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Lobster Underbelly Inspires Nanofibrous Hydrogel Tech for Tissue Engineering – Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Tests showed synthetic gelatin-like material is sturdier than most other nanofibrous hydrogels, and much stretchier than Kevlar.
A team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers has developed a nanofibrous hydrogel-based material that mimics the structure of a lobsters underbelly, and is potentially strong and stretchy enough to be used to make replacement tissues such as artificial tendons and ligaments. The researchers ran the material through a battery of stretch and impact tests, and showed that, similar to the lobster underbelly, the synthetic material is remarkably “fatigue resistant,” and able to withstand…
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