Chitin-based materials are one of the most promising abundant polysaccharide biopolymers
for developing constructs with advanced functions due to their unique properties; especially …

Cell culture has become an indispensable tool to help uncover fundamental biophysical and
biomolecular mechanisms by which cells assemble into tissues and organs, how these …

Critical-sized bone defects treated with biomaterials offer an efficient alternative to traditional
methods involving surgical reconstruction, allografts, and metal implants. Chitosan, a natural …

Bone defects requiring grafts to promote healing are frequently occurring and costly
problems in health care. Chitosan, a biodegradable, naturally occurring polymer, has drawn …

Titanium (Ti) is broadly used for clinical purposes in various medical fields related to bone
repair because of its favorable mechanical properties and its ability to osseointegrate in host …

The diversity and availability of biopolymer and increased clinical demand for safe scaffolds
lead to an increased interest in fabricating scaffolds in order to achieve fruitful progress in …

The past decade has seen the rapid development of new strategies for the design of
biodegradable macromolecular compounds, with properly suited architecture and tailored …

In the chitin bibliography, a major reference is the book written by Richards in 1951
“primarily for entomologists and other invertebrate zoologists” but also, in the author's hope …

The wide array of tissue engineering applications exacerbates the need for biodegradable
materials with broad potential. Chitosan, the partially deacetylated derivative of chitin, may …

Current tissue engineering strategies are focused on the restoration of pathologically altered
tissue architecture by transplantation of cells in combination with supportive scaffolds and …