A 2011 study by El-Ayoubi et al . investigated " 3D-plotting technique to produce ( biocompatible and biodegradable ) poly-L-Lactide macroporous scaffolds with two different pore sizes " via solid free-form fabrication ( SSF ) with computer-aided-design ( CAD ), to explore therapeutic articular cartilage replacement as an " alternative to conventional tissue repair ".
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A group at BioTex Inc, led by McNichols and Ballerstadt, have created a NIR sensor-based on ConA with NIR dyes Alexa 647 and Alexa 750 ( originally Alexa 647 & cy7 ) enclosed in a dialysis fibre attached to the end of an optic fibre, which they have dubbed FAS ( fluorescent ) to improve the stability they attach the protein to a sephadex, a macroporous hydrogel.
