Fluorescent nanoparticles known as quantum dots can improve imaging technologies and drug targeting for cancers. But they can be unstable in the body and are often made from highly toxic semiconductor ...

US CoreValve High Risk Trial: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis From a Prospective, Randomized Trial of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with a Self-Expanding Device Versus Surgical Aortic Valve ...

Polymeric materials are playing increasingly important roles in the development of novel medical devices and drug delivery systems. "Polymer science and engineering have enabled the explosive growth ...

Polymers come in many forms. Many people know about the synthetic human-made polymers seen in everyday life - commonly in the form of plastic products - but there is also an abundance of natural and ...

(Nanowerk News) Biomedical polymers have been extensively developed for promising applications in a lot of biomedical fields, such as drug delivery, disease detection/diagnosis, biosensing, ...

WASHINGTON, DC—A head-to-head comparison of the Synergy everolimus-eluting stent with a bioresorbable polymer and the Resolute Integrity zotarolimus-eluting stent with a durable polymer showed both ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Implantable bioelectronic devices have immense potential for monitoring and treating a wide range of medical conditions by interfacing directly with biological tissues and organs.

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- Minimally invasive medical implants require materials that can be delivered in compact form and recover their functional shape once inside the body. However, ...

Hydration water can be classified into three types: free water, intermediate water, and nonfreezing water. Intermediate water was found in hydrated biopolymers and hydrated biocompatible synthetic ...

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- Overview of the Market: The Global Bioresorbable Polymers Market has emerged as a rapidly evolving segment within the biomaterials industry, driven by ...