Recently, biomedicine and tissue regeneration have emerged as great advances that
impacted the spectrum of healthcare. This left the door open for further improvement of their …

The field of regenerative medicine has tremendous potential for improved treatment
outcomes and has been stimulated by advances made in bioengineering over the last few …

Tendon injuries are common and present a clinical challenge to orthopedic surgery mainly
because these injuries often respond poorly to treatment and require prolonged …

The extracellular matrix is a structural support network made up of diverse proteins, sugars
and other components. It influences a wide number of cellular processes including …

Tendon injuries are a global health problem that affects millions of people annually. The
properties of tendons make their natural rehabilitation a very complex and long-lasting …

Over the last 4 decades innovations in biomaterials and medical technology have had a
sustainable impact on the development of biopolymers, titanium/stainless steel and …

Biologic scaffold materials composed of extracellular matrix (ECM) have been used in a
variety of surgical and tissue engineering/regenerative medicine applications and are …

Tissue engineering is a promising approach to repair tendon and muscle when natural
healing fails. Biohybrid constructs obtained after cells' seeding and culture in dedicated …

Macrophage presence and phenotype are critical determinants of the healing response
following injury. Downregulation of the pro-inflammatory macrophage phenotype has been …

Lubrication is everywhere in the body and essential for the correct operation of biological
systems when subjected to contact stress and wear. The body is like a continuously …