Articular cartilage defects, caused by trauma, osteoarthritis, or other diseases, always lead to
severe joint pain and joint dysfunction. Without access to progenitor cells and the supply of …

Hydrogels have been shown to be very useful in the field of drug delivery due to their high
biocompatibility and ability to sustain delivery. Therefore, the tuning of their properties …

Although cancer immunotherapy based on immune checkpoint inhibitors holds great
promise toward many types of cancers, several challenges still remain, associated with low …

Injectable thermo-responsive hydrogels have been studied for various biomedical
applications including; drug delivery, cell encapsulation, and tissue repairing. There are …

In spite of remarkable improvements in cancer treatments and survivorship, cancer still
remains as one of the major causes of death worldwide. Although current standards of care …

Glycopolypeptides are an emerging class of bioinspired polymers that mimic naturally
occurring glycopeptides or glycoproteins, and therefore are expected to exhibit great …

Thermally induced gelling systems have gained enormous attention over the last decade.
They consist of hydrophilic homopolymers or block copolymers in water that present a sol at …

Silk is useful as a drug carrier due to its biocompatibility, tunable degradation, and
outstanding capacity in maintaining the function of drugs. Injectable silk hydrogels could …

In situ-gel-forming thermoresponsive copolymers have been widely exploited in controlled
delivery applications because their critical gel temperature is similar to human body …

Since the majority of anticancer pharmacological agents affect not only cancer tissue but
also normal cells, chemotherapy is usually accompanied with severe side effects. Regional …