Fabrication of biomedical scaffolds using biodegradable polymers

A Kirillova, TR Yeazel, D Asheghali… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Degradable polymers are used widely in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Maturing capabilities in additive manufacturing coupled with advances in orthogonal …

Nerve guide conduits for peripheral nerve injury repair: A review on design, materials and fabrication methods

S Vijayavenkataraman - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Peripheral nerves can sustain injuries due to loss of structure and/or function of peripheral
nerves because of accident, trauma and other causes, which leads to partial or complete …

Electrospun aligned PCL/gelatin scaffolds mimicking the skin ECM for effective antimicrobial wound dressings

ER Ghomi, R Lakshminarayanan, V Chellappan… - Advanced Fiber …, 2023 - Springer
Bacterial infections and multidrug-resistant bacteria are major health burdens in wound
care. Biocompatible antimicrobial agents, eg, ε-polylysine (ε-PL), provide a broad spectrum …

[HTML][HTML] Anisotropic scaffolds for peripheral nerve and spinal cord regeneration

W Xue, W Shi, Y Kong, M Kuss, B Duan - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The treatment of long-gap (> 10 mm) peripheral nerve injury (PNI) and spinal cord injury
(SCI) remains a continuous challenge due to limited native tissue regeneration capabilities …

Neural tissue engineering: The influence of scaffold surface topography and extracellular matrix microenvironment

CY Yang, WY Huang, LH Chen, NW Liang… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
During nervous system development, an extracellular matrix (ECM) plays a pivotal role
through surface topography and microenvironment signals in neurons and neurites …

Deposition of nanomaterials: A crucial step in biosensor fabrication

R Ahmad, OS Wolfbeis, YB Hahn, HN Alshareef… - Materials Today …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biosensor development includes the deposition of (nano) materials onto a conductive
electrode surface, which is a crucial step for obtaining improved performance from the …

3D electrospun synthetic extracellular matrix for tissue regeneration

Y Su, MS Toftdal, A Le Friec, M Dong, X Han… - Small …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electrospinning is considered the most versatile micro‐/nanofiber fabrication technology.
The electrospun fibers hold high surface area, desired mechanical properties, controlled …

Aligned PCL fiber conduits immobilized with nerve growth factor gradients enhance and direct sciatic nerve regeneration

L Zhu, S Jia, T Liu, L Yan, D Huang… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Topographical guidance and chemotaxis are crucial factors for peripheral nerve
regeneration. This study describes the preparation of highly aligned poly (ε …

Role of biomaterials and controlled architecture on tendon/ligament repair and regeneration

YJ No, M Castilho, Y Ramaswamy… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Engineering synthetic scaffolds to repair and regenerate ruptured native tendon and
ligament (T/L) tissues is a significant engineering challenge due to the need to satisfy both …

[HTML][HTML] Biofabrication for neural tissue engineering applications

L Papadimitriou, P Manganas, A Ranella, E Stratakis - Materials Today Bio, 2020 - Elsevier
Unlike other tissue types, the nervous tissue extends to a wide and complex environment
that provides a plurality of different biochemical and topological stimuli, which in turn defines …