Stanford scientists have developed a novel approach to help patients with short bowel syndrome by using intestinal lengthening. The solution involves injecting a degradable hydrogel into the intestinal wall to narrow the lumen and enable the confinement of a coiled spring.
Researchers at Stanford have invented a novel hydrogel with enhanced retention and extended durability. This hydrogel can be held together three times longer than many alternatives without sacrificing its self-healing attributes during injection.
Stanford researchers have designed a new 3-dimensional (3D) hydrogel cell culture system that models native tissue environment with precise control over gelation and degradation properties.
Stanford researchers developed a new technology that prints networks with distinct branch structures that emulate the natural branching observed in in vivo vascular networks.
Researchers in Prof. David Myung's laboratory have developed a bio-compatible, crosslinking gel that can be used for in situ repair of damaged cornea or as a three-dimensional scaffold for keratocyte-keratinocyte tissue culture.
The Heilshorn group has developed a platform for 3D bioprinting which stiffens the structure post-printing using chemistry that is completely bioorthogonal.
Stanford researchers have designed a hydrogel system which allows for the easy encapsulation of cells and biomolecules without requiring external changes in environmental conditions or exposure to chemical crosslinkers.