Cardiovascular diseases have become the leading cause of death worldwide. The
increasing burden of cardiovascular diseases has become a major public health problem …

The concerns about the accumulating plastic waste pollution have stimulated the rapid
development of bioplastics, in particular biodegradable bioplastics derived from renewable …

Background In the past decades, many natural bioactive compounds with antioxidant,
immunoregulatory, antimicrobial, and anticancer activities have been successfully identified …

Tissue engineering often rely on scaffolds for supporting cell differentiation and growth.
Novel paradigms for tissue engineering include the need of active or smart scaffolds in order …

There is a growing demand for off-the-shelf tissue engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) for
the replacement or bypass of damaged arteries in various cardiovascular diseases …

With the emergence of nanotechnology, researchers become more interested in studying
the unique properties of nanoscale materials. Electrospinning, an electrostatic fiber …

Chitin is the second most important natural polymer in the world. The main sources exploited
are two marine crustaceans, shrimp and crabs. Our objective is to appraise the state of the …

Electrospinning is a highly versatile method to process solutions or melts, mainly of
polymers, into continuous fibers with diameters ranging from a few micrometers to a few …

The interest in fabrication of nanofibers using electrospinning method has attracted
considerable attention due to its versatile maneuverability of producing controlled fiber …

Bone tissue engineering is a highly interdisciplinary field that seeks to tackle the most
challenging bone-related clinical issues. The major components of bone tissue engineering …