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3D images of a rat jawbone with peri-implantitis and a failed titanium mini implant screw (left) and with a successful implant that used the UCLA adhesive hydrogel treatment (right).
Hydrogel Could Be Step Forward In Therapies To Generate Bones In Head And Neck

Published in Science Translational Medicine

A team of UCLA School of Dentistry researchers has developed the first adhesive hydrogel specifically to regenerate bone and tissue defects following head and neck surgeries. Their invention was inspired in part by the way that marine mussels can stick to wet surfaces.

Mar 24, 2020
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Saliva test for oral cancer.
Saliva Test Shows Promise For Earlier And Easier Detection Of Mouth And Throat Cancer

Study published in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
Republished press release by Elsevier/JMD

Dec 13, 2019
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New Hydrogels Show Promise In Treating Bone Defects

Publication in Nature Communications

Aug 20, 2019
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