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Delivery of antisense oligonucleotides, AON, presents many of the same challenges as delivery of any nucleic acid: charge, stability, cell uptake, endolysosomal escape, and entry into the nucleus. Here we demonstrate efficient delivery of AON after loading into biodegradable polymer vesicles or 'polymersomes'. We focus on AON delivery to muscle cells in vitro and in vivo because of the emergence of...
Two types of intracortical multichannel flexible neural probes coated with a hybrid biodegradable polymer were designed and fabricated. The hybrid biodegradable polymer was made of polyethylene glycol and biodegradable polymeric microspheres containing nerve growth factor (NGF) and incorporated to improve the stiffness for flexible neural probe insertion, and promote regrowth of damaged neural tissues...
A series of novel self-crosslinkable and biodegradable polymers; poly(hexamethylene carbonate-fumarate), poly(hexamethylene carbonate) diacrylate and their amphiphilic copolymers with polyethylene glycol, poly(ethylene glycol fumarate-co-hexamethylene carbonate-fumarate) (PEGF-co-PHMCF) were developed for tissue engineering using novel synthesis approach. These novel polymers were fully characterized...
PEGDA was photopolymerized to form hydrogels under different UV light irradiation times. In order to investigate the degradation rate in vitro, the various PEGDA hydrogels were incubated in PBS solution at 37degC in shaking water bath system. The physical-chemical properties such as pH values, dimension, mass and volume change, compressive strength and Young's modulus were measured. MALDI-MS and SEM...
The repair of dense fiber-reinforced tissues poses a significant challenge for the tissue engineering community. The function of these structures is largely dependent on their architectural form, and as such, scaffold organization is an important design parameter in generating tissue analogues. To address this issue, we have recently utilized electrospinning to instill controllable fiber anisotropy...
PEGDA was photopolymerized to form hydrogels under different UV light irradiation times. In order to investigate the degradation rate in vitro, the various PEGDA hydrogels were incubated in PBS solution at 37degC in shaking water bath system. The physical-chemical properties such as pH values, dimension, mass and volume change, compressive strength and Young's modulus were measured. MALDI-MS and SEM...
The vast majority of prosthetic valve designs are either mechanical prosthesis and bioprosthetic heart valves (BHV). Mechanical prostheses are fabricated from synthetic materials, mainly pyrolytic carbon leaflets mounted in a titanium frame. Tissue engineering (TE) offers the potential to create cardiac replacement structures containing living cells, which has the potential for growth and remodeling,...
Two types of intracortical multichannel flexible neural probes coated with a hybrid biodegradable polymer were designed and fabricated. The hybrid biodegradable polymer was made of polyethylene glycol and biodegradable polymeric microspheres containing nerve growth factor (NGF) and incorporated to improve the stiffness for flexible neural probe insertion, and promote regrowth of damaged neural tissues...
Delivery of antisense oligonucleotides, AON, presents many of the same challenges as delivery of any nucleic acid: charge, stability, cell uptake, endolysosomal escape, and entry into the nucleus. Here we demonstrate efficient delivery of AON after loading into biodegradable polymer vesicles or 'polymersomes'. We focus on AON delivery to muscle cells in vitro and in vivo because of the emergence of...
A series of novel self-crosslinkable and biodegradable polymers; poly(hexamethylene carbonate-fumarate), poly(hexamethylene carbonate) diacrylate and their amphiphilic copolymers with polyethylene glycol, poly(ethylene glycol fumarate-co-hexamethylene carbonate-fumarate) (PEGF-co-PHMCF) were developed for tissue engineering using novel synthesis approach. These novel polymers were fully characterized...
The repair of dense fiber-reinforced tissues poses a significant challenge for the tissue engineering community. The function of these structures is largely dependent on their architectural form, and as such, scaffold organization is an important design parameter in generating tissue analogues. To address this issue, we have recently utilized electrospinning to instill controllable fiber anisotropy...
The vast majority of prosthetic valve designs are either mechanical prosthesis and bioprosthetic heart valves (BHV). Mechanical prostheses are fabricated from synthetic materials, mainly pyrolytic carbon leaflets mounted in a titanium frame. Tissue engineering (TE) offers the potential to create cardiac replacement structures containing living cells, which has the potential for growth and remodeling,...
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