Three dimensional (3D) printing as an advanced manufacturing technology is progressing to
be established in the pharmaceutical industry to overcome the traditional manufacturing …

Additive manufacturing (AM) is gaining interests in drug delivery applications, offering
innovative opportunities for the design and development of systems with complex geometry …

New polymers are continuously developed for new therapeutic applications. New and
modified polymer chemistries that offer distinctive degradation and drug delivery are being …

Utilization of polymers as biomaterials has greatly impacted the advancement of modern
medicine. Specifically, polymeric biomaterials that are biodegradable provide the significant …

Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a bioresorbable and biocompatible polymer that has been widely
used in long-term implants and controlled drug release applications. However, when it …

Electrospinning technique can be used to produce the three-dimensional nanofibrous
scaffold similar to natural extracellular matrix, which satisfies particular requirements of …

A limiting factor of traditional electrospinning is that the electrospun scaffolds consist entirely
of tightly packed nanofiber layers that only provide a superficial porous structure due to the …

Small pore sizes inherent to electrospun matrices can hinder efficient cellular ingrowth. To
facilitate infiltration while retaining its extracellular matrix-like character, electrospinning was …

Zebrafish are rapidly growing in popularity as an in vivo model system for chemical genetics,
drug discovery, and toxicology, and more recently also for natural product discovery …

Recent decades have seen great advancements in medical research into materials, both
natural and synthetic, that facilitate the repair and regeneration of compromised tissues …