Health care articles within Nature Materials

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  • Editorial |

    A collective effort from materials scientists, life scientists and clinicians is required to systematically address fundamental questions in the mechanisms of nanoparticle delivery in order to overcome the hurdles in translating nanomedicines for tumour therapy.

  • News & Views |

    In atherosclerotic plaques, patterns of calcification — which have profound implications for plaque stability and vulnerability to rupture — are determined by the collagen's content and patterning throughout the plaque.

    • Jordan D. Miller

  • News & Views |

    Implanted spheres with a diameter larger than 1.5 mm escape fibrotic responses, thereby extending the survival time of the encapsulated therapeutic cells.

    • Ruud A. Bank

  • Commentary |

    Many materials-based therapeutic systems have reached the clinic or are in clinical trials. Here we describe materials design principles and the construction of delivery vehicles, as well as their adaptation and evaluation for human use.

    • Jeffrey A. Hubbell
    •  & Robert Langer

  • Commentary |

    The optimal stimulation of tissue regeneration in bone, cartilage and spinal cord injuries involves a judicious selection of biomaterials with tailored chemical compositions, micro- and nanostructures, porosities and kinetic release properties for the delivery of relevant biologically active molecules.

    • Paul Ducheyne
    • , Robert L. Mauck
    •  & Douglas H. Smith

  • Article |

    Inflatable balloon catheters are widely used in many surgical and diagnostic procedures. Such catheters have now been used as a platform for a collection of components including semiconductor devices, sensors and actuators, and these multifunctional catheters probed for their use in cardiac-related applications.

    • Dae-Hyeong Kim
    • , Nanshu Lu
    •  & John A. Rogers

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