Biodegradable materials for bone repair and tissue engineering applications

Z Sheikh, S Najeeb, Z Khurshid, V Verma, H Rashid… - Materials, 2015 - mdpi.com
This review discusses and summarizes the recent developments and advances in the use of
biodegradable materials for bone repair purposes. The choice between using degradable …

In vivo bioresponses to silk proteins

AE Thurber, FG Omenetto, DL Kaplan - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Silks are appealing materials for numerous biomedical applications involving drug delivery,
tissue engineering, or implantable devices, because of their tunable mechanical properties …

An overview of the suitability of hydrogel-forming polymers for extrusion-based 3D-printing

DM Kirchmajer, R Gorkin Iii - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This review evaluates hydrogel-forming polymers that are suitable for soft tissue engineering
with a focus on materials that can be fabricated using additive manufacturing (3D-printing) …

Recent advances in biodegradable metals for medical sutures: a critical review

JM Seitz, M Durisin, J Goldman… - Advanced healthcare …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Sutures that biodegrade and dissolve over a period of several weeks are in great demand to
stitch wounds and surgical incisions. These new materials are receiving increased …

Naturally derived and synthetic scaffolds for skeletal muscle reconstruction

MT Wolf, CL Dearth, SB Sonnenberg, EG Loboa… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2015 - Elsevier
Skeletal muscle tissue has an inherent capacity for regeneration following injury. However,
severe trauma, such as volumetric muscle loss, overwhelms these natural muscle repair …

Porous magnesium/PLGA composite scaffolds for enhanced bone regeneration following tooth extraction

A Brown, S Zaky, H Ray Jr, C Sfeir - Acta biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Sixty percent of implant-supported dental prostheses require bone grafting to enhance bone
quantity and quality prior to implant placement. We have developed a metallic magnesium …

Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable polyurethane films based on HDI with hydrolyzable crosslinked bonds and a homogeneous structure for biomedical …

BR Barrioni, SM de Carvalho, RL Oréfice… - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Synthetic biodegradable polymers are considered strategic in the biomaterials field and are
used in various applications. Among the polymers used as biomaterials, polyurethanes …

Clinical applications of naturally derived biopolymer-based scaffolds for regenerative medicine

WL Stoppel, CE Ghezzi, SL McNamara, LDB Iii… - Annals of biomedical …, 2015 - Springer
Naturally derived polymeric biomaterials, such as collagens, silks, elastins, alginates, and
fibrins are utilized in tissue engineering due to their biocompatibility, bioactivity, and tunable …

PLA architectures: the role of branching

S Corneillie, M Smet - Polymer Chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Biobased and biodegradable polymers have become more and more interesting in view of
waste management and crude oil depletion. Several biopolymers have been researched …

Insoluble elastin reduces collagen scaffold stiffness, improves viscoelastic properties, and induces a contractile phenotype in smooth muscle cells

AJ Ryan, FJ O'Brien - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Biomaterials with the capacity to innately guide cell behaviour while also displaying suitable
mechanical properties remain a challenge in tissue engineering. Our approach to this has …