Bone tissue engineering: state of the art and future trends

AJ Salgado, OP Coutinho… - Macromolecular bioscience, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Although several major progresses have been introduced in the field of bone regenerative
medicine during the years, current therapies, such as bone grafts, still have many limitations …

Bacterial cellulose as a potential biopolymer in biomedical applications: A state-of-the-art review

P Shrivastav, S Pramanik, G Vaidya… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Throughout history, natural biomaterials have benefited society. Nevertheless, in recent
years, tailoring natural materials for diverse biomedical applications accompanied with …

Bone tissue engineering using polycaprolactone scaffolds fabricated via selective laser sintering

JM Williams, A Adewunmi, RM Schek, CL Flanagan… - Biomaterials, 2005 - Elsevier
Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a bioresorbable polymer with potential applications for bone and
cartilage repair. In this work, porous PCL scaffolds were computationally designed and then …

Indirect solid free form fabrication of local and global porous, biomimetic and composite 3D polymer-ceramic scaffolds

JM Taboas, RD Maddox, PH Krebsbach, SJ Hollister - Biomaterials, 2003 - Elsevier
Precise control over scaffold material, porosity, and internal pore architecture is essential for
tissue engineering. By coupling solid free form (SFF) manufacturing with conventional …

Design and preparation of polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineering

T Weigel, G Schinkel, A Lendlein - Expert review of medical …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineering can be prepared with a multitude of different
techniques. Many diverse approaches have recently been under development. The …

Preparation of interconnected poly (ε-caprolactone) porous scaffolds by a combination of polymer and salt particulate leaching

J Reignier, MA Huneault - Polymer, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper examines a new technique for the preparation of porous scaffolds by combining
selective polymer leaching in a co-continuous blend and salt particulate leaching. In the first …

Osteochondral defects: present situation and tissue engineering approaches

JF Mano, RL Reis - Journal of tissue engineering and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Articular cartilage is often damaged due to trauma or degenerative diseases, resulting in
severe pain and disability. Most clinical approaches have been shown to have limited …

Controlled preparation and properties of porous poly (L-lactide) obtained from a co-continuous blend of two biodegradable polymers

P Sarazin, X Roy, BD Favis - Biomaterials, 2004 - Elsevier
This study prepares porous PLLA from a blend of two biodegradable polymers. This
approach is based on a detailed and quantitative morphology control of the blends. Co …

Novel starch-based scaffolds for bone tissue engineering: cytotoxicity, cell culture, and protein expression

AJ Salgado, OP Coutinho, RL Reis - Tissue engineering, 2004 - liebertpub.com
Starch-based biomaterials and scaffolds have been proposed for several biomedical
applications. In the present work new scaffolds based on a 50/50 (wt%) blend of corn …

Design of porous polymeric scaffolds by gas foaming of heterogeneous blends

A Salerno, M Oliviero, E Di Maio, S Iannace… - Journal of Materials …, 2009 - Springer
One of the challenges in tissue engineering scaffold design is the realization of structures
with a pre-defined multi-scaled porous network. Along this line, this study aimed at the …