Dormant bacteria inside the "living plastic" can be activated on command, after which they break down the material.

Researchers have created self-destructing living plastic that uses engineered bacteria to completely break itself down when activated. The material degrades in just six days without creating ...

Medial collateral ligament injuries are among the most common ligamentous knee injuries and frequently occur in both contact ...

Berlin-based Blueprint Biomed is developing an artificial replacement for the grafts used in millions of patients every year to support bone healing. "With this, we don't need to add any kind of ...

Next-generation vascular stents can make cardiovascular therapies minimally invasive and vascular treatments safe and less burdensome. In a new advancement, researchers from Japan and China have ...

ABSTRACT: Starch-based composites are among the most studied biomaterials considering their environmental and economic prospects. In this work, a comparative investigation of the mixing compatibility ...

Greater rates of wrinkle severity improvement and greater patient satisfaction scores were observed with the use of polycaprolactone vs poly-L-lactic acid for the treatment of nasolabial folds.

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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ingevity Corporation (NYSE:NGVT) will launch Capa® HS, the next generation of polycaprolactone polyols for enhanced hydrolytic resistance in polyurethanes, at ...