The light-regulated living biomaterial. Light stimulates the display of RGD by E. coli bacteria, enabling interaction with mammalian cells. (Courtesy: Advanced Science 10.1002/advs.201800383/CC BY 4.0 ...

A new biomaterial developed by Penn State engineers mimics a key building block of human tissue, extracellular matrices, which act like scaffolding and enable cells to heal after damage. UNIVERSITY ...

The integration of electronics with dynamic and non-traditional surroundings has been transformed by the development of sustainable flexible electronics. Living and biomaterials are at the forefront ...

Engineered living materials (ELMs) are composites in which genetically programmed cells remain alive inside a polymer or mineral matrix, giving the material the ability to grow, sense, respond, and ...

Dr. Jasmina Gačanin, postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in the department of Prof. Dr. Tanja Weil, has been appointed as a “Peretti-Schmucker Fellow”. This ...

A fully new way of coupling biomaterials to living cells, developed by the University of Twente, enables us to teach the body new things. Or, in turn, we can learn about the interaction of the cell ...

A biomaterial that can mimic certain behaviors within biological tissues could advance regenerative medicine, disease modeling, soft robotics and more, according to researchers at Penn State.