Advances of nanoparticles as drug delivery systems for disease diagnosis and treatment

R Liu, C Luo, Z Pang, J Zhang, S Ruan, M Wu… - Chinese chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Decades have passed since the first nanoparticles-base medicine was approved for human
cancer treatment, and the research and development of nanoparticles for drug delivery are …

Metal ion-directed functional metal–phenolic materials

H Geng, QZ Zhong, J Li, Z Lin, J Cui, F Caruso… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metal ions are ubiquitous in nature and play significant roles in assembling functional
materials in fields spanning chemistry, biology, and materials science. Metal–phenolic …

[HTML][HTML] Wound microenvironment self-adaptive hydrogel with efficient angiogenesis for promoting diabetic wound healing

Z Shao, T Yin, J Jiang, Y He, T Xiang, S Zhou - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Neovascularization is critical to improve the diabetic microenvironment, deliver abundant
nutrients to the wound and promote wound closure. However, the excess of oxidative stress …

Translational applications of hydrogels

S Correa, AK Grosskopf, H Lopez Hernandez… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Advances in hydrogel technology have unlocked unique and valuable capabilities that are
being applied to a diverse set of translational applications. Hydrogels perform functions …

Injectable and biodegradable piezoelectric hydrogel for osteoarthritis treatment

T Vinikoor, GK Dzidotor, TT Le, Y Liu, HM Kan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Osteoarthritis affects millions of people worldwide but current treatments using analgesics or
anti-inflammatory drugs only alleviate symptoms of this disease. Here, we present an …

Multifunctional biomolecule nanostructures for cancer therapy

J Wang, Y Li, G Nie - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Biomolecule-based nanostructures are inherently multifunctional and harbour diverse
biological activities, which can be explored for cancer nanomedicine. The supramolecular …

Fundamental concepts of hydrogels: Synthesis, properties, and their applications

S Bashir, M Hina, J Iqbal, AH Rajpar, MA Mujtaba… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the present review, we focused on the fundamental concepts of hydrogels—classification,
the polymers involved, synthesis methods, types of hydrogels, properties, and applications …

Structurally dynamic hydrogels for biomedical applications: pursuing a fine balance between macroscopic stability and microscopic dynamics

K Zhang, Q Feng, Z Fang, L Gu, L Bian - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Owing to their unique chemical and physical properties, hydrogels are attracting increasing
attention in both basic and translational biomedical studies. Although the classical hydrogels …

Engineered biomaterials for in situ tissue regeneration

AK Gaharwar, I Singh, A Khademhosseini - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
In situ tissue regeneration harnesses the body's regenerative potential to control cell
functions for tissue repair. The design of biomaterials for in situ tissue engineering requires …

Chemically modified biopolymers for the formation of biomedical hydrogels

VG Muir, JA Burdick - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biopolymers are natural polymers sourced from plants and animals, which include a variety
of polysaccharides and polypeptides. The inclusion of biopolymers into biomedical …