Blood vessel replacements (vascular grafts) are used today for hemodialysis blood access, trauma repair and cardiovascular reconstruction. The first synthetic vascular grafts (blood vessel replacements) were developed just ...
Jan 30, 2023
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Biodegradable plastic scaffold implants can help replace damaged vascular tissue in the body. The implant is placed in the body and prompts the body to replace the plastic with blood vessel cells. In addition, the scaffolds ...
Apr 22, 2022
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Tissue engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) can advance surgical management of infants and children who require congenital heart surgery, by creating functional vascular conduits with growth capacity. In a new report now published ...
Chronic kidney disease affects the lives of millions of people. It's a condition marked by the loss of several key kidney functions such as removing toxins from the blood. To compensate for this loss, a patient can undergo ...
May 12, 2021
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A growing need for tissues and organs in surgical reconstruction is addressed by the promising field of tissue engineering. For instance, muscle atrophy results from severe traumatic events including deep burns and cancer, ...
Using RNA interference (RNAi) technology to silence an immune-stimulating complex in endothelial cells (EC), the main cellular component of blood vessels, researchers have made it possible to use the plentiful supply of donor ...
Feb 7, 2018
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A rising prevalence of cardiovascular disease has generated substantial growth in the use of medical implants, such as vascular grafts. Unfortunately, the increased use of implanted devices has been accompanied by more device-associated ...
Jan 11, 2017
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Current cardiovascular valve or blood vessel implants are generally associated with a number of complications, have limited efficacy over time, and may necessitate repeated interventions over a patient's lifetime, especially ...
May 17, 2016
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Scientists from ITMO University have developed artificial blood vessels that are not susceptible to blood clot formation. The achievement was enabled by a next-generation, drug-containing coating applied to the inner surface ...
Aug 4, 2015
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Scientists moved a step closer toward coaxing the body into producing its own replacement blood vessels after discovering that suppressing parts of the innate immune system may raise the chances of a tissue engineered vascular ...
Apr 30, 2015
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