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Rewilding Urban Space. The Regeneration of Budolfi Plads (Aalborg, DK)
2022
Tackling environmental degradation and halting the growing loss of biodiversity are among the most urgent imperatives at the turn of the third millennium. In response to the global environmental crisis, different approaches to nature conservation, biodiversity protection and ecosystem restoration are emerging.
L’Infrastruttura che cura : scenari architettonici di trasformazione per gli ecosistemi ai margini della circonvallazione di Palermo
2022
Nella prospettiva circolare di produzione, consumo e rigenerazione ormai divenuta indispensabile, costruire si afferma come uno degli atti a più elevato impatto ambientale. Per un’autentica mutazione, l’architettura deve affrontare il progetto attraverso un approccio interrelato e intendere ogni atto di costruzione come un atto di co-costruzione. Ciò significa comprendere la Terra non come somma di luoghi, ma come sistema inscindibile di viventi e materie che non possono evolvere separatamente o in una condizione di squilibrio determinata dal predominio di una specie sulle altre. Su questo sfondo, l’articolo discute un punto nevralgico nel ripensamento in chiave ecologica dei territori antr…
Management of immature teeth by dentin-pulp regeneration : a recent approach
2010
Treatment of the young permanent tooth with a necrotic root canal system and an incompletely developed root is very difficult and challenging. Few acceptable results have been achieved through apexification but use of long-term calcium hydroxide might alter the mechanical properties of dentin. Thus, one alternative approach is to develop and restore a functional pulp-dentin complex. Procedures attempting to preserve the potentially remaining dental pulp stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells of the apical papilla can result in canal revascularization and the completion of root maturation. There are several advantages of promoting apexogenesis in immature teeth with open apices. It encourages…
Combined interleukin 6 and soluble interleukin 6 receptor accelerates murine liver regeneration.
2000
Abstract Background & Aims: Liver regeneration after loss of hepatic tissue leads to hepatocyte and nonparenchymal cell proliferation and rapid restoration of liver parenchyma. Interleukin (IL)-6 is a key inducer of transcription factors involved in liver regeneration. Whenever IL-6 activates target cells, it binds to a specific IL-6 receptor (IL-6R). The IL-6/IL-6R complex then associates with the signal transducer gp130, leading to activation of intracellular signaling. Methods: We have recently constructed the designer cytokine Hyper-IL-6 consisting of soluble IL-6R covalently linked to IL-6, which directly stimulates gp130 even in the absence of membrane-bound IL-6R. We compared the inf…
Biologic response of inguinal hernia prosthetics: a comparative study of conventional static meshes versus 3D dynamic implants.
2015
Despite improvements in prosthetics and surgical techniques, the rate of complications following inguinal hernia repair remains high. Among these, discomfort and chronic pain have become a source of increasing concern among surgeons. Poor quality of tissue ingrowth, such as thin scar plates or shrinking scars-typical results with conventional static implants and plugs-may contribute to these adverse events. Recently, a new type of 3D dynamically responsive implant was introduced to the market. This device, designed to be placed fixation-free, seems to induce ingrowth of viable and structured tissue instead of regressive fibrotic scarring. To elucidate the differences in biologic response be…
Porous biomaterials and scaffolds for tissue engineering
2019
In the present article, an overview of the definition of tissue engineering and scaffold requirements is reported. In particular, scaffold porosity and its relevance for several tissue target regeneration is highlighted. Different scaffold fabrication techniques are reported and explained in details, highlighting advantages and disadvantages for all of these techniques, regarding the specific final applications.
Channeled scaffolds implanted in adult rat brain.
2012
Scaffolds with aligned channels based on acrylate copolymers, which had previously demonstrated good com- patibility with neural progenitor cells were studied as coloniz- able structures both in vitro with neural progenitor cells and in vivo, implanted without cells in two different locations, in the cortical plate of adult rat brains and close to the subven- tricular zone. In vitro, neuroprogenitors colonize the scaffold and differentiate into neurons and glia within its channels. When implanted in vivo immunohistochemical analysis by confocal microscopy for neural and endothelial cells markers demonstrated that the scaffolds maintained continuity with the surrounding neural tissue and wer…
GENERATION OF PREVASCULARIZED PLLA BIODEGRADABLE SCAFFOLDS BY DIP DRAWING AND DIFFUSION INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION (DIPS).
2009
A critical obstacle in tissue engineering is to develop a massive structure of living cells upon transfer from the in vitro culture conditions into the host in vivo. A vascular network is required to supply essential nutrients, including oxygen, remove metabolic waste products and provide a biochemical communication “highway”. For these reasons to build an implantable structure in which vessel formation (angiogenesis) take place is mandatory. PLLA scaffolds usable in vascular tissue engineering were generated by dip-coating via Diffusion Induced Phase Separation (DIPS) technique. The scaffolds, with a vessel-like shape, were obtained by performing a DIPS process around a nylon fibre whose d…
The use of hydrogels in bone-tissue engineering
2010
Many different types of scaffold materials have been used for tissue engineering applications, and hydrogels form one group of materials that have been used in a wide variety of applications. Hydrogels are hydrophilic polymer networks and they represent an important class of biomaterials in biotechnology and medicine because many hydrogels exhibit excellent biocompatibility with minimal inflammatory responses and tissue damage. Many studies have demonstrated the use of hydrogels in bone-tissue engineering applications. In this report, the summary was conducted on various kinds of polymers and different modification methods of hydrogels to enhance bone formation. The results revealed that hy…
Cell culture models of higher complexity in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
2007
Cell culture techniques have tended to be used in biomaterial research as a screening method prior to embarking on specific in vivo experimentation. This presentation aims at showing that it is possible to develop more sophisticated in vitro systems using primary human cells in co-culture with other cell types and biomaterials in a three-dimensional setting. While the predictive value of such systems is still not proven these models can be employed to unravel the complexity of biological systems in order to understand molecular mechanisms of cell-cell and cell-material interactions. The brief overview is under the headings of basic principles of relevant culture systems, the study of inflam…