A review on properties of natural and synthetic based electrospun fibrous materials for bone tissue engineering

DP Bhattarai, LE Aguilar, CH Park, CS Kim - Membranes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Bone tissue engineering is an interdisciplinary field where the principles of engineering are
applied on bone-related biochemical reactions. Scaffolds, cells, growth factors, and their …

Biomaterials for the delivery of growth factors and other therapeutic agents in tissue engineering approaches to bone regeneration

CJ Kowalczewski, JM Saul - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Bone fracture followed by delayed or non-union typically requires bone graft intervention.
Autologous bone grafts remain the clinical “gold standard”. Recently, synthetic bone grafts …

Biodegradable 3D printed polymer microneedles for transdermal drug delivery

MA Luzuriaga, DR Berry, JC Reagan, RA Smaldone… - Lab on a Chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Biodegradable polymer microneedle (MN) arrays are an emerging class of transdermal drug
delivery devices that promise a painless and sanitary alternative to syringes; however …

Fully biodegradable triboelectric nanogenerators based on electrospun polylactic acid and nanostructured gelatin films

R Pan, W Xuan, J Chen, S Dong, H Jin, X Wang, H Li… - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Here, we present a fully biodegradable triboelectric nanogenerator (BD-TENG) based on
gelatin film and electrospun polylactic acid nanofiber membrane. By optimizing the material …

A review on mechanical considerations for chronically-implanted neural probes

A Lecomte, E Descamps… - Journal of neural …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
This review intends to present a comprehensive analysis of the mechanical considerations
for chronically-implanted neural probes. Failure of neural electrical recordings or stimulation …

Advances and challenges of biodegradable implant materials with a focus on magnesium-alloys and bacterial infections

MI Rahim, S Ullah, PP Mueller - Metals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Medical implants made of biodegradable materials could be advantageous for temporary
applications, such as mechanical support during bone-healing or as vascular stents to keep …

Three-dimensional (3D) printed microneedles for microencapsulated cell extrusion

C Farias, R Lyman, C Hemingway, H Chau, A Mahacek… - Bioengineering, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cell-hydrogel based therapies offer great promise for wound healing. The specific aim of this
study was to assess the viability of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cells …

Cellular mechanisms responsible for success and failure of bone substitute materials

T Rolvien, M Barbeck, S Wenisch, M Amling… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Bone grafts, ie, autologous, allogeneic or synthetic bone substitute materials play an
increasing role in reconstructive orthopedic surgery. While the indications and materials …

3D printed upper limb prosthetics

I Vujaklija, D Farina - Expert review of medical devices, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: In the last 15 years, the market for prosthetic arms and hands has shifted
toward systems with greater degrees of actuation. There has also been a progressive use of …

Monomer sequence in PLGA microparticles: Effects on acidic microclimates and in vivo inflammatory response

MA Washington, SC Balmert, MV Fedorchak, SR Little… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Controlling the backbone architecture of poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) s (PLGAs) is
demonstrated to have a strong influence on the production and release of acidic …