Engineered micro scaffolds show promise for helping people recover from severe muscle loss

When a car accident or athletic injury destroys more than 20% of a muscle's mass, the body faces a problem it often can't heal fully on its own. Without intervention, scar tissue fills the injury site ...
Nanowerk

A new implantable scaffold captures and destroys circulating tumor cells in the bloodstream

An implantable scaffold and magnetic probes capture circulating tumor cells directly in the bloodstream, eliminating over 90% ...
TCTMD

LIFE-BTK: Bioresorbable Scaffold Holds Promise for Infrapopliteal CLTI

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Esprit BTK (Abbott Vascular), an everolimus-eluting resorbable scaffold, is safe and effective in the treatment of infrapopliteal chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) compared ...
Seeking Alpha

BD Announces Milestone in Clinical Trial for Use of Bioabsorbable GalaFLEX LITE™ Scaffold in Breast Implant Revision Surgery

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX)), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the first patient treated in an ...
GEN

Cell-Free Bioactive Scaffold Supports Cartilage Regeneration in Large Animal Joints

Northwestern University scientists have developed a cell-free bioactive material comprising a complex network of molecular components that work together as a scaffold to mimic cartilage’s natural ...
KHL

Scaffolding: Is it a plank? Or a platform?

I am continually perplexed by the questions that arise concerning platforms and planks. It appears that it starts with a misunderstanding of what constitutes a platform. For some, a platform is any ...