Larry Hench

No question that NovaMin is effective for sensitive teeth

By / May 30, 2013

Credit: P. Wray; ACerS. I have no new insights into GlaxoSmithKline’s decision to sell its Sensodyne Repair & Protect without NovaMin as the active ingredient in the US. GSK still…

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Bioceramics: Opportunities and challenges

By Eileen De Guire / May 17, 2013

  Chemical composition of Biolox delta, a zirconia-toughened alumina with small additions of chromium oxide and strontium aluminate. Credit: Pawar, IJACT Last July’s 4th International Congress on Ceramics was the…

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GSK drops ball with puzzling US release of Sensodyne ‘Repair & Protect’ sans 45S5 glass

By Eileen De Guire / May 12, 2013

Looking for innovative NovaMin/Bioglass active ingredient in Sensodyne Repair & Protect? US consumers will not find it in the toothpaste that just went on sale. Credit: ACerS. In the last…

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GSK drops ball with puzzling US release of Sensodyne ‘Repair & Protect’ sans 45S5 glass

By / May 12, 2013

Looking for innovative NovaMin/Bioglass active ingredient in Sensodyne Repair & Protect? US consumers will not find it in the toothpaste that just went on sale. Credit: ACerS. In the last…

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Researchers show axial vascularization of Bioglass matrix with animal tests

By Eileen De Guire / April 23, 2013

Researchers were able to create samples of a vascularized engineered tissued based on Bioglass. An arteriovenous loop was placed in a Teflon isolation chamber that was filled with the sintered…

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Hench recounts career ‘miracles’ that led to Bioglass discovery at Michigan/NW Ohio award dinner

By Eileen De Guire / April 23, 2013

Larry Hench. Credit: ACerS. Last Thursday Larry Hench (FACerS and Distinguished Life Member) was the guest of honor at the Michigan/Northwest Ohio Section and recipient of the Toledo Glass and…

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Hench to receive Toledo Glass & Ceramic Award

By Eileen De Guire / February 25, 2013

Hench. Credit: Imperial College. The Michigan/NW Ohio Section of The American Ceramic Society just announced that the recipient of the 2013 Toledo Glass & Ceramic Award is Larry Hench. The award will be…

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ICG, Wiley offer primer on bio-glasses

By / January 15, 2013

The International Commission on Glass and Wiley are offering a relatively new book that is meant to serve as an introduction for undergraduate and graduate students to the burgeoning field…

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Berkeley Lab, Imperial College make progress on strong glass scaffolds for bone repairs

By / October 13, 2011

3D visualization of the sintered 6P53B glass scaffolds using the Advanced Light Source’s synchrotron X-ray microcomputed tomography (left and top right) and a corresponding scanning electron microscopy image (bottom right).…

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New glass applications and science journal debuts

By / March 16, 2010

The premier issue of ACerS’ new quarterly glass journal has just been put online and – good news – all of the content of this first issue is available for…

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