by Caleb Horst | Feb 3, 2020 | In The Lab
When an abdominal hernia occurs, major surgery is often required to repair it and maintain the intact lining of the abdominal sac. However, the rate of surgical failure of this procedure is high along with a hernia recurrence rate of 24-50%. Prosthetic biomaterials...
by Caleb Horst | Jan 14, 2020 | In The Lab
Viscoelasticity is the mechanical behavior of a material with an elastic solid phase and a viscous liquid phase, in response to an applied stimulus. Several biomaterials and biological tissues are viscoelastic and methods to measure their viscoelastic properties...
by Caleb Horst | Dec 10, 2019 | In The Lab
In a previous blog entry, we talked about corneal cross-linking (CXL) as an option to treat corneal ectasia, which is a progressive disease that can lead to permanent vision loss. In fact, CXL is the standard care for treating progressive keratoconus as well. The...
by Caleb Horst | Dec 3, 2019 | In The Lab
Dr. Jeong-Yeol Yoon and Ph.D. student Kattika Kaarj from the University of Arizona presents this paper on various methods of delivering mechanical stimuli to Organ-on-a-Chip (OOC) devices. OOC as a field have recently gained a huge interest in research and...
by Caleb Horst | Nov 14, 2019 | In The Lab
Researchers from the SofTMech centre (www.SofTMech.org) at the University of Glasgow use their expertise in soft tissue and fluid mechanics in research into the functions of mitral valve (MV). Together in a collaboration with colleagues of the ChinaHeart centre...
by Caleb Horst | Nov 8, 2019 | In The Lab
Bone quality is often defined as ideal properties of bone including but not limited to high toughness and fracture resistance. It is prioritized when designing effective bone scaffold materials to treat bone defects. Dr. Kathryn Grandfield and her team from McMaster...
