We use our lips to talk, eat, drink, and breathe; they signal our emotions, health, and aesthetic beauty. It takes a complex structure to perform so many roles, so lip problems can be hard to repair effectively. Basic research is essential to improving these treatments, but until now, models using lip cells -; which perform differently to other skin cells -; have not been available.
IIT Guwahati and Bose Institute develop hydrogel for cancer
The IIT Guwahati’s Department of Chemistry professor Debpratim Das and his team have engineered the hydrogel. Credit: © 2025 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. The
January 3, 2025