{"id":4121,"date":"2012-11-14T15:09:18","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T14:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.futurehealthbiobank.com\/ch-en\/?p=4121"},"modified":"2018-02-02T12:37:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T11:37:47","slug":"injectable-sponge-delivers-drugs-stem-cells-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.futurehealthbiobank.com\/ch-en\/injectable-sponge-delivers-drugs-stem-cells-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Injectable sponge delivers drugs, stem cells, &amp; structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bioengineers at Harvard have developed a gel-based sponge that can be molded to any shape, loaded with drugs or stem cells, compressed to a fraction of its size, and delivered via injection. Once inside the body, it pops back to its original shape and gradually releases its cargo, before safely degrading.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The biocompatible technology, revealed this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, amounts to a prefabricated healing kit for a range of minimally invasive therapeutic applications, including regenerative medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seas.harvard.edu\/news-events\/press-releases\/injectable-sponge-delivers-drugs-cells-and-structure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Harvard&#8217;s website<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"helpful-block-content wth-theme-thumbs\" data-title=\"\" >\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"wth-title\">Was this Helpful?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a data-post=\"4121\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/staging.futurehealthbiobank.com\/ch-en\/injectable-sponge-delivers-drugs-stem-cells-structure\/\" data-post-title=\"Injectable sponge delivers drugs, stem cells, &amp; structure\" data-response=\"1\" href=\"#\" class=\"wth-green-btn icon-thumbsup icon1-thumbs-up4\">Yes<\/a><a data-response=\"0\" data-post=\"4121\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/staging.futurehealthbiobank.com\/ch-en\/injectable-sponge-delivers-drugs-stem-cells-structure\/\" data-post-title=\"Injectable sponge delivers drugs, stem cells, &amp; structure\" href=\"#\" class=\"wth-red-btn icon-thumbsdown icon1-thumbs-down4\">No<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bioengineers at Harvard have developed a gel-based sponge that can be molded to any shape, loaded with drugs or stem cells, compressed to a fraction of its size, and delivered via injection. 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