Biomaterials with the ability to self-heal and recover their structural integrity offer many
advantages for applications in biomedicine. The past decade has witnessed the rapid …

Advances in hydrogel technology have unlocked unique and valuable capabilities that are
being applied to a diverse set of translational applications. Hydrogels perform functions …

Biomaterials-based biofabrication methods have gained much attention in recent years.
Among them, 3D cell printing is a pioneering technology to facilitate the recapitulation of …

Cardiac patches are an effective way to deliver therapeutics to the heart. However, such
procedures are normally invasive and difficult to perform. Here, we develop and test a …

A near-infrared (NIR) light-triggerable thermo-sensitive hydrogel-based drug reservoir that
can realize on-demand antibiotics release and hyperthermia-assisted bacterial inactivation …

Extracellular matrix (ECM) bioscaffolds prepared from decellularized tissues have been
used to facilitate constructive and functional tissue remodeling in a variety of clinical …

Ischaemic heart disease is a leading cause of death worldwide. Injury to the heart is
followed by loss of the damaged cardiomyocytes, which are replaced with fibrotic scar …

The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a highly dynamic structure that is present in all tissues and
continuously undergoes controlled remodelling. This process involves quantitative and …

Stem cell therapy is a promising therapeutic method for the treatment of ischemic heart
diseases; however, some challenges prohibit the efficacy after cell delivery due to hostile …

Extracellular matrix (ECM) derived components are emerging sources for the engineering of
biomaterials that are capable of inducing desirable cell-specific responses. This review …