[HTML][HTML] Polymer-based biomaterials for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications: A focus on topical drug administration

PC Pires, F Mascarenhas-Melo, K Pedrosa… - European Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing emergence of skin diseases and the difficulty in treating damaged skin using
conventional therapies have been calling for the development of novel drug delivery …

Silk fibroin as a functional biomaterial for tissue engineering

W Sun, DA Gregory, MA Tomeh, X Zhao - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering (TE) is the approach to combine cells with scaffold materials and
appropriate growth factors to regenerate or replace damaged or degenerated tissue or …

[HTML][HTML] Articular cartilage and osteochondral tissue engineering techniques: Recent advances and challenges

W Wei, H Dai - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
In spite of the considerable achievements in the field of regenerative medicine in the past
several decades, osteochondral defect regeneration remains a challenging issue among …

Natural hydrogel-based bio-inks for 3D bioprinting in tissue engineering: a review

A Fatimi, OV Okoro, D Podstawczyk, J Siminska-Stanny… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is well acknowledged to constitute an important technology
in tissue engineering, largely due to the increasing global demand for organ replacement …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced hydrogels for the repair of cartilage defects and regeneration

W Wei, Y Ma, X Yao, W Zhou, X Wang, C Li, J Lin… - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Cartilage defects are one of the most common symptoms of osteoarthritis (OA), a
degenerative disease that affects millions of people world-wide and places a significant …

Recent progress in biopolymer-based hydrogel materials for biomedical applications

A Mahmood, D Patel, B Hickson… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels from biopolymers are readily synthesized, can possess various characteristics for
different applications, and have been widely used in biomedicine to help with patient …

[HTML][HTML] Silk fibroin-based biomaterials for cartilage/osteochondral repair

Z Zhou, J Cui, S Wu, Z Geng, J Su - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common joint disease with a high disability rate. In addition, OA not
only causes great physiological and psychological harm to patients, but also puts great …

A macroporous hydrogel dressing with enhanced antibacterial and anti‐inflammatory capabilities for accelerated wound healing

WC Huang, R Ying, W Wang, Y Guo… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Here, a novel macroporous hydrogel dressing is presented that can accelerate wound
healing and guard against bacteria‐associated wound infection. Carboxymethyl agarose …

Agarose-based biomaterials for tissue engineering

P Zarrintaj, S Manouchehri, Z Ahmadi, MR Saeb… - Carbohydrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
Agarose is a natural polysaccharide polymer having unique characteristics that give reason
to consider it for tissue engineering applications. Special characteristics of agarose such as …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated gradient tissue-engineered osteochondral scaffolds: Challenges, current efforts and future perspectives

X Niu, N Li, Z Du, X Li - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The osteochondral defect repair has been most extensively studied due to the rising
demand for new therapies to diseases such as osteoarthritis. Tissue engineering has been …