[HTML][HTML] An overview of polyurethane biomaterials and their use in drug delivery

D Wienen, T Gries, SL Cooper, DE Heath - Journal of Controlled Release, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyurethanes are a versatile and highly tunable class of materials that possess unique
properties including high tensile strength, abrasion and fatigue resistance, and flexibility at …

Silk fibroin combined with electrospinning as a promising strategy for tissue regeneration

K Chen, Y Li, Y Li, W Pan, G Tan - Macromolecular Bioscience, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of tissue engineering scaffolds is of great significance for the repair and
regeneration of damaged tissues and organs. Silk fibroin (SF) is a natural protein polymer …

A review of recent advances in natural polymer-based scaffolds for musculoskeletal tissue engineering

J Fan, K Abedi-Dorcheh, A Sadat Vaziri… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The musculoskeletal (MS) system consists of bone, cartilage, tendon, ligament, and skeletal
muscle, which forms the basic framework of the human body. This system plays a vital role in …

Resorbable membranes for guided bone regeneration: critical features, potentials, and limitations

S Abtahi, X Chen, S Shahabi, N Nasiri - ACS Materials Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Lack of horizontal and vertical bone at the site of an implant can lead to significant clinical
problems that need to be addressed before implant treatment can take place. Guided bone …

In situ forming hydrogel as a tracer and degradable lacrimal plug for dry eye treatment

M Dai, K Xu, D Xiao, Y Zheng, Q Zheng… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lacrimal plug is an effective and widely therapeutic strategy to treat dry eye. However,
almost all commercialized plugs are fixed in a certain design and associated with many …

Evaluation of the Immune Response to Chitosan-graft-poly(caprolactone) Biopolymer Scaffolds

MJ Moore, YT Lam, M Santos, RP Tan… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomimetic scaffolds recreating key elements of the architecture and biological activity of the
extracellular matrix have enormous potential for soft tissue engineering applications …

Emerging polymeric biomaterials and manufacturing techniques in regenerative medicine

D Xia, J Chen, Z Zhang, M Dong - Aggregate, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The current demand for patients' organ and tissue repair and regeneration is continually
increasing, where autologous or allograft is the golden standard treatment in the clinic …

Bioengineering silk into blood vessels

YT Lam, RP Tan, PL Michael, K Lau… - Biochemical Society …, 2021 - portlandpress.com
The rising incidence of cardiovascular disease has increased the demand for small diameter
(< 6 mm) synthetic vascular grafts for use in bypass surgery. Clinically available synthetic …

Self-Sanitization in a Silk Nanofibrous Network for Biodegradable PM0.3 Filters with In Situ Joule Heating

M Hossain, K Karmakar, P Sarkar, T Chattaraj… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In the contemporary way of life, face masks are crucial in managing disease transmission
and battling air pollution. However, two key challenges, self-sanitization and biodegradation …

Development of bilayered porous silk scaffolds for thymus bioengineering

CS Silva, B Kundu, JM Gomes, EM Fernandes… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The thymus coordinates the development and selection of T cells. It is structured into two
main compartments: the cortex and the medulla. The replication of such complex 3D …