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Novel biomaterial devices provide a breath of fresh air

  The promise and potential of stem cell therapy has garnered much attention from the media over the years. Countless stories have been reported of groundbreaking stem cell research and that these discoveries are likely to change the way we conduct health care....

At the forefront of biomaterial research

. The work by Joe Landolina and Suneris Inc., highlighted by Stacey Johnson in her recent post, helps bring to the forefront the industry’s motivation to utilize “smart biomaterials”. The Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine has been researching smart...

Right Turn: Research at the bleeding edge. Literally.

How many university students can say they invented a product that people around the world will want to use? For that matter, how many people have ever invented a product that made it to the market?! Joe Landolina is CEO and Co-Founder of Suneris, Inc. and a student at...

Lego® and biomaterials: the building blocks of life

When I was a child, I would sit on my living room floor playing with my Lego set for hours on end. I recall building police cars, giant spaceships and all kinds of other amazing structures. My weekend mornings always began the same way: I would dump my box of Legos...

Biomaterial gels: Some surprising uses for water

Only in the fictional land of Oz does water cause witches to melt. In the real world, water is essential to life and a valuable resource. Scientifically known as H2O, it is used to irrigate crops and even to enlarge/swell biomaterial gels (more on that later). As a...

Keeping pace with stem cell technology

On the same day that I learned the (disturbing and sad) news that a friend, a woman in her early 40s, has a pacemaker, I read that a stem cell scientist in cardiovascular medicine, at the University of California, has received a grant to develop stem cells that...