http://www.materialsviews.com Health & Biomed MaterialsViews Rss Feed http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1442759/Printing_Skin_An_Inkjet_for_Tissue_Engineering.html Scientists in Lausanne have developed an inkjet printing system to produce artificial living tissue. 2012-01-30T02:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1442863/Breast_cancer_cells_targeted_then_burned_by_gold-filled_silicon_wafers.html By shining infrared light on specially designed, gold-filled silicon wafers, scientists at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute have successfully targeted and burned breast cancer cells. 2012-01-18T16:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1442719/Stain_Your_Brain_Nanoparticles_Enable_Brain_Surgery.html Researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a nanoparticle-based system for staining brain tumours, improving on previous fluorescence and MRI-based methods. 2012-01-17T16:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1438535/Book_Review_Biodegradable_Polymers_in_Clinical_Use_and_Clinical_Development.html Dr. Anna Musyanovych of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research reviews Biodegradable Polymers in Clinical Use and Clinical Development by Domb, Kumar, and Ezra. 2012-01-12T16:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1438565/Nanocrystals_Make_Dentures_Shine.html Chemists at Jena University develop novel glass ceramics for dentistry. 2012-01-11T08:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1431857/DNA-Inspired_Polymer_Design.html DNA nucleobase-modified polymers self-assembled through noncovalent interactions enable new materials for biomedical applications. 2012-01-10T08:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1435515/In_The_Future_Implants_Will_Be_Printed_with_Polymers.html In a groundbreaking discovery, German scientists have developed a biocompatible printable polymer for the build-up of artificial tissues through a 3D printing process. 2012-01-06T08:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1433905/Hemostatic_Materials_Anti-hemorrhagic_Dressings_for_Wounds.html A team of researchers from MIT present a new method of producing FDA-compliant hemostatic materials for staunching blood flow in medical emergency situations. 2012-01-04T08:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1419803/Opening_a_new_window_improving_biological_spectroscopy.html New works opens up a window for bond-selective deep tissue imaging such as mapping of atherosclerotic plaques. 2011-12-27T06:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1419897/Novel_Gold-Nanoparticle-Based_Assay_for_Understanding_Alzheimers_Disease.html A highly sensitive assay has been developed, and applied to monitor progression and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in model mice. 2011-12-13T08:00:00Z