Polyester elastomers are soft, biodegradable and biocompatible and are commonly used in
various biomedical applications, especially in tissue engineering. These synthetic polyesters …

Over the last three decades but more particularly during the last 5 years, auxetic mechanical
metamaterials constructed from precisely architected polymer-based materials have …

The research and development of nanofibers has gained much prominence in recent years
due to the heightened awareness of its potential applications in the medical, engineering …

Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are emerging as future approaches for the
treatment of acute and chronic diseases. Numerous clinical conditions exist today and …

Almost 30 years have passed since a term 'tissue engineering'was created to represent a
new concept that focuses on regeneration of neotissues from cells with the support of …

A unique biodegradable nanofibrous structure, aligned poly (l-lactid-co-ε-caprolactone)[P
(LLA-CL)](75: 25) copolymer nanofibrous scaffold was produced by electrospinning. The …

Biodegradable scaffolds seeded with bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMCs) are the
earliest tissue-engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) to be used clinically. These TEVGs …

OBJECTIVE: The development of a tissue-engineered vascular graft with the ability to grow
and remodel holds promise for advancing cardiac surgery. In 2001, we began a human trial …

Electrospinning has emerged to be a simple, elegant and scalable technique to fabricate
polymeric nanofibers. Pure polymers as well as blends and composites of both natural and …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in the USA. The limited availability
of healthy autologous vessels for bypass grafting procedures has led to the fabrication of …