Recent trends in the application of widely used natural and synthetic polymer nanocomposites in bone tissue regeneration

A Bharadwaz, AC Jayasuriya - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2020 - Elsevier
The goal of a biomaterial is to support the bone tissue regeneration process at the defect site
and eventually degrade in situ and get replaced with the newly generated bone tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Functional hydrogels for treatment of chronic wounds

I Firlar, M Altunbek, C McCarthy, M Ramalingam… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic wounds severely affect 1–2% of the population in developed countries. It has been
reported that nearly 6.5 million people in the United States suffer from at least one chronic …

Mulberry‐leaves‐derived red‐emissive carbon dots for feeding silkworms to produce brightly fluorescent silk

J Liu, T Kong, HM Xiong - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescent silk has promising applications in dazzling textiles, biological engineering, and
medical products, but the natural Bombyx mori silk has almost no fluorescence. Here carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Electrospun nanofibers of natural and synthetic polymers as artificial extracellular matrix for tissue engineering

M Keshvardoostchokami, SS Majidi, P Huo… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many types of polymer nanofibers have been introduced as artificial extracellular matrices.
Their controllable properties, such as wettability, surface charge, transparency, elasticity …

Silk scaffolds in bone tissue engineering: An overview

P Bhattacharjee, B Kundu, D Naskar, HW Kim, TK Maiti… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Bone tissue plays multiple roles in our day-to-day functionality. The frequency of accidental
bone damage and disorder is increasing worldwide. Moreover, as the world population …

Silk fibroin biomaterials for tissue regenerations

B Kundu, R Rajkhowa, SC Kundu, X Wang - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Regeneration of tissues using cells, scaffolds and appropriate growth factors is a key
approach in the treatments of tissue or organ failure. Silk protein fibroin can be effectively …

Oral nanotherapeutics based on Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin for synergistic treatment of ulcerative colitis

Y Ma, L Duan, J Sun, S Gou, F Chen, Y Liang, F Dai… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Ulcerative colitis (UC) with its rapidly increasing incidence has become an emerging
challenge for public health. Therapeutic agents are required to be specifically delivered to …

Fabrication, applications and challenges of natural biomaterials in tissue engineering

S Ullah, X Chen - Applied Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural biomaterials are extensively used in tissue engineering due to their microstructure
interconnectivity and inherent bioactivity which mimics of natural extracellular matrix (ECM) …

Chitosan-PVA-CNT nanofibers as electrically conductive scaffolds for cardiovascular tissue engineering

S Mombini, J Mohammadnejad, B Bakhshandeh… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Conductive scaffolds are suitable candidates for cardiovascular tissue engineering (CTE)
due to their similarity to the extracellular matrix of native tissue. Here, nanofiber scaffolds …

Silk proteins for biomedical applications: Bioengineering perspectives

B Kundu, NE Kurland, S Bano, C Patra… - Progress in polymer …, 2014 - Elsevier
Biomaterials of either natural or synthetic origin are used to fabricate implantable devices, as
carriers for bioactive molecules or as substrates to facilitate tissue regeneration. For the …