Hydrogels are expected to be used in regenerative medicine

A research team at the University of Tokyo on the latest issue of the American magazine "Science" reported that they had developed a swelling is not even in the water and deformation of high-strength water gel which is used in the manufacture of artificial expected future cartilage and artificial eye and so on.Sellotape

Hydrogels are a large amount of water exists in the gap between the jelly-like polymer material can be used in the manufacture of soft contact lenses , paper diapers , it will be placed in the water after a long deformation becomes fragile, so the application is limited.Washi tape

The research group to a regular mesh of high-strength structural hydrogel added a special polymer , to prepare a water reaching the body temperature is not expanded , the high transparency of the hydrogel , the water content up to 90 %. This hydrogel making simple, ductility , shape and intensity change will not change even after immersion in water for a month. Furthermore, this hydrogel is also high strength , to withstand 600 kg per square centimeter is not to be crushed by weight , per square centimeter of human cartilage and can withstand the weight of 200 kg .Masking tape

The research team believes that because of this the human environment within the hydrogel can maintain the initial shape and high strength , so hopeful for the production of artificial cartilage and artificial intervertebral disc .Wholesale masking tape