Due to their mechanical properties, ranging from flexible to hard materials, polyurethanes
(PUs) have been widely used in many industrial and biomedical applications. PUs' …

Polyurethanes (PUs) have properties that make them promising in biomedical applications.
PU is recognized as one of the main families of blood and biocompatible materials. PU plays …

Preceramic organosilicon materials combining the properties of a polymer and an inorganic
ceramic phase are of great interest to scientists working in biomedical sciences. The …

While tissue engineering holds significant potential to address current limitations in
reconstructive surgery of the head and neck, few constructs have made their way into routine …

The larynx is responsible for breathing, producing sound, and protecting the trachea against
food aspiration through the cough reflex. Nowadays, scaffolding surgery has made it easier …

The University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, in collaboration with the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the Alpha-1 Foundation, the American Thoracic …

Polyurethane (PU) has wide application and popularity as medical apparatus due to its
unique structural properties relationship. However, there are still some problems with …

Polyurethane (PU) has made a significant impact on, and enabled improvement of, the tools
available to neurosurgeons to treat brain and spine pathologies. PU has shown its utility in …

Background Loss of substantial volumes of laryngeal tissue after trauma or cancer
significantly impairs quality of life. We hypothesised that repair of laryngeal defects with a …

Airway respiratory epithelium forms a physical barrier through intercellular tight junctions,
which prevents debris from passing through to the internal environment while ciliated …