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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two new wound management products that include patented hydrogels invented by UD material scientist Darrin Pochan and Joel Schneider, a former UD faculty member now at the National Cancer Institute. Licensed for use by Gel4Med, a Harvard University-based biomaterials engineering company, the unique UD hydrogel materials are made of peptides — the building blocks of proteins — that self-assemble to form a 3D matrix and are compatible with living cells.
Fresh hope for chronic wounds
University of Delaware researchers in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources have made a new discovery in their work on wooden breast syndrome in chickens.
Advancing knowledge on wooden breast syndrome
University of Delaware’s Sambeeta “Sam” Das, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is among more than 300 UD inventors working on solutions to challenging societal problems.
May is National Inventors Month

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