The printed Biomaterial Laboratory at UTEP does research a printable hydrogel which can have appropriate properties for tissue engineering of the skin. Skin is the largest organ in our body which protects us from the environment and pathogens. Skin can be affected by burns and also by diabetic foot ulcers. The current tissue engineered skin substitutes for treatment of diabetic foot ulcers have...

Abstract Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is an important marker for many diseases, yet efficient and reliable detection method still lacking. Here, we present a novel photonic alginate hydrogel particle as ALP sensor based on the competitive combination of intermediary agent, pyrophosphate ion (PPi), with crosslinker, which can trigger phase-transition response from hydrogel. This be converted into ...

Alginate is a family of natural polysaccharides, widely used in industry and medicine for many applications, with its non toxic nature, gentle sol/gel transition procedure and low cost, alginate inferior biomechanical properties have limited its utility especially in tissue engineering. Additionally, ionically cross-linked alginate hydrogels generally lose most of their initial mechanical and s...

The advancement of clinical medicine established exceptionally in today’s era is used to cure many infectious diseases. Unfortunately, the negative aftermath associated with synthetic drugs has caused turn their attention towards an alternative, which natural plant-extract drugs. Plant-based have a vast number benefits and applications biomedical field are further formulated nanocomposite hydro...

Introduction Myocardial tissue regeneration is an emerging field of interest, aiming to reintroduce cardiac tissue and/or enhance self-repair of the infarct after myocardial infarction (MI). We developed a novel acellular injectable alginate biomaterial by utilizing the ability of alginate-sulfate to affinity-bind and present heparin-binding proteins. We hypothesized that such affinitybinding b...