Mussel‐inspired biomaterials: From chemistry to clinic

A Taghizadeh, M Taghizadeh, MK Yazdi… - Bioengineering & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
After several billions of years, nature still makes decisions on its own to identify, develop,
and direct the most effective material for phenomena/challenges faced. Likewise, and …

Applications of the amniotic membrane in tissue engineering and regeneration: the hundred-year challenge

H Elkhenany, A El-Derby, M Abd Elkodous… - Stem Cell Research & …, 2022 - Springer
The amniotic membrane (Amnio-M) has various applications in regenerative medicine. It
acts as a highly biocompatible natural scaffold and as a source of several types of stem cells …

Stem cell-based tissue engineering with silk biomaterials

Y Wang, HJ Kim, G Vunjak-Novakovic, DL Kaplan - Biomaterials, 2006 - Elsevier
Silks are naturally occurring polymers that have been used clinically as sutures for centuries.
When naturally extruded from insects or worms, silk is composed of a filament core protein …

Mesenchymal stem cells as a bio organ for treatment of female infertility

S Esfandyari, RM Chugh, H Park, E Hobeika, M Ulin… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Female infertility is a global medical condition that can be caused by various disorders of the
reproductive system, including premature ovarian failure (POF), polycystic ovary syndrome …

Stem cells and cell therapies in lung biology and lung diseases

DJ Weiss, I Bertoncello, Z Borok, C Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The University of Vermont College of Medicine and the Vermont
Lung Center, with support of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the …

Human fetal membranes: a source of stem cells for tissue regeneration and repair?

S Ilancheran, Y Moodley, U Manuelpillai - Placenta, 2009 - Elsevier
The ability of stem cells to differentiate into multiple cell lineages has ushered in exciting
possibilities for stem cell based therapies that would be used to regenerate and repair …

Concise review: amniotic fluid stem cells: the known, the unknown, and potential regenerative medicine applications

SP Loukogeorgakis, P De Coppi - Stem Cells, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The amniotic fluid has been identified as an untapped source of cells with broad potential,
which possess immunomodulatory properties and do not have the ethical and legal …

IFATS collection: Human adipose-derived stem cells seeded on a silk fibroin-chitosan scaffold enhance wound repair in a murine soft tissue injury model

AM Altman, Y Yan, N Matthias, X Bai, C Rios… - Stem …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Soft tissue loss presents an ongoing challenge in reconstructive surgery. Local stem cell
application has recently been suggested as a possible novel therapy. In the present study …

Amniotic fluid and placental stem cells

D Fauza - Best practice & research Clinical obstetrics & …, 2004 - Elsevier
The amniotic fluid and the placenta are unique sources of different populations of stem cells—
mesenchymal, hematopoietic, trophoblastic—and, possibly, of more primitive stem cells …

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

S Kotecha, A Barbato, A Bush, F Claus, M Davenport… - 2012 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) have significant mortality and long-term
morbidity. Only 60–70% survive and usually those in high-volume centres. The current Task …