A comparative review of natural and synthetic biopolymer composite scaffolds

MSB Reddy, D Ponnamma, R Choudhary… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering (TE) and regenerative medicine integrate information and technology
from various fields to restore/replace tissues and damaged organs for medical treatments …

Hyaluronic acid: The influence of molecular weight on structural, physical, physico-chemical, and degradable properties of biopolymer

P Snetkov, K Zakharova, S Morozkina, R Olekhnovich… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hyaluronic acid, as a natural linear polysaccharide, has attracted researchers' attention from
its initial detection and isolation from tissues in 1934 until the present day. Due to …

Development of a polysaccharide-based hydrogel drug delivery system (DDS): An update

J Pushpamalar, P Meganathan, HL Tan, NA Dahlan… - Gels, 2021 - mdpi.com
Delivering a drug to the target site with minimal-to-no off-target cytotoxicity is the major
determinant for the success of disease therapy. While the therapeutic efficacy and …

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 …

Hyaluronan as a prominent biomolecule with numerous applications in medicine

K Valachová, L Šoltés - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hyaluronan (HA) is a natural glycosaminoglycan present in many tissues of all vertebrates.
HA has various biological functions, which are dependent on its molar mass. High-molar …

Advanced delivery systems based on lysine or lysine polymers

S Manouchehri, P Zarrintaj, MR Saeb… - Molecular …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polylysine and materials that integrate lysine form promising drug delivery platforms. As a
cationic macromolecule, a polylysine polymer electrostatically interacts with cells and is …

Biopolymer‐based carriers for DNA vaccine design

CO Franck, L Fanslau, A Bistrovic Popov… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last 30 years, genetically engineered DNA has been tested as novel vaccination
strategy against various diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis …

Injectable antibacterial Ag-HA/GelMA hydrogel for bone tissue engineering

J Wang, X Wang, Z Liang, W Lan, Y Wei… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background: Fracture or bone defect caused by accidental trauma or disease is a growing
medical problem that threats to human health. Currently, most orthopedic implant materials …

Controlling structure with injectable biomaterials to better mimic tissue heterogeneity and anisotropy

S Babu, F Albertino, A Omidinia Anarkoli… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue regeneration of sensitive tissues calls for injectable scaffolds, which are minimally
invasive and offer minimal damage to the native tissues. However, most of these systems …

Materials promoting viral gene delivery

K Kaygisiz, CV Synatschke - Biomaterials Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Therapeutic viral gene delivery is an emerging technology which aims to correct genetic
mutations by introducing new genetic information to cells either to correct a faulty gene or to …