Design, printing, and engineering of regenerative biomaterials for personalized bone healthcare

Z Jia, X Xu, D Zhu, Y Zheng - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Trauma-and disease-related skeletal defects and illnesses are plaguing millions of people
especially in an ageing globe. Recently, the convergence of additive manufacturing (AM) …

DNA functional materials assembled from branched DNA: design, synthesis, and applications

Y Dong, C Yao, Y Zhu, L Yang, D Luo… - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
DNA is traditionally known as a central genetic biomolecule in living systems. From an
alternative perspective, DNA is a versatile molecular building-block for the construction of …

Skin-like mechanoresponsive self-healing ionic elastomer from supramolecular zwitterionic network

W Zhang, B Wu, S Sun, P Wu - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Stretchable ionic skins are intriguing in mimicking the versatile sensations of natural skins.
However, for their applications in advanced electronics, good elastic recovery, self-healing …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printing of hydrogels: Rational design strategies and emerging biomedical applications

J Li, C Wu, PK Chu, M Gelinsky - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing alias additive manufacturing can transform 3D virtual models created by
computer-aided design (CAD) into physical 3D objects in a layer-by-layer manner …

Dynamic matrices with DNA-encoded viscoelasticity for cell and organoid culture

YH Peng, SK Hsiao, K Gupta, A Ruland… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Three-dimensional cell and organoid cultures rely on the mechanical support of viscoelastic
matrices. However, commonly used matrix materials lack control over key cell-instructive …

Engineering smart composite hydrogels for wearable disease monitoring

J Li, Q Ding, H Wang, Z Wu, X Gui, C Li, N Hu, K Tao… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Growing health awareness triggers the public's concern about health problems. People want
a timely and comprehensive picture of their condition without frequent trips to the hospital for …

Acid-resistant and physiological pH-responsive DNA hydrogel composed of A-motif and i-motif toward oral insulin delivery

Y Hu, S Gao, H Lu, JY Ying - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
An acid-resistant DNA hydrogel that is stable in an extremely acidic environment with pH as
low as 1.2 has not been reported before, largely due to the instability of DNA-hybridized …

Stimuli‐responsive biomolecule‐based hydrogels and their applications

M Vázquez‐González, I Willner - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This Review presents polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, nucleic acids, peptides, and
proteins as functional stimuli‐responsive polymer scaffolds that yield hydrogels with …

ATP‐responsive smart hydrogel releasing immune adjuvant synchronized with repeated chemotherapy or radiotherapy to boost antitumor immunity

L Sun, F Shen, L Tian, H Tao, Z Xiong, J Xu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Certain chemotherapeutics and forms of ionizing radiation can induce immunogenic cell
death (ICD). If there simultaneously exist immune adjuvants within the tumor, such antitumor …

Rolling circle amplification (RCA)-based DNA hydrogel

C Yao, R Zhang, J Tang, D Yang - Nature protocols, 2021 - nature.com
DNA hydrogels have unique properties, including sequence programmability, precise
molecular recognition, stimuli-responsiveness, biocompatibility and biodegradability, that …