Hydrogel Supports Transplanted Brain Stem Cells

Hydrogel Supports Transplanted Brain Stem Cells
Dec-23-19
A hydrogel structure that gives transplanted stem cells a safe place to grow in the brain could help pave the way to new kinds of treatments.

Created by a team from the Australian National University and Deakin University to preserve existing healthy tissue as much as support regeneration, the hydrogel consists of a series of amino acids tuned by the researchers to self-assemble into a structure similar to brain tissue. According to the team, the gel can be loaded with stem cells and then injected into the body, where it reforms to support the cells into maturity.

The team believes the technology could also be applied to all types of damaged tissue, simply by slightly modifying the amino acids to mimic the structure of the specific tissue.

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