Biomaterials have had an increasingly important role in recent decades, in biomedical
device design and the development of tissue engineering solutions for cell delivery, drug …

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of global mortality. Over the past two
decades, researchers have tried to provide novel solutions for end-stage heart failure to …

Biologic scaffold materials composed of allogeneic or xenogeneic extracellular matrix (ECM)
are commonly used for the repair and remodeling of injured tissue. The clinical outcomes …

Animal-derived xenogeneic biomaterials utilized in different surgeries are promising for
various applications in tissue engineering. However, tissue decellularization is necessary to …

Ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) affect millions of patients globally. Decellularized
extracellular matrix materials (dECM) have components, microstructure and mechanical …

Xenogeneic pericardium-based substitutes are employed for several surgical indications
after chemical shielding, limiting their biocompatibility and therapeutic durability. Adverse …

Decellularized xenogeneic scaffolds have shown promise to be employed as compatible
and functional cardiovascular biomaterials. However, one of the main barriers to their …

Nanodiamond adsorption coatings were obtained on the surface of the collagen tissue
crosslinked by glutaraldehyde for enhancing its mechanical properties, including stress at …

The treatment of cardiac alterations is still nowadays a dramatic issue in the cardiosurgical
practice. Synthetic materials applied in this surgery have failed in their long-term therapeutic …

Climate change is internationally recognized as a source of concern by governments,
scientists and public opinion. In this context, the need to find concrete solutions becomes …