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Self assembling biological tissue-like material grown in lab

28-Sep-2015

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QMUL create materials using peptides and proteins that self-assemble to form a dynamic tissue.

No moulds or 3D printing.

Exhibits biological tissue behaviors such as growth, morphogenesis and healing.

Can be guided to grow into complex shapes – could lead to artificial arteries.

VIDEO: time lapse video of tissues being grown.

The study was published in the Nature Chemistry journal.

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Alvaro Mata

Chair in Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials at University of Nottingham.

Karla Inostroza-Brito

PhD student at Queen Mary University of London.

Nature Chemistry

Scientific Journal providing information from all areas of chemistry.

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