Bioinspired stem cell-based hard tissue engineering includes numerous aspects: The
synthesis and fabrication of appropriate scaffold materials, their analytical characterization …

Coastal countries have traditionally relied on the existing marine resources (eg, fishing,
food, transport, recreation, and tourism) as well as tried to support new economic endeavors …

With the thrive of nanotechnology, silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) have been extensively
adopted in the agriculture, food, cosmetic, and even biomedical industries. Due to the mass …

Recent developments in biomineralization and biomaterials have demonstrated that nano-
calcium phosphate particles play an important role in the formation of hard tissues in nature …

Marine life and its rich biodiversity provide a plentiful resource of potential new products for
the society. Remarkably, marine organisms still remain a largely unexploited resource for …

Inorganic polymeric phosphate is a physiological polymer that accumulates in bone cells. In
the present study osteoblast-like SaOS-2 cells were exposed to this polymer, complexed in a …

Earlier studies have demonstrated that biosilica, synthesized by the enzyme silicatein,
induces hydroxyapatite formation in osteoblast-like SaOS-2 cells. Here we study the effect of …

Silica based nanoparticles have been demonstrated to have intrinsic biologic activity
towards the skeleton and to function by promoting the differentiation of bone forming …

It has been shown that inorganic monomeric and polymeric silica/silicate, in the presence of
the biomineralization cocktail, increases the expression of osteoprotegerin (OPG) in …

Biosilica is a natural polymer, synthesized by the poriferan enzyme silicatein from
monomeric silicate substrates. Biosilica stimulates mineralizing activity and gene expression …