mahoney, Massia, Mendes, Park, Patterson, Perlin, Picart, Pierschbacher, Ruoslahti, Sakai, Shah, Shen, Shroff, Silva, Smedsrod, Stern, Storrie, Takahashi, Wang, Webber, Webber, Yamada, Yeung, Zha, Zhang, Zhao   +50 more
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Increased Anti‐Psoriatic Effect of Anti‐Inflammatory Dendrimers Using Fluid Catanionic Vesicle‐Based Topical Formulations

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Next‐Generation Psoriasis Therapy – With advanced dendrimer‐based formulations, this study paves the way for highly effective, skin‐permeable treatments. Encapsulated in fluid catanionic vesicles, IMD‐006 and its analogues show promising anti‐psoriatic effects offering a targeted, non‐invasive approach to managing chronic skin inflammation.
Ranime Jebbawi, Abdelouahd Oukhrib, Emily Clement, Hélène Labie, Stéphanie Cassel, Séverine Fruchon, Anne‐Marie Caminade, Michel Simon, Rémy Poupot, Cédric‐Olivier Turrin, Muriel Blanzat   +10 more
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Development of a Synthetic 3D Platform for Compartmentalized Kidney In Vitro Disease Modeling

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A fully synthetic, compartmentalized 3D kidney disease model is introduced. The kidney model combines a PEG‐based hydrogel matrix with anisotropic, enzymatically degradable rod‐shaped microgels to spatially arrange a triple co‐culture of key renal epithelial, endothelial, and fibroblast cells.
Ninon Möhl, Daphne Bouwens, Johanna Abele, Aline Hans, Tanja Topic, Daniel Günther, Jitske Jansen, Rafael Kramann, Laura De Laporte   +8 more
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Bioengineered Lymphatic Vessels in Synthetic Matrices to Study Breast Cancer Cell Functions

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Lymphatic vessels are involved in cancer metastasis. To study the interplay between metastasizing cancer cells and lymphatic vessels under highly reproducible conditions, advanced in vitro models are required. In this work, 3D lymphatic networks are formed in biomimetic hydrogels and their interactions with invasive and non‐invasive cancer cell‐lines ...
Rodi Odabasi, Lisa A. Krattiger, Magdalini Kanari, Mira A. Jacobs, Lukas O. Moser, Mark W. Tibbitt, Cornelia Halin, Martin Ehrbar   +7 more
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