{"id":1283,"date":"2013-02-24T22:21:46","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T20:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2013-02-24T22:21:46","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T20:21:46","slug":"new-smart-material-could-help-tap-medical-potential-of-tissue-penetrating-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/2013\/02\/24\/new-smart-material-could-help-tap-medical-potential-of-tissue-penetrating-light\/","title":{"rendered":"New \u201csmart\u201d material could help tap medical potential of tissue-penetrating light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/embedded-image.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1284\" src=\"http:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/embedded-image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists are collaborating to try and create what may become the first type of light that can penetrate up to four inches in to the human body. They are developing and receiving successful initial results with the use of the smart materials. The discovery, if successful has the potential of being able to diagnose diseases as well as even create new human tissues. Experts say that the near-infrared (NIR) light is able to go 4 inches in to the human body, giving it immense potential for diagnosing as well as treating diseases. Though seemingly an immense advancement in medicine, there are still problems associated with its development. Currently, the materials that are being tested on are those requiring low-power NIR. This is because this level of power does not damage the body tissues as it passes through. However, the materials being used do not really respond as would hope, as they do not give the most accurate results. What is required is smart materials that can endure high-power NIR, though that does not seem like the best of solutions, as high-power NIR damages cells and tissues. This is why researchers have set their minds to creating a new polymer material that is capable of responding properly to low-power NIR light. With this advancement, the new material is such that it is able to separate in to small pieces that are resulting in signs showing that it is nontoxic to surrounding tissues. The researchers intend to place the polymer in hydrogel (water-containing flexible material that is used for forming tissues as well as drug delivery). This would enable the new polymer to be able to release the medications or agents in to the body when hit with low-power NIR, and so also eliminating\/reducing the risk of damaging tissues. Though seemingly appearing as a dangerous substance, if developed as scientists are hoping, it will be a significant step in the field of medicine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/portal.acs.org\/portal\/acs\/corg\/content?_nfpb=true&#038;_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&#038;node_id=223&#038;content_id=CNBP_028638&#038;use_sec=true&#038;sec_url_var=region1&#038;__uuid=7d9395c9-0827-4786-ac43-d41662763a59<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists are collaborating to try and create what may become the first type of light that can penetrate up to four inches in to the human body. They are developing and receiving successful initial results with the use of the smart materials. The discovery, if successful has the potential of being able to diagnose diseases [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1283"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1293,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions\/1293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}