Hyaluronic acid: A review on its biology, aspects of drug delivery, route of administrations and a special emphasis on its approved marketed products and recent …

S Vasvani, P Kulkarni, D Rawtani - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a large non-sulphated glycosaminoglycan that is an important
component of extracellular matrix (ECM) and a biodegradable polymer. Due to a variation in …

Recent advances of polymer-based piezoelectric composites for biomedical applications

F Mokhtari, B Azimi, M Salehi, S Hashemikia… - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, electronics have become central to many aspects of biomedicine
and wearable device technologies as a promising personalized healthcare platform. Lead …

Single-molecule fluorescence microscopy review: shedding new light on old problems

S Shashkova, MC Leake - Bioscience reports, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Fluorescence microscopy is an invaluable tool in the biosciences, a genuine workhorse
technique offering exceptional contrast in conjunction with high specificity of labelling with …

Functionalizing PLGA and PLGA derivatives for drug delivery and tissue regeneration applications

C Martins, F Sousa, F Araujo… - Advanced healthcare …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly (lactic‐co‐glycolic) acid (PLGA) is one of the most versatile biomedical
polymers, already approved by regulatory authorities to be used in human research and …

The extracellular matrix: Structure, composition, age-related differences, tools for analysis and applications for tissue engineering

JK Kular, S Basu, RI Sharma - Journal of tissue engineering, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The extracellular matrix is a structural support network made up of diverse proteins, sugars
and other components. It influences a wide number of cellular processes including …

Recent advances in bacterial cellulose

Y Huang, C Zhu, J Yang, Y Nie, C Chen, D Sun - Cellulose, 2014 - Springer
Bacterial cellulose (BC) produced by some microorganisms has been widely accepted as a
multifunctional nano-biomaterial. It is composed of linear glucan molecules attached with …

Photoinitiated polymerization: advances, challenges, and opportunities

Y Yagci, S Jockusch, NJ Turro - Macromolecules, 2010 - ACS Publications
The use of photoinitiated polymerization is continuously growing in industry as reflected by
the large number of applications in not only conventional areas such as coatings, inks, and …

Drug release kinetics and transport mechanisms of non-degradable and degradable polymeric delivery systems

Y Fu, WJ Kao - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Importance of the field: The advancement in material design and engineering has led to the
rapid development of new materials with increasing complexity and functions. Both non …

Key terminology in biomaterials and biocompatibility

L Ghasemi-Mobarakeh, D Kolahreez… - Current Opinion in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biomaterials have gained much interest as a very important category of materials because of
their wide application in medicine and benefit to patient such as increased longevity and …

[PDF][PDF] Hyaluronic acid (hyaluronan): a review

J Necas, L Bartosikova, P Brauner, J Kolar - Veterinarni medicina, 2008 - academia.edu
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a high molecular weight biopolysacharide, discovered in 1934, by
Karl Meyer and his assistant, John Palmer in the vitreous of bovine eyes. Hyaluronic acid is …