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"Spiderwort co-founder and CEO Charles Cuerrier comes from a family of entrepreneurs, but it was his predilection for science that initially took him on a different journey," writes Suzanne Grant.

/PRNewswire/ - Spiderwort Inc., the biotech company innovating in cellulose-based tissue scaffolding to treat acute spinal cord injuries, today announced the...

Plant-based structures can be used as a template for generating muscle

Plant-based structures can be used as a template for generating muscle

Plant-based structures can be used as a template for generating muscle

Plant-based structures can be used as a template for generating muscle

Plant-based structures can be used as a template for generating muscle

Plant-based structures can be used as a template for generating muscle

About Andrew Pelling Andrew Pelling is a biophysicist and professor at the University of Ottawas Department of Physics. He is the co-founder of biomedical research at the Pelling Lab for Augmented Biology, known for its discovery that plant tissues can be harnessed to regenerate human cells. He also serves as co-founder and chief scientific officer of Spiderwort, a company that produces plant-based biomaterials. Pelling received a B.S. in Biological Chemistry from University of Toronto, and Ph....

Lockdown loaves show growth potential COVID-caught bioengineers rise baking interests to new levels. Baking the perfect bread – for cell growth. Credit: Andrew Pelling As any baking enthusiast will tell you, it’s all about the crumb. In the case of science, the porous nature of the humble bread crumb was the perfect structure for a scaffold. Scaffolds are the literal basis of regenerative medicine. They’re the structure that supports living cells, and developing novel materials suitable f...