Cato Laurencin

Addressing the real problem: Through muscle regeneration, graphene-polymer matrix lowers risk of rotator cuff retear injuries

By Lisa McDonald / August 23, 2022

Most rotator cuff repair procedures focus on the tendon, but the real problem is that the muscle degenerates and accumulates fat. University of Connecticut School of Medicine researchers led by ACerS Fellow Cato Laurencin developed a graphene-polymer matrix that induces a reversal of muscle degeneration, thereby greatly lowering the risk of rotator cuff retear injuries.

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MS&T18 and ACerS Annual Meeting—Recapping a busy week

By Eileen De Guire / October 19, 2018

MS&T18 closed the week with a record 3,200 attendees, 92 vendors, and thousands of technical presentations. The Annual Meeting, Awards banquet, technical sessions, and student contests rounded out a busy week for ACerS members.

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ICACC 2015 Daytona Beach scrapbook

By Eileen De Guire / January 30, 2015

A trip to Daytona Beach, Fla. practically demands a scrapbook—a resort town much of the year, in January it is home to the International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites organized by ACerS Engineering Ceramics Division.

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The skinny from 39th ICACC in Daytona Beach, where we learn how fat makes knees

By Eileen De Guire / January 27, 2015

More than 1,100 scientists and engineers have escaped winter’s wrath and converged on Daytona Beach, Fla. for the 39th edition of the International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites. Couldn’t make it? Eileen recaps the first half of the warm-weather meeting.

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