Cambridge Polymer Awarded $225K SBIR Grant from NIH
CPG research team to develop injectable hydrogel technology for eye tamponade Cambridge Polymer Group Inc has been awarded a $225,000 Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop an injectable hydrogel for use as an eye tamponade. Retinal detachment is a common eye injury that often […]
Hyaluronic Acid: A Question of Size
Figure 1: Top right—repeat unit of hyaluronic acid, a material particularly concentrated in (among other tissues) chicken combs (left). Bottom right—representative triplicate determinations of three samples of hyaluronic acid of distinct molecular weights. Chemical Properties of Hyaluronic Acid Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a naturally synthesized highly linear polysaccharide found in a variety of tissues including […]
Triggerable Tough Hydrogels for Drug Delivery
Patients who won’t take their medications are one of the great frustrations of 21st century doctors. According to The Annals of Internal Medicine, 20-30% of medication prescriptions are never filled, and 50% of medications for chronic disease are not taken as prescribed. The New York Times says this nonadherence to prescribed medication costs the American […]