Injuries to articular cartilage and menisci can lead to cartilage degeneration that ultimately
results in arthritis. Different forms of arthritis affect~ 50 million people in the USA alone, and it …

Electrospinning provides an enabling nanotechnology platform for generating a rich variety
of novel structured materials in many biomedical applications including drug delivery …

The tissue engineering approach for repairing osteochondral (OC) defects involves the
fabrication of a biological tissue scaffold that mimics the physiological properties of natural …

Hyaline cartilage is the nonlinear, inhomogeneous, anisotropic, poro-viscoelastic connective
tissue that serves as friction-reducing and load-bearing cushion in synovial joints and is vital …

Chitosan, derived from chitin, is a biopolymer consisting of arbitrarily distributed β-(1-4)-
linked D-glucosamine and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine that exhibits outstanding properties …

Tissue engineering with scaffolds provides novel prospects for bone/cartilage damage
healing. Previous studies mainly focus on the development of physical/chemical property of …

Medically approved sterility methods should be a major concern when developing a
polymeric scaffold, mainly when commercialization is envisaged. In the present work, poly …

Musculoskeletal disease and injury are highly prevalent conditions that lead to many
surgical procedures. Autologous tissue transfer, allograft transplantation and nontissue …

Articular cartilage (AC) is a specialized connective tissue able to provide a low‐friction
gliding surface supporting shock‐absorption, reducing stresses, and guaranteeing wear …

Anisotropic microarchitectures arising from an aligned organization of threadlike
extracellular matrix (ECM) components or cells are ubiquitous in the human body, such as …