Bioactive glasses: where are we and where are we going?

F Baino, S Hamzehlou, S Kargozar - Journal of functional biomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Bioactive glasses caused a revolution in healthcare and paved the way for modern
biomaterial-driven regenerative medicine. The first 45S5 glass composition, invented by …

Mesoporous bioactive glasses: Promising platforms for antibacterial strategies

S Kargozar, M Montazerian, S Hamzehlou, HW Kim… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The control of bacterial infections is of particular importance in the field of tissue
engineering. Recently, much attention has been addressed toward the use of mesoporous …

[HTML][HTML] Biopolymer-based composites for tissue engineering applications: A basis for future opportunities

P Zarrintaj, F Seidi, MY Azarfam, MK Yazdi… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomimetic scaffolds supporting tissue regeneration are complex materials with
multifunctional characteristics. The unique biocompatibility and biodegradability of …

PLA/Hydroxyapatite scaffolds exhibit in vitro immunological inertness and promote robust osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells without …

MP Bernardo, BCR da Silva, AEI Hamouda… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Bone defects stand out as one of the greatest challenges of reconstructive surgery. Fused
deposition modelling (FDM) allows for the printing of 3D scaffolds tailored to the morphology …

Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Start small, think big

S Kargozar, M Mozafari - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology today has branched out in a large number of different areas of sciences
because of its significant benefits in terms of improving the performance in many fields …

Copper-containing bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics: From tissue regeneration to cancer therapeutic strategies

S Kargozar, M Mozafari, S Ghodrat, E Fiume… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Copper is one of the most used therapeutic metallic elements in biomedicine, ranging from
antibacterial approaches to cancer theranostics. This element could be easily incorporated …

Multiple and promising applications of strontium (Sr)-containing bioactive glasses in bone tissue engineering

S Kargozar, M Montazerian, E Fiume… - … in bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Improving and accelerating bone repair still are partially unmet needs in bone regenerative
therapies. In this regard, strontium (Sr)-containing bioactive glasses (BGs) are highly …

Strontium-and cobalt-substituted bioactive glasses seeded with human umbilical cord perivascular cells to promote bone regeneration via enhanced osteogenic and …

S Kargozar, N Lotfibakhshaiesh, J Ai, M Mozafari… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Designing and developing new biomaterials to accelerate bone healing are currently under
progress. In this study, we attempted to promote osteogenesis using strontium-and cobalt …

Chemistry of biomaterials: Future prospects

S Kargozar, S Ramakrishna, M Mozafari - Current Opinion in Biomedical …, 2019 - Elsevier
The development of suitable biomaterials with the ability to improve repair and regeneration
of human tissues is continuously in progress, and chemistry of biomaterials plays a critical …

Biodegradable polymer matrix nanocomposites for bone tissue engineering

MS Hasnain, SA Ahmad, N Chaudhary… - … materials in orthopedics, 2019 - Elsevier
The prevalence of bone disorder is continually increasing worldwide. Tissue engineering
and regenerative medicines are being used in research as an alternative for tissue …