Biomaterials

Brain-Inspired AI Will Enable Future Medical Implants

IEEE Spectrum: Artificial intelligence can identify subtle patterns in data, which is particularly useful in medicine. So far, these have been offline processes—doctors perform a medical test, and data from the test is run through a software program after. A real-time…

Biomaterial-Based Vaccine Against Bacterial Infection

Medgadget: Researchers at the Harvard Wyss Institute have developed a biomaterial-based vaccine technology that could provide prophylactic protection against bacterial infection and septic shock. The technology is delivered as a biomaterial scaffold. Once inside the body, it captures bacterial pathogens…

Novel 3D-printing resin gets into shape for tissue scaffolds

Materials Today: A team of British researchers has demonstrated the viability of 3D-printed tissue scaffolds that harmlessly degrade while promoting tissue regeneration following implantation. These scaffolds showed highly promising tissue-healing performance, including the ability to support cell migration, the ‘ingrowth’ of…