Hydrogels, microgels and nanogels have emerged as versatile and viable platforms for
sustained protein release, targeted drug delivery, and tissue engineering due to excellent …

Cell culturing, whether for tissue engineering or cell biology studies, always involves placing
cells in a non‐natural environment and no material currently exist that can mimic the entire …

The key attribute of the thiol-Michael addition reaction that makes it a prized tool in materials
science is its modular “click” nature, which allows for the implementation of this highly …

Peptides that comprise the functional subunits of proteins have been conjugated to versatile
materials (biomolecules, polymers, surfaces and nanoparticles) in an effort to modulate cell …

Despite being the gold standard of hydrophilic biomaterials and well known sensitivity of
polyethylene glycol (PEG) against oxidative degradation, very little information on the …

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 …

Stimuli-responsive (smart) hydrogels have attracted widespread attention as biomimetic
systems due to their ability to respond to subtle changes in external and internal stimuli …

Polymer hydrogels have been widely explored as therapeutic delivery matrices because of
their ability to present sustained, localized and controlled release of bioactive factors …

Polycaprolactone (PCL) and its copolymers are a type of hydrophobic aliphatic polyester
based on hydroxyalkanoic acids. They possess exceptional qualities: biocompatibility; FDA …

To translate recent advances in induced pluripotent stem cell biology to clinical regenerative
medicine therapies, new strategies to control the co-delivery of cells and growth factors are …