Hydrogel microparticles for biomedical applications

AC Daly, L Riley, T Segura, JA Burdick - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Hydrogel microparticles (HMPs) are promising for biomedical applications, ranging from the
therapeutic delivery of cells and drugs to the production of scaffolds for tissue repair and …

Trends in droplet microfluidics: From droplet generation to biomedical applications

Z Chen, S Kheiri, EWK Young, E Kumacheva - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, droplet microfluidics has attracted growing interest in biology,
medicine, and engineering. In this feature article, we review the advances in droplet …

Designing gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA)‐based bioinks for visible light stereolithographic 3D biofabrication

H Kumar, K Sakthivel, MGA Mohamed… - Macromolecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinks play a key role in determining the capability of the biofabricatoin processes and the
resolution of the printed constructs. Excellent biocompatibility, tunable physical properties …

Array-assisted SERS microfluidic chips for highly sensitive and multiplex gas sensing

K Yang, S Zong, Y Zhang, Z Qian, Y Liu… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
A novel kind of array-assisted surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) microfluidic
chip (ArraySERS chip) is demonstrated for gas sensing, which has the advantages of both …

Assembling living building blocks to engineer complex tissues

L Ouyang, JPK Armstrong… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The great demand for tissue and organ grafts, compounded by an aging demographic and a
shortage of available donors, has driven the development of bioengineering approaches …

Gelatin methacryloyl-alginate core-shell microcapsules as efficient delivery platforms for prevascularized microtissues in endodontic regeneration

X Liang, L Xie, Q Zhang, G Wang, S Zhang, M Jiang… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Combined injectable cell-laden microspheres and angiogenesis approaches are promising
for functional vascularized endodontic regeneration. However, advanced microsphere …

Continuous microfluidic encapsulation of single mesenchymal stem cells using alginate microgels as injectable fillers for bone regeneration

C An, W Liu, Y Zhang, B Pang, H Liu, Y Zhang… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The encapsulation of cells in microscale hydrogels can provide a mimic of a three-
dimensional (3D) microenvironment to support cell viability and functions and to protect cells …

3D bio-printed hydrogel inks promoting lung cancer cell growth in a lab-on-chip culturing platform

A Krakos, A Cieślak, E Hartel, MB Łabowska… - Microchimica Acta, 2023 - Springer
The results of a lab-on-chip (LOC) platform fabrication equipped with a hydrogel matrix is
reported. A 3D printing technique was used to provide a hybrid,“sandwiched” type structure …

Microfluidic droplet-assisted fabrication of vessel-supported tumors for preclinical drug discovery

Y Wu, Y Zhao, Y Zhou, K Islam… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
High-fidelity in vitro tumor models are important for preclinical drug discovery processes.
Currently, the most commonly used model for in vitro drug testing remains the two …

In situ forming microporous gelatin methacryloyl hydrogel scaffolds from thermostable microgels for tissue engineering

N Zoratto, D Di Lisa, J de Rutte… - Bioengineering & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Converting biopolymers to extracellular matrix (ECM)‐mimetic hydrogel‐based scaffolds has
provided invaluable opportunities to design in vitro models of tissues/diseases and develop …