Audrey K Bowden,Cullen R Buie
Audrey K Bowden
The experiences of Black scientists and engineers reveal that science is not a meritocracy. Here is a list of recommendations to combat anti-Black racism in academic institutions. ...
Zoë Ayres
Zoë Ayres
Good mental health and wellbeing of research staff and students lead to better science: it is time to reflect on what we can do as team leaders to create a positive research culture. ...
Christine Horejs
Christine Horejs
An article in Nature Communications reports a method for the rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva samples using nanopores and a machine learning algorithm. ...
Shengjie Ling,David L Kaplan,Markus J Buehler
Shengjie Ling
Nanofibrillar materials, such as cellulose, chitin and silk, are highly ordered architectures, formed through the self-assembly of repetitive building blocks into higher-order structures, which are stabilized by non-covalent interactions. T...
Andrew C Daly,Lindsay Riley,Tatiana Segura et al.
Andrew C Daly et al.
Hydrogel microparticles (HMPs) are promising for biomedical applications, ranging from the therapeutic delivery of cells and drugs to the production of scaffolds for tissue repair and bioinks for 3D printing. Biologics (cells and drugs) can...
Sheng Tong,Buhle Moyo,Ciaran M Lee et al.
Sheng Tong et al.
Genome editing technologies, such as CRISPR/Cas9, are promising for treating otherwise incurable genetic diseases. Great progress has been made for ex vivo genome editing; however, major bottlenecks exist in the development of efficient, sa...
Jing Wang,Yiye Li,Guangjun Nie
Jing Wang
Biomolecule-based nanostructures are inherently multifunctional and harbour diverse biological activities, which can be explored for cancer nanomedicine. The supramolecular properties of biomolecules can be precisely programmed for the desi...
Collagen: quantification, biomechanics, and role of minor subtypes in cartilage [0.03%]
胶原蛋白：定量、生物力学及其亚型在软骨中的作用
Benjamin J Bielajew,Jerry C Hu,Kyriacos A Athanasiou
Benjamin J Bielajew
Collagen is a ubiquitous biomaterial in vertebrate animals. Although each of its 28 subtypes contributes to the functions of many different tissues in the body, most studies on collagen or collagenous tissues have focussed on only one or tw...
Christine Horejs
Christine Horejs
Nature Reviews Materials speaks to Donald Ingber, Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, about the animal testing conundrum and the importance of human-relevant models in biomedi...
Sonia Contera
Sonia Contera
The future of our species and planet hinges on our scientific creativity to tackle future challenges. However, the trust of the public in scientific processes needs to be earned and kept, which will require inclusive, self-reflecting, hones...