Showing posts with label Regenerative Medicine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Regenerative Medicine. Show all posts

8.06.2010

Screw polysporin, give me some fibronectin for my owie

Harvard scientists have developed a fabric coated with a protein called fibronectin which has the potential for helping wounds heal quickly sans scarring or possibly as a scaffold for growing organs.

Protein pattern: This computer rendering shows ripples on fabric made from protein. Such fabrics could be used as scaffolds for growing organs.
Credit: ACS/ Nano Letters

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/25918/?nlid=3315