Tag: Ali Khademhosseini

  • Health

    A hydrogel that helps stop uncontrolled bleeding

    Harvard researchers have developed a hydrogel that can be easily injected into blood vessels, helping to stop uncontrolled bleeding even in patients on blood-thinners or with bleeding disorders.

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    Histological staining of an untreated vessel where blood can freely flow (image 1) and a vessel (image 2) that was successfully filled and embolized with the shear-thinning biomaterial (STB). Over time, the STB was degraded and replaced by natural tissue in with only remnants of the STB (indicated by asterisks). Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University
  • Health

    DNA glue directs tiny gel ‘bricks’ to self-assemble

    A team of researchers at the Wyss Institute has found a way to self-assemble complex structures out of gel “bricks” smaller than a grain of salt. The new method could help solve one of the major challenges in tissue engineering.

    5–7 minutes
  • Health

    Using clay to grow bone

    Researchers from Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) are the first to report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets (also known as layered clay) can induce stem cells to become bone cells without the need of additional bone-inducing factors.

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  • Campus & Community

    Eight researchers win PECASE awards

    President Barack Obama named 94 researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, including eight from Harvard.

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  • Nation & World

    Six from Harvard awarded fellowships for Australian research

    The Harvard Club of Australia Foundation recently awarded fellowships to six Harvard researchers who intend to undertake collaborative scientific research in Australia in 2010.

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