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Rutledge Ellis-Behnke, Ph.D.

Dir. Nanomedicine Translational Think Tank, Univ. of Heidelberg & MIT
Verified email at mit.edu
Cited by 3437

Carbon nanotubes: their potential and pitfalls for bone tissue regeneration and engineering

P Newman, A Minett, R Ellis-Behnke… - … , biology and medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
The extracellular environment which supports cell life is composed of a hierarchy of
maintenance, force and regulatory systems which integrate from the nano-through to …

Nano neuro knitting: peptide nanofiber scaffold for brain repair and axon regeneration with functional return of vision

RG Ellis-Behnke, YX Liang, SW You… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Nanotechnology is often associated with materials fabrication, microelectronics, and
microfluidics. Until now, the use of nanotechnology and molecular self assembly in …

Nano hemostat solution: immediate hemostasis at the nanoscale

RG Ellis-Behnke, YX Liang, DKC Tay, PWF Kau… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
Hemostasis is a major problem in surgical procedures and after major trauma. There are few
effective methods to stop bleeding without causing secondary damage. We used a self …

Reknitting the injured spinal cord by self-assembling peptide nanofiber scaffold

J Guo, H Su, Y Zeng, YX Liang, WM Wong… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
In traumatic spinal cord injury, loss of neurological function is due to the inability of damaged
axons to regenerate across large, cystic cavities. It has recently been demonstrated that a …

Temperature and pH effects on biophysical and morphological properties of self‐assembling peptide RADA16‐I

…, YK Shi, EY Zhang, R EllisBehnke… - Journal of peptide …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
It has been found that the self‐assembling peptide RADA 16‐I forms a β‐sheet structure and
self‐assembles into nanofibers and scaffolds in favor of cell growth, hemostasis and tissue …

[HTML][HTML] The spider effect: morphological and orienting classification of microglia in response to stimuli in vivo

RA Jonas, TF Yuan, YX Liang, JB Jonas, DKC Tay… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The different morphological stages of microglial activation have not yet been described in
detail. We transected the olfactory bulb of rats and examined the activation of the microglial …

Nanomedicine for treatment of diabetes in an aging population: state-of-the-art and future developments

S Krol, R Ellis-Behnke, P Marchetti - Maturitas, 2012 - Elsevier
Nowadays diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes (which is strongly related to the Western diet
and life-style), has developed worldwide into an epidemic disease. Nanomedicine aims to …

Using nanotechnology to design potential therapies for CNS regeneration

RG Ellis-Behnke, LA Teather… - Current …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
The nanodelivery of therapeutics into the brain will require a step-change in thinking;
overcoming the blood brain barrier is one of the major challenges to any neural therapy. The …

Effect of self-assembled nanofibrous silk/polycaprolactone layer on the osteoconductivity and mechanical properties of biphasic calcium phosphate scaffolds

SI Roohani-Esfahani, ZF Lu, JJ Li, R Ellis-Behnke… - Acta biomaterialia, 2012 - Elsevier
We here present the first successful report on combining nanostructured silk and poly (ε-
caprolactone)(PCL) with a ceramic scaffold to produce a composite scaffold that is highly …

Differential induction of c-Jun and Fos-like proteins in rat hippocampus and dorsal striatum after training in two water maze tasks

LA Teather, MG Packard, DE Smith… - Neurobiology of learning …, 2005 - Elsevier
Research examining the neuroanatomical bases of memory in mammals suggests that the
hippocampus and dorsal striatum are parts of independent memory systems that mediate …