In recent years, there have been increasingly rapid advances of using bioactive materials in
tissue engineering applications. Bioactive materials constitute many different structures …

Marine resources have tremendous potential for developing high-value biomaterials. The
last decade has seen an increasing number of biomaterials that originate from marine …

There exists a technological need for advanced materials with improved properties for
emerging biomedical applications. Recent developments in macroporous materials have …

Chitosan is the most abundant natural biopolymer, after cellulose. It is mainly derived from
the fungi, shrimp's shells, and exoskeleton of crustaceans, through the deacetylation of …

Tissue engineering is an important therapeutic strategy to be used in regenerative medicine
in the present and in the future. Functional biomaterials research is focused on the …

Over the last few decades, chitosan has become a good candidate for tissue engineering
applications. Derived from chitin, chitosan is a unique natural polysaccharide with …

Spontaneous bone regeneration is heavily restricted because of bone defects, and external
mediation is required to enhance repair and regeneration. Bone tissue engineering (BTE) is …

The extracellular matrix is fundamental in providing an appropriate environment for cell
interaction and signaling to occur. Replicating such a matrix is advantageous in the support …

Chitosan (CS) is a carbohydrate biopolymer, which has been known as a biological material
in promoting the healing process of soft and hard connective tissues. It is biocompatible …

This article critically reviews the recent developments in the structural modifications of
chitosan and its nano-structured variants produced via different techniques and their …