Biocompatible fibers could use light to stimulate cells or sense signs of disease
Monday, October 17, 2016 - 06:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have developed a biocompatible and highly stretchable optical fiber made from hydrogel—an elastic, rubbery material composed mostly of water. The fiber, which is as bendable as a rope of licorice, may one day be implanted in the body to deliver therapeutic pulses of light or light up at the first sign of disease.