The current trend of peripheral nerve tissue engineering is the design of advanced nerve
guidance channels (NGCs) acting as physical guidance for regeneration of nerves across …

Unlike other tissue types, the nervous tissue extends to a wide and complex environment
that provides a plurality of different biochemical and topological stimuli, which in turn defines …

The highly debilitating nature of spinal cord injuries has provided much inspiration for the
design of novel biomaterials that can stimulate cellular regeneration and functional recovery …

Neural tissue engineering (NTE) has made remarkable strides in recent years and holds
great promise for treating several devastating neurological disorders. Selecting optimal …

Biofabrication techniques have endeavored to improve the regeneration of the peripheral
nervous system (PNS), but nothing has surpassed the performance of current clinical …

Despite technological advances over the past 25 years, a complete recovery from peripheral
nerve injuries remains unsatisfactory today. The autograft is still considered the “gold …

In order to increase the biocompatibility and bioactivity of chitosan, hydroxyapatite had been
in situ combined into chitosan scaffolds. The bioactivity of the composite scaffolds was …

While electrospinning had seen intermittent use in the textile industry from the early
twentieth century, it took the explosion of the field of tissue engineering, and its pursuit of …

Introduction: The porcine nerve-derived extracellular matrix (ECM) fabricated as films has
good performance in peripheral nerve regeneration. However, when constructed as …

Autologous nerve grafts have been the 'gold standard'for treatment of peripheral nerve
defects that exceed the critical gap length. To address issues of limited availability of donor …