Design and development of hybrid hydrogels for biomedical applications: Recent trends in anticancer drug delivery and tissue engineering

MH Cai, XY Chen, LQ Fu, WL Du, X Yang… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The applications of hydrogels in biomedical field has been since multiple decades.
Discoveries in biology and chemistry render this platform endowed with much engineering …

Hybrid hydrogels for biomedical applications

LL Palmese, RK Thapa, MO Sullivan… - Current opinion in chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Nano/microstructures can be incorporated into the hydrogels by various physical
or chemical cross-linking methods.•Nano/microstructures can enhance the mechanical …

Bioinspired hydrogels as platforms for life-science applications: Challenges and opportunities

M Bercea - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels, as interconnected networks (polymer mesh; physically, chemically, or dynamic
crosslinked networks) incorporating a high amount of water, present structural …

Opportunities for multicomponent hybrid hydrogels in biomedical applications

HK Lau, KL Kiick - Biomacromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels provide mechanical support and a hydrated environment that offer good
cytocompatibility and controlled release of molecules, and myriad hydrogels thus have been …

Hydrogels—A Promising Materials for 3D Printing Technology

GS Kaliaraj, DK Shanmugam, A Dasan, KKA Mosas - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels are a promising material for a variety of applications after appropriate functional
and structural design, which alters the physicochemical properties and cell signaling …

Multifunctional smart hydrogels: Potential in tissue engineering and cancer therapy

X Li, X Su - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, clinical applications have been proposed for various hydrogel products.
Hydrogels can be derived from animal tissues, plant extracts and/or adipose tissue …

Injectable hydrogels delivering therapeutic agents for disease treatment and tissue engineering

JH Lee - Biomaterials research, 2018 - spj.science.org
Background Injectable hydrogels have been extensively researched for the use as scaffolds
or as carriers of therapeutic agents such as drugs, cells, proteins, and bioactive molecules in …

Injectable polymeric hydrogels for the delivery of therapeutic agents: A review

QV Nguyen, JH Park, DS Lee - European Polymer Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Since drug delivery systems have become one of the most promising areas of human health
related research, the applications of biomaterials such as hydrogels have been widely …

Advances in self-assembled injectable hydrogels for cancer therapy

S Kumar, A Bajaj - Biomaterials science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Non-specific toxicity of chemotherapeutics and evolution of malignant tumors against them
are major challenges for existing cancer chemotherapeutic regimens. Engineering of …

Hydrogels for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

JA Hunt, R Chen, T van Veen, N Bryan - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Injectable hydrogels have become an incredibly prolific area of research in the field of tissue
engineering and regenerative medicine, because of their high water content, mechanical …