Sticky hydrogel could revolutionize knee surgery

Two teams of researchers from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have created a material that can help heal damaged cartilages more effectively. See, when a cartilage gets damaged, it needs all the extra help it can get. It doesn’t heal itself like other soft tissues do, so any injury that involves one requires […]

Phase 3 Trial Data Show Use of SpaceOAR® Hydrogel Helps Maintain Erectile Function Following Prostate Cancer Radiation Treatment

PRESS RELEASE: Lower penile bulb radiation dose may be associated with ability to maintain sexual function and potency BEDFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–February 24, 2017– Augmenix, Inc., a medical technology company that develops, manufactures, and sells proprietary absorbable hydrogels that separate and protect organs at risk during radiotherapy announced a newly published analysis from the company’s Phase […]

Nearly invisible in water, MIT’s new hydrogel robot can sneak up and catch a swimming fish

“Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water!” That may be the tagline to 1978’s Jaws 2, but it also nicely sums up the work of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who have developed new gel-based underwater robots capable of a range of terrifyingly high-energy tasks — including swimming […]