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Combined delivery of VEGF and IGF-1 promotes functional innervation in mice and improves muscle transplantation in rabbits published in Biomaterials

June 8, 2019

Congrats to Theresa and team on their recent publication which describes the effects of VEGF and IGF-1 on functional reinnervation and muscle regeneration in mice and rabbits. Check it out here: Combined delivery of VEGF and IGF-1 promotes functional innervation in mice and improves muscle transplantation in rabbits

 

Read more about Combined delivery of VEGF and IGF-1 promotes functional innervation in mice and improves muscle transplantation in rabbits published in Biomaterials

An injectable bone marrow-like scaffold enhances T cell immunity after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation published in Nature Biotechnology

February 14, 2019
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Sequential modes of crosslinking tune viscoelasticity of cell-instructive hydrogels published in Biomaterials!

January 1, 2019
Congrats to Kyle and team on their recent publication which describes the development of an articial extracellular matrix (ECM) that mimics the fibrillar architecture of natural ECM while supporting independent regulation of its mechanical properties. Check it out here: ... Read more about Sequential modes of crosslinking tune viscoelasticity of cell-instructive hydrogels published in Biomaterials!

Functional muscle recovery with nanoparticle-directed M2 macrophage polarization in mice published in PNAS!

November 1, 2018

Congrats to Theresa on her recent publication which shows that cytokines coupled to gold nanoparticles can be used to direct macrophage polarization following muscle injury in vivo. Check it out here: Functional muscle recovery with nanoparticle-directed M2 macrophage polarization in...

Read more about Functional muscle recovery with nanoparticle-directed M2 macrophage polarization in mice published in PNAS!
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Mooney lab summer students present research

August 4, 2018

Congrats to all Mooney lab undergraduates on a productive summer! Great to see such a wide breadth of projects ranging from cell biology to hydrogel mechanics.

Pictured from left: Calvin Marambo, Ege Eskibozkurt, Justine Keth, Luna Nadja Maldonado, Nikko Jeffries, Darnell Cuylear, Soore Oguntuyo, Anna Vaynrub, Evan Thompson