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• Injectable Alginate Hydrogels for Medical Applications
  One of the biggest challenges in medicine is getting a drug to the right part of the body at the right time. Even when the target site in the body is known, like a pain-causing injury or a cancerous tumor, most drugs are given as oral pills or intravenous infusions, which limits their effectiveness. In...

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  Barrett’s esophagus modeled in a human Organ Chip
  June 8, 2023
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  A soft, stimulating scaffold supports brain cell development ex vivo
  January 5, 2023
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  Deconstructing the mechanics of bone marrow disease
  July 11, 2022

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  A Swifter Way Towards 3D-printed Organs
  20 people die waiting for an organ transplant every day in the US, but lab-grown organs so far lack the cellular density and functions required to make them viable replacements. The new SWIFT method from the Wyss Institute and Harvard SEAS solves those problems by 3D printing vascular channel networks directly into living tissue constructs,...