Microgel Particles Boost Blood Clotting

Researchers developed microgel particles that mimic platelets and help form blood clots. The approach could lead to new treatments for uncontrolled bleeding.

Non-aqueous microgel particles: synthesis, properties and applications - Soft Matter (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C4SM01834F

Microgel reinforced zwitterionic hydrogel coating for blood-contacting biomedical devices

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Fibrous hydrogels under biaxial confinement

Platelet-like particles improve fibrin network properties in a hemophilic model of provisional matrix structural defects - ScienceDirect

Non-aqueous microgel particles: synthesis, properties and applications - Soft Matter (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C4SM01834F

Rapid hemostasis accompanied by antibacterial action of calcium crosslinking tannic acid-coated mesoporous silica/silver Janus nanoparticles - ScienceDirect

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Preparation of soy protein-based microgel particles using a hydrogel homogenizing strategy and their interfacial properties - ScienceDirect

Synthetic Blood Substitutes

Platelet‐inspired nanomedicine in hemostasis thrombosis and thromboinflammation - ScienceDirect

Bench-to-bedside development of multifunctional flexible embolic agents

Synthesis and properties of poly(DEX-GMA/AAc) microgel particle as a hemostatic agent - Journal of Materials Chemistry B (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C7TB00768J