Bone is not the inert structure we often imagine. It's alive, adapting daily to load-bearing and impact. But with over 200 ...

Researchers have developed a new ultrasound method that can, for the first time, measure tension in human tissue ... capable of sensing and responding to mechanical stress, adapting their shape ...

A team of engineers and biologists at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered new insights into how mechanical forces guide the development ... and even develop more authetic artificial ...

Researchers have developed an injectable hydrogel which effectively prevents post-surgical scar tissue adhesions in ... This hydrogel was chosen due to its shear-thinning capabilities -- the ...

Following surgery within the abdominal or pelvic cavities, scar tissue often forms on the inner ... This hydrogel was chosen due to its shear-thinning capabilities—the ability to deform under ...

Although most of the mechanical properties of human menisci have been characterized, to our knowledge, its dynamic shear properties have never been reported. Moreover, little is known about meniscal ...

Whether the outcome is to support weight loading, retain sutures, or resist shear, for example, many tissues are designed and fabricated to meet select mechanical specifications in a variety of ...

These local values were registered and non-linear elastograms reconstructed with a novel nonlinear shear modulus estimation scheme for general deformations. Results on tissue mimicking phantoms were ...

This means that the material can be easily injected through a narrow needle, then turn back into a solid gel once it exits into the colon tissue. Shear-thinning gels can be made from many ...

Biopsies have shown that, as renal disease progresses, deposition of fibrous scar tissue in the kidneys leads to stiffening. Previous studies appeared to find that this stiffening was reflected in ...