Chitin and chitosan are considerably versatile and promising biomaterials. The deacetylated
chitin derivative chitosan is a useful and interesting bioactive polymer. Despite its …

Chitosan is a cationic polysaccharide that is usually obtained by alkaline deacetylation of
chitin poly (N-acetylglucosamine). It is biocompatible, biodegradable, mucoadhesive, and …

There has been a great interest in application of nanoparticles as biomaterials for delivery of
therapeutic molecules such as drugs and genes, and for tissue engineering. In particular …

Vaccination has had a major impact on the control of infectious diseases. However, there
are still many infectious diseases for which the development of an effective vaccine has …

Hydrogel nanoparticles have gained considerable attention in recent years as one of the
most promising nanoparticulate drug delivery systems owing to their unique potentials via …

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 …

Considerable research efforts have been directed towards developing safe and efficient
chitosan-based particulate drug delivery systems. The present review outlines the major …

Natural polysaccharides, due to their outstanding merits, have received more and more
attention in the field of drug delivery systems. In particular, polysaccharides seem to be the …

Among non-viral vectors, chitosan and chitosan derivatives have been developed in vitro
and in vivo for DNA and siRNA delivery systems because of their cationic charge …

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