Nanofiber spheres carrying cells injected into wounds to grow tissue

Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 19:30 in Health & Medicine

For the first time, scientists have made star-shaped, biodegradable polymers that can self-assemble into hollow, nanofiber spheres, and when the spheres are injected with cells into wounds, these spheres biodegrade, but the cells live on to form new tissue.

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