Dry eye syndrome (DES) is disease of the eye surface, where tear film is ruptured and lubrication or moistness of the corneal and conjunctival epithelia do not work properly. DES is most common in older people, but also ...

Electrical stimulation (ES) is a novel approach to osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Even though ES has been acknowledged as a treatment method for bone fractures already for two decades, it has ...

Tissue engineering is expected to fulfill its promises to produce knowledge, methods, and products that would benefit the health care sector. The need of a degradable construct is a necessity when trying to grow a living ...

Epithelium forms tight membranes that efficiently take part in secretion and absorption between the two lining tissues. A tight membrane of this nature has a low DC conductivity and this is generally used to assess the ...

As cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is becoming popular in temporal bone imaging, there is a pressing need to improve the quality of images rendered by this device in temporal bone imaging. This prospective cadaver ...

This study covers the whole production cycle, from biodegradable polymer processing to an in vivo tissue engineered construct. Six different biodegradable polylactide 96/4 L/D single jersey knits were manufactured using ...

The number of people affected by degenerative diseases of the retina increases notably due to the longer life expectancy. The weakening of the sight concerns especially older people, who suffer from degeneration of the ...

According to update of Medical Device Directive (MDD) by European Union in 2007, the software as such can be a medical device. The direct consequence of the change of the directive is, that now depending on the intended ...