NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -
Nov. 5, 2014 -
PRLog -- The e-incubator, an innovative miniature incubator that is compatible with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), enables scientists to grow tissue-engineered constructs under controlled conditions and to study their growth and development in real-time without risk of contamination or damage. Offering the potential to test engineered tissues before human transplantation, increase the success rate of implantation, and accelerate the translation of tissue engineering methods from the lab to the clinic, the novel e-incubator is described in an article in
Tissue Engineering, Part C, a peer-reviewed journal from
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the
Tissue Engineering website at http://online.liebertpub.com/
doi/full/10.1089/
ten.tec.2014.0273 until December 5, 2014."
"In the article
“The e-Incubator: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Compatible Mini Incubator” (http://online.liebertpub.com/
doi/full/10.1089/
ten.tec.2014.0273)
,
Shadi Othman, PhD, Karin Wartella, PhD, Vahid Khalilzad Sharghi, and
Huihui Xu, PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, present the results of a validation study using the device to culture tissue-engineered bone constructs for 4 weeks. The e-incubator is a standalone unit that automatically detects and regulates internal conditions such as temperature, carbon dioxide levels, and pH via a microcontroller. It performs media exchange to feed the cultures and remove waste products. The current design is compatible with MRI to monitor the constructs without removing them from the incubator. With proper adjustments, compatibility with other imaging technologies including computed tomography (CT) and optical imaging is also possible."
"“Calibratable, hands-free tissue development environments are becoming increasingly important for the engineering of implantable tissues,” says
Tissue Engineering Co-Editor-in-
Chief
Peter C. Johnson, MD, Vice President, Research and Development, Avery Dennison Medical Solutions of Chicago, IL and President and CEO, Scintellix, LLC, Raleigh, NC. “In this new development, noninvasive imaging modalities are added to the spectrum of sensing and environmental capabilities that heretofore have included temperature, humidity, light, physical force, and electromagnetism. This represents a solid advance for the field.”"
About the Journal"
Tissue Engineering is an authoritative peer-reviewed journal published online with Open Access options and in print in three parts: Part A, the flagship, published 24 times per year; Part B: Reviews, published bimonthly; and Part C: Methods, published 12 times per year. Led by Co-Editors-In-
Chief
Antonios Mikos, PhD, Louis Calder Professor at Rice University, Houston, TX, and
Peter C. Johnson, MD, Vice President, Research and Development, Avery Dennison Medical Solutions of Chicago, IL and President and CEO, Scintellix, LLC, Raleigh, NC, the Journal brings together scientific and medical experts in the fields of biomedical engineering, material science, molecular and cellular biology, and genetic engineering.
Tissue Engineering is the official journal of the Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS). Complete tables of content and a sample issue may be viewed on at the
Tissue Engineering website at
http://www.liebertpub.com/ten. "
About the Publisher
"Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers is a privately held, fully integrated media company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in many promising areas of science and biomedical research, including
Stem Cells and Development, Human Gene Therapy, and
Advances in Wound Care. Its biotechnology trade magazine,
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), was the first in its field and is today the industry’s most widely read publication worldwide. A complete list of the firm’s 80 journals, books, and newsmagazines is available on the
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers website at
http://www.liebertpub.com.