Hydrogel scaffolds for tissue engineering: the importance of polymer choice

CD Spicer - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogel scaffolds that can repair or regrow damaged biological tissue have great potential
for the treatment of injury and disease. These biomaterials are widely used in the tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in polysaccharides based biomaterials for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications

A Sood, A Gupta, G Agrawal - Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, a spotlight is shown on polysaccharides based biomaterials which have
surfaced as a versatile platform for different biomedical applications including drug delivery …

Biomimetic hydrogels to promote wound healing

F Fan, S Saha, D Hanjaya-Putra - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Wound healing is a common physiological process which consists of a sequence of
molecular and cellular events that occur following the onset of a tissue lesion in order to …

Biopolymers: Applications in wound healing and skin tissue engineering

TG Sahana, PD Rekha - Molecular biology reports, 2018 - Springer
Wound is a growing healthcare challenge affecting several million worldwide. Lifestyle
disorders such as diabetes increases the risk of wound complications. Effective …

Design considerations for hydrogel wound dressings: strategic and molecular advances

RC Op't Veld, XF Walboomers, JA Jansen… - … Engineering Part B …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Wound dressings are traditionally used to protect a wound and to facilitate healing.
Currently, their function is expanding. There is an urgent need for new smart products that …

Recent advances on silver nanoparticle and biopolymer-based biomaterials for wound healing applications

SSD Kumar, NK Rajendran, NN Houreld… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are classified as metal-based nanoparticles and have gained
considerable attention amongst researchers in wound healing applications, owing to their …

Engineering bioactive scaffolds for skin regeneration

M Hosseini, A Shafiee - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Large skin wounds pose a major clinical challenge. Scarcity of donor site and postsurgical
scarring contribute to the incomplete or partial loss of function and aesthetic concerns in skin …

Designing degradable hydrogels for orthogonal control of cell microenvironments

PM Kharkar, KL Kiick, AM Kloxin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Degradable and cell-compatible hydrogels can be designed to mimic the physical and
biochemical characteristics of native extracellular matrices and provide tunability of …

Mussel-inspired dual-cross-linking hyaluronic acid/ε-polylysine hydrogel with self-healing and antibacterial properties for wound healing

S Liu, X Liu, Y Ren, P Wang, Y Pu, R Yang… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Physicians have long been calling for an inherent antimicrobial wound dressing, which will
be a great progress for treating complicated infections. Here, we report a novel bioadhesive …

Pullulan: A novel molecule for biomedical applications

RS Singh, N Kaur, V Rana, JF Kennedy - Carbohydrate polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
Pullulan is an imperative natural polymer produced commercially by yeast like fungus
Aureobasidium pullulans. It is non-toxic, non-immunogenic, non-carcinogenic and non …