regenerative medicine – TechConnect Briefs

Nanoskin Bacterial cellulose structured- Towards the development of regenerative medicine

Olyveira G.M., Costa L.M.M., Basmaji P., UFABC, BR

Bacterial cellulose (BC) has established to be a remarkably versatile biomaterial and can be used in wide variety of applied scientific endeavors, especially for medical devices. In fact, biomedical devices recently have gained a significant [...]

Nanoparticles co-encapsulating hVEGF and hAng-1 can induce mitotic and antiapoptotic effect on vascular endothelial cells

Khan A.A., Paul A., Abbasi S., Prakash S., McGill University, CA

This study demonstrates the combined effect of the angiogenic proteins, hVEGF and hAng-1, coencapsulated in human serum albumin (HSA) nanoparticles (NPs), towards human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and an evaluation of the potential application [...]

Combinatorial Selection of Cell-Specific Peptides by Phage Display Experiments

Veleva A.N., Patterson C., Cooper S.L., North Carolina State University, US

We report for the first time the selection of novel peptides that are highly specific for endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) by screening phage display libraries. Our strategy for isolation of ligand peptides for cell surface [...]