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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
A Matrix For Healing
Materials that can be injected into the body to form a scaffold to facilitate repair are taking a step forward thanks to work by Dr. Alyssa Panitch and her team. These materials, which start as a liquid, expand to fill gaps in damaged tissues before turning into a gel that dissolves as it is replaced by natural, healthy tissue. These materials can also be loaded with theraputic drugs to further help the body heal itself. University News Service has the full story here.
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Monday, April 10, 2006
Sherry Voytik-Harbin Promoted
The Purdue Board of Trustees has approved the promotion of Sherry Voytik-Harbin to Associate Professor with tenure effective August 14, 2006. Dr. Voytik-Harbin’s research in tissue engineering focuses on the Extra-Cellular Matrix (ECM), the three-dimensional microenvironment of fluids, fibrils, and other components that surround the cells in our bodies. While the two-dimensional response of cells is well studied and known, such reactions are dramatically different from the three-dimensional behavior in living organisms. Understanding this behavior is extremely important, since it could hold the key to improved repair and regeneration of damaged tissues, biomaterials, and even control of functions such as cell death. An in-depth profile of Dr. Voytik-Harbin can be found here.
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