Successful materials design for bone-tissue engineering requires an understanding of the
composition and structure of native bone tissue, as well as appropriate selection of …

The utilization of marine-based collagen is growing fast due to its unique properties in
comparison with mammalian-based collagen such as no risk of transmitting diseases, a lack …

Collagen is a ubiquitous biomaterial in vertebrate animals. Although each of its 28 subtypes
contributes to the functions of many different tissues in the body, most studies on collagen or …

Collagenous biopolymers can be analyzed using physic-chemical, densitometric, and
spectroscopic analysis to obtain their main characteristics, aiming at their biotechnological …

Currently, the Earth is subjected to environmental pressure of unprecedented proportions in
the history of mankind. The inexorable growth of the global population and the …

Fish collagen is gaining immense interest because the use of mammalian collagen is
restricted due to disease transmission and religious issues. So, collagen was extracted and …

Collagen and elastin represent the two most predominant proteins in the body and are
responsible for modulating important biological and mechanical properties. Thus, the focus …

Peptide based hydrogels have received much attention due to their potential biomedical
applications. The majority of the gel forming peptides present a β-sheet motif that is …

Due to the dynamic nature of ester linkages, ester-bond-containing materials are well known
for their outstanding degradability and stimuli responsiveness. However, whether ester …

Collagen is a structural protein that is widely present in vertebrates, being usually distributed
in tissues in the form of fibers. In living organisms, fibers are organized in different …