Voice problems often involve physical injury and they have serious emotional, functional and economic consequences. The present research project contributes to the development of an injectable biomaterial for potential use in treating vocal fold (VF) lamina propria (LP) scarring disorder. A new biomimetic hydrogel system, based on hyaluronic acid (HA) and gelatin (Ge), with hierarchical structural organization was designed, characterized, and evaluated in vitro and in vivo. This hierarchical composite hydrogel was constituted from hybrid HA–Ge microgels, fabricated through water-in-oil mini-emulsification polymerization, embedded in a secondary HA network. Experiments were performed to investigate the suitability of such hierarchical netwo...
Loss of voice after vocal fold resection due to laryngeal cancer is a significant problem resulting ...
Phonatory-related mechanical trauma to the vocal folds can initiate benign changes to tissue compone...
As part of the development of an artificial larynx, in vivo experiments and clinical trials have rev...
AbstractObjectives/Hypothesis: The primary objective of this study was to investigate the healing po...
Vocal fold (VF) atrophy and scarring cause permanent tissue loss or recalcitrant fibrotic changes in...
A good understanding of the viscoelasticity of soft biomaterials and tissue is needed to predict the...
In this thesis, a unique vocal fold perfusion bioreactor was designed, built and validated. The bior...
Normal vocal folds function to control the airway and produce voice. Voice is produced through vibra...
Injectable hydrogels may potentially be used for augmentation/regeneration of the lamina propria of ...
The research presented here deals with synthetic materials for application in tissue engineering, pr...
Vocal folds are made of an elastomeric tissue and are essential to everyday life, allowing for commu...
Full-thickness skin equivalents used as grafts for the replacement of damaged skin or for the establ...
Glycopolymer hydrogels capable of mimicking mucosal tissue in mucoadhesion testing have been designe...
Voice is produced by the conversion of aerodynamic energy from exhalation to acoustical energy for v...
Voice disorders can highly disrupt the personal, social and professional life of patients. The resto...
Loss of voice after vocal fold resection due to laryngeal cancer is a significant problem resulting ...
Phonatory-related mechanical trauma to the vocal folds can initiate benign changes to tissue compone...
As part of the development of an artificial larynx, in vivo experiments and clinical trials have rev...
AbstractObjectives/Hypothesis: The primary objective of this study was to investigate the healing po...
Vocal fold (VF) atrophy and scarring cause permanent tissue loss or recalcitrant fibrotic changes in...
A good understanding of the viscoelasticity of soft biomaterials and tissue is needed to predict the...
In this thesis, a unique vocal fold perfusion bioreactor was designed, built and validated. The bior...
Normal vocal folds function to control the airway and produce voice. Voice is produced through vibra...
Injectable hydrogels may potentially be used for augmentation/regeneration of the lamina propria of ...
The research presented here deals with synthetic materials for application in tissue engineering, pr...
Vocal folds are made of an elastomeric tissue and are essential to everyday life, allowing for commu...
Full-thickness skin equivalents used as grafts for the replacement of damaged skin or for the establ...
Glycopolymer hydrogels capable of mimicking mucosal tissue in mucoadhesion testing have been designe...
Voice is produced by the conversion of aerodynamic energy from exhalation to acoustical energy for v...
Voice disorders can highly disrupt the personal, social and professional life of patients. The resto...
Loss of voice after vocal fold resection due to laryngeal cancer is a significant problem resulting ...
Phonatory-related mechanical trauma to the vocal folds can initiate benign changes to tissue compone...
As part of the development of an artificial larynx, in vivo experiments and clinical trials have rev...