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Stiffness-matched biomaterial implants for cell delivery: clinical, intraoperative ultrasound elastography provides a 'target' stiffness for hydrogel synthesis in spinal cord injury (2020)
Journal Article
Prager, J., Adams, C., Delaney, A., Chanoit, G., Tarlton, J., Wong, L., …Granger, N. (2020). Stiffness-matched biomaterial implants for cell delivery: clinical, intraoperative ultrasound elastography provides a 'target' stiffness for hydrogel synthesis in spinal cord injury. Journal of Tissue Engineering, 11, https://doi.org/10.1177/2041731420934806

Safe hydrogel delivery requires stiffness-matching with host tissues to avoid iatrogenic damage and reduce inflammatory reactions. Hydrogel-encapsulated cell delivery is a promising combinatorial approach to spinal cord injury therapy, but a lack of... Read More about Stiffness-matched biomaterial implants for cell delivery: clinical, intraoperative ultrasound elastography provides a 'target' stiffness for hydrogel synthesis in spinal cord injury.

Nanoparticle-Based Imaging of Clinical Transplant Populations Encapsulated in Protective Polymer Matrices (2019)
Journal Article
Adams, C., Delaney, A., Carwardine, D., Tickle, J., Granger, N., & Chari, D. (2019). Nanoparticle-Based Imaging of Clinical Transplant Populations Encapsulated in Protective Polymer Matrices. Macromolecular Bioscience, 19, e1800389. https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201800389

A recent clinical trial proves that autologous olfactory mucosal cell (OMC) transplantation improves locomotion in dogs with naturally occurring spinal injuries comparable to human lesions. However, not all dogs respond to the treatment, likely due t... Read More about Nanoparticle-Based Imaging of Clinical Transplant Populations Encapsulated in Protective Polymer Matrices.

A proteomic investigation into mechanisms underpinning corticosteroid effects on neural stem cells. (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Mayyahi, R. S., Sterio, L. D., Connolly, J. B., Adams, C., Al-Tumah, W. A., Sen, J., …Chari, D. (2018). A proteomic investigation into mechanisms underpinning corticosteroid effects on neural stem cells. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 86, 30-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcn.2017.11.006

Corticosteroids (CSs) are widely used clinically, for example in pediatric respiratory distress syndrome, and immunosuppression to prevent rejection of stem cell transplant populations in neural cell therapy. However, such treatment can be associated... Read More about A proteomic investigation into mechanisms underpinning corticosteroid effects on neural stem cells..

Magnetic Nanoparticle-Mediated Gene Delivery to Two- and Three-Dimensional Neural Stem Cell Cultures: Magnet-Assisted Transfection and Multifection Approaches to Enhance Outcomes. (2017)
Book Chapter
Pickard, M., Adams, C., & Chari, D. (2017). Magnetic Nanoparticle-Mediated Gene Delivery to Two- and Three-Dimensional Neural Stem Cell Cultures: Magnet-Assisted Transfection and Multifection Approaches to Enhance Outcomes. In Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology (2D.19.1 - 2D.19.16). https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470151808

Neural stem cells (NSCs) have high translational potential in transplantation therapies for neural repair. Enhancement of their therapeutic capacity by genetic engineering is an important goal for regenerative neurology. Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs)... Read More about Magnetic Nanoparticle-Mediated Gene Delivery to Two- and Three-Dimensional Neural Stem Cell Cultures: Magnet-Assisted Transfection and Multifection Approaches to Enhance Outcomes..

Nanoengineering neural stem cells on biomimetic substrates using magnetofection technology. (2016)
Journal Article
Adams, C., Dickson, A., Kuiper, J., & Chari, D. (2016). Nanoengineering neural stem cells on biomimetic substrates using magnetofection technology. Nanoscale, 8, 17869-17880. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6nr05244d

Tissue engineering studies are witnessing a major paradigm shift to cell culture on biomimetic materials that replicate native tissue features from which the cells are derived. Few studies have been performed in this regard for neural cells, particul... Read More about Nanoengineering neural stem cells on biomimetic substrates using magnetofection technology..

Deploying clinical grade magnetic nanoparticles with magnetic fields to magnetolabel neural stem cells in adherent versus suspension cultures (2015)
Journal Article
Weinberg, D., Adams, C., & Chari, D. (2015). Deploying clinical grade magnetic nanoparticles with magnetic fields to magnetolabel neural stem cells in adherent versus suspension cultures. RSC advances, 5, 43353-43360. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra07481a

Neural stem cells (NSCs) have a high therapeutic potential for patients with neurological disease/injury given their neuroregenerative and immunomodulatory capabilities. In recent years, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have been used as contrast agents... Read More about Deploying clinical grade magnetic nanoparticles with magnetic fields to magnetolabel neural stem cells in adherent versus suspension cultures.

Using magnetic nanoparticles for gene transfer to neural stem cells: stem cell propagation method influences outcomes (2015)
Journal Article
Pickard, M., Adams, C., Barraud, P., & Chari, D. (2015). Using magnetic nanoparticles for gene transfer to neural stem cells: stem cell propagation method influences outcomes. Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 6, 259-279. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb6020259

Genetically engineered neural stem cell (NSC) transplants offer a key strategy to augment neural repair by releasing therapeutic biomolecules into injury sites. Genetic modification of NSCs is heavily reliant on viral vectors but cytotoxic effects ha... Read More about Using magnetic nanoparticles for gene transfer to neural stem cells: stem cell propagation method influences outcomes.