Teresa Puig

Dr. Teresa Puig

New Therapeutic Targets Laboratory (Targets Lab)-Oncology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Girona, Girona Institute for Biomedical Research, Emili Grahit 77, 17003 Girona, Spain
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Academic Career Length

40Years (1987-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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22 April 2007 in Nature Materials
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J. Gutiérrez
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A. Llordés
JGJ. Gázquez
J. Gázquez
MGM. Gibert
M. Gibert
NRN. Romà
N. Romà
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18 March 2014 in Superconductor Science and Technology
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Teresa PuigTeresa Puig
Teresa Puig

12 February 2012 in Nature Materials
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ALA. Llordés
A. Llordés
Anna PalauAnna Palau
Anna Palau
JGJ. Gázquez
J. Gázquez
MCM. Coll
M. Coll
RVR. Vlad
R. Vlad
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20 January 2006 in Superconductor Science and Technology
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Teresa PuigTeresa Puig
Teresa Puig
APAlberto Pomar
Alberto Pomar
Felip SandiumengeFelip Sandiumenge
Felip Sandiumenge
Narcís MestresNarcís Mestres
Narcís Mestres
JBJ Bock
J Bock

11 September 2018 in Materials
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ASAntonio Jesús Guerra Sánchez
Antonio Jesús Guerra Sánchez
PCPaula Cano
Paula Cano
MRMarc Rabionet
Marc Rabionet
Teresa PuigTeresa Puig
Teresa Puig
Joaquim CiuranaJoaquim Ciurana
Joaquim Ciurana
Biodegradable stents (BRS) offer enormous potential but first they must meet five specific requirements: (i) their manufacturing process must be precise; (ii) degradation should have minimal toxicity; (iii) the rate of degradation should match the recovery rate of vascular tissue; (iv) ideally, they should induce rapid endothelialization to restore the functions of vascular tissue, but at the same time reduce the risk of restenosis; and (v) their mechanical behavior should comply with medical requirements, namely, the flexibility required to facilitate placement but also sufficient radial rigidity to support the vessel. Although the first three requirements have been comprehensively studied, the last two have been overlooked. One possible way of addressing these issues would be to fabricate composite stents using materials that have different mechanical, biological, or medical properties, for instance, Polylactide Acid (PLA) or Polycaprolactone (PCL). However, fashioning such stents using the traditional stent manufacturing process known as laser cutting would be impossible. Our work, therefore, aims to produce PCL/PLA composite stents using a novel 3D tubular printer based on Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM). The cell geometry (shape and area) and the materials (PCL and PLA) of the stents were analyzed and correlated with 3T3 cell proliferation, degradation rates, dynamic mechanical and radial expansion tests to determine the best parameters for a stent that will satisfy the five strict BRS requirements. Results proved that the 3D-printing process was highly suitable for producing composite stents (approximately 85–95% accuracy). Both PCL and PLA demonstrated their biocompatibility with PCL stents presenting an average cell proliferation of 12.46% and PLA 8.28% after only 3 days. Furthermore, the PCL/PLA composite stents demonstrated their potential in degradation, dynamic mechanical and expansion tests. Moreover, and regardless of the order of the layers, the composite stents showed (virtually) medium levels of degradation rates and mechanical modulus. Radially, they exhibited the virtues of PCL in the expansion step (elasticity) and those of PLA in the recoil step (rigidity). Results have clearly demonstrated that composite PCL/PLA stents are a highly promising solution to fulfilling the rigorous BRS requirements.

26 October 2012 in Superconductor Science and Technology
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Teresa PuigTeresa Puig
Teresa Puig
SRS Ricart
S Ricart
MCM Coll
M Coll
JGJ Gazquez
J Gazquez
XGX Granados
X Granados