Institutions: Gifu Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Team: Niwa, R., Hanamatsu Y., Kito, Y., Saigo, C., and Takeuchi, T. Disease Model: Thymic Cancer Hydrogel: VitroGel® Hydrogel Matrix A mouse model of thymic cancer is described, and the results show that viral infection may not always be the cause. In this paper, a team of oncologists […]
Institutions: University of Bordeaux, France Team: Mavinga, M., et al. Disease Model: Stem Cell Migration and Bone Regeneration Hydrogel: VitroGel® Hydrogel Matrix Stem cells grown under hypoxic (3% O2) conditions appear to proliferate more rapidly, aiding their maturation into bone or teeth tissue. SCAPs (Stem Cells from Apical Papilla) embedded in VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix and […]
Institutions: Rakuno Gakuen University School of Veterinary Medicine, and Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan Team: Yamazaki, H., Tanaka, T., Nishida, H., Hatoya, S., and Akiyoshi, H. Disease Model: Intestinal T-Cell Lymphoma Hydrogel: VitroGel® RGD The drug evofosfamide is active under low oxygen conditions, those same conditions that tend to aid in lymphoma tumor growth. This fortuitous […]
Institutions: University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands Team: Olofsen, P.A., Stip, M.C., Marco Jansen, J.H., Chan, C., Nederend, M., Tieland, R.G., Tsioumpekou, M., and Leusen, J.H.W. Disease Model: Cancer Hydrogel: VitroGel® Hydrogel Matrix Neutrophils can be incapacitated with a new antibody, injected into mice with the help of VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, and then assayed for […]
Institutions:IRCCS Instituto Orthopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy Team:Gabusi, E., Lenzi, E., Manferdini, C., Dolzani, P., Columbaro, M., Saleh, Y., and Lisignoli, G. Disease Model:Osteoarthritis Hydrogel:VitroGel® RGD Stem cells embedded in VitroGel Hydrogel 3G RGD matrix can display autophagy, allowing a critical examination of this process in the differentiation into healthy chondrocytes. When a cell starts to […]
Institutions:Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology and Tongji University, China Team:Yu, Y., Wu, X., Wang, M., Liu, W., Zhang, L., Zhang, Y., Hu, Z., Zhou, X., Jiang, Q., Cai, F., and Ye, H. Disease Model:Melanoma Hydrogel:VitroGel® 3D Engineered light-activated cytokine delivering cells can be encapsulated in VitroGel hydrogel for more efficient delivery to tissues […]
Institutions: Hospital of China Medical University and Key Laboratory of Reproductive Dysfunction Diseases and Fertility Remodeling, China Team: Hao, X., Zhang, S., Li, P., Huang, J., Yuan, Z., and Tan, J. Disease Model: Intrauterine adhesions Hydrogel: VitroGel® RGD The VitroGel RDG hydrogel matrix can assist in delivering mesenchymal stem cells to treat intrauterine adhesions and […]
Institutions: Guangzhou Medical University, China Team: Yang, F.M., Shen, L., Fan, D.D., Bai, Y., Li, B., and Lee, J. Disease Model: Inflammation Hydrogel: VitroGel® 3D Cells grown in 3D cell culture reveal how the inflammation pathway works, and what possible new protein variants can be designed to suppress TNF-induced inflammation. Inflammation, be it chronic or […]
Institutions:National Institute for Nutrition and Health, China Team:Wang, J.B., Qin, W., Yang, Z., Ma, Y., Wang, L.Y., Zhou, Q., Gong, Z.L., Huo, J.S., and Chen, C. Disease Model:Liver Disease Hydrogel:VitroGel® RGD A rigorous statistical analysis of 3D cell culture conditions allowed researchers to fine-tune the optimal dilution, time, and starting cell concentration values for liver […]
Institutions:Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China Team:Ouyang L., Qiu, D., Fu, X., Wu, A., Yang, P., Yang, Z., Wang, Q., Yan, L., and Xiao, R. Application:Wound Healing Disease Model:Type 2 Diabetes Hydrogel:VitroGel® RGD Overexpression of hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase (HPGDS) in the wound tissue of mice with type 2 diabetes can reduce inflammation and speed […]
