Advances in hydrogel technology have unlocked unique and valuable capabilities that are
being applied to a diverse set of translational applications. Hydrogels perform functions …

Thermally responsive hydrogels modulate their gelation behavior upon temperature change.
Aqueous solutions solidify into hydrogels when a critical temperature is reached. In …

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 …

Importantly, with the advent of hybridoma and recombinant DNA technologies, the limitations
associated with the extraction and purification of pharmaceutical proteins from animal …

The identification and production of recombinant morphogens and growth factors that play
key roles in tissue regeneration have generated much enthusiasm and numerous clinical …

Hydrogel nanoparticles have gained considerable attention in recent years as one of the
most promising nanoparticulate drug delivery systems owing to their unique potentials via …

Among modern drug formulations, stimuli-responsive hydrogels also called “smart
hydrogels” deserve a special attention. The basic feature of this system is the ability to …

Hydrogels are natural or synthetic polymer networks that exhibit high water absorbent
capacities and have been used as scaffolds for tissue engineering or as delivery carriers for …

Stimuli-sensitive injectable polymeric hydrogels have been extensively investigated during
the past decade as bioactive agent delivery vehicles and for tissue engineering applications …

With the rapid progress of biomedical technology, hydrogels that can be prepared under bio-
friendly conditions are urgently needed. In situ gelling systems have been extensively …