Wound healing: from passive to smart dressings

M Farahani, A Shafiee - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The universal increase in the number of patients with nonhealing skin wounds imposes a
huge social and economic burden on the patients and healthcare systems. Although, the …

Materials for smart soft actuator systems

I Apsite, S Salehi, L Ionov - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In contrast to conventional hard actuators, soft actuators offer many vivid advantages, such
as improved flexibility, adaptability, and reconfigurability, which are intrinsic to living …

Poly (lactic Acid): A versatile biobased polymer for the future with multifunctional properties—From monomer synthesis, polymerization techniques and molecular …

E Balla, V Daniilidis, G Karlioti, T Kalamas… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Environmental problems, such as global warming and plastic pollution have forced
researchers to investigate alternatives for conventional plastics. Poly (lactic acid)(PLA), one …

Tumor microenvironment: barrier or opportunity towards effective cancer therapy

A Tiwari, R Trivedi, SY Lin - Journal of biomedical science, 2022 - Springer
Tumor microenvironment (TME) is a specialized ecosystem of host components, designed
by tumor cells for successful development and metastasis of tumor. With the advent of 3D …

[HTML][HTML] Current applications of poly (lactic acid) composites in tissue engineering and drug delivery

S Liu, S Qin, M He, D Zhou, Q Qin, H Wang - Composites Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biodegradable poly (lactic acid)(PLA) presents suitable physicochemical properties and
biocompatibility for biomedical engineering. However, PLA has some drawbacks, such as …

[HTML][HTML] 3D in vitro model (R) evolution: unveiling tumor–stroma interactions

J Rodrigues, MA Heinrich, LM Teixeira, J Prakash - Trends in cancer, 2021 - cell.com
The complex microenvironment in which malignant tumor cells grow is crucial for cancer
progression. The physical and biochemical characteristics of this niche are involved in …

Emerging technologies in multi‐material bioprinting

H Ravanbakhsh, V Karamzadeh, G Bao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bioprinting, within the emerging field of biofabrication, aims at the fabrication of functional
biomimetic constructs. Different 3D bioprinting techniques have been adapted to bioprint cell …

Modification, 3D printing process and application of sodium alginate based hydrogels in soft tissue engineering: A review

Q Wei, J Zhou, Y An, M Li, J Zhang, S Yang - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sodium alginate (SA) is an inexpensive and biocompatible biomaterial with fast and gentle
crosslinking that has been widely used in biological soft tissue repair/regeneration …

3D bioprinting for skin tissue engineering: Current status and perspectives

T Weng, W Zhang, Y Xia, P Wu… - Journal of tissue …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Skin and skin appendages are vulnerable to injury, requiring rapidly reliable regeneration
methods. In recent years, 3D bioprinting has shown potential for wound repair and …

Recent advances in PLGA-based biomaterials for bone tissue regeneration

S Jin, X Xia, J Huang, C Yuan, Y Zuo, Y Li, J Li - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Bone regeneration is an interdisciplinary complex lesson, including but not limited to
materials science, biomechanics, immunology, and biology. Having witnessed impressive …