biomaterials

For the well over 700 million people around the globe living with Type 1 diabetes, getting a host immune system to tolerate the presence of implanted insulin-secreting cells could be life-changing. Rice University bioengineer Omid Veiseh…

Treating cancer and other diseases with laser light is not currently considered routine in the clinical setting, but new approaches using nanoparticles show some promise in improving existing techniques. One technique, known as photothermal…

Those who have tried to pry a mussel from anything from wood to rock know how stubborn the underwater mollusks are -- and their gluey secret has long captivated scientists. For years, researchers have attempted to replicate the…

Bone injuries in the face and skull -- known as craniomaxillofacial defects -- can be caused by sports injuries, vehicle accidents, or battlefield injuries. Repairing such defects is complicated because different types of cells need to…