Freiburg researchers develop hydrogels for tissue
regeneration that can be fine-tuned to fit any body part
A new kind of gel that promotes the proper organization of
human cells was developed by Prof. Prasad Shastri of the Institute of
Macromolecular Chemistry and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies
Excellence Cluster at the University of Freiburg and BIOSS Centre for
Biological Signalling Studies graduate students Aurelien Forget and Jon
Christensen in collaboration with Dr. Steffen Lüdeke of the Institute for
Pharmaceutical Sciences. These hydrogels made of agarose, a polymer of sugar
molecules derived from sea algae, mimic many aspects of the environment of
cells in the human body.