Mechanical properties of whole-body soft human tissues: a review

G Singh, A Chanda - Biomedical Materials, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The mechanical properties of soft tissues play a key role in studying human injuries and their
mitigation strategies. While such properties are indispensable for computational modelling …

Chitosan nanoparticles: a versatile platform for biomedical applications

SM Bashir, G Ahmed Rather, A Patrício, Z Haq… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is a biodegradable and biocompatible natural polymer that has been extensively
explored in recent decades. The Food and Drug Administration has approved chitosan for …

Scaffolds for drug delivery and tissue engineering: The role of genetics

A Zielińska, J Karczewski, P Eder… - … Clinics and Research, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Scaffolds are implants commonly used to deliver cells, drugs, and genes into the body. Their
regular porous structure ensures the proper support for cell attachment, proliferation …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan as a matrix of nanocomposites: A review on nanostructures, processes, properties, and applications

AO Silva, RS Cunha, D Hotza, RAF Machado - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a biopolymer that is natural, biodegradable, and relatively low price. Chitosan
has been attracting interest as a matrix of nanocomposites due to new properties for various …

Hydrogels for tissue engineering: addressing key design needs toward clinical translation

F Xu, C Dawson, M Lamb, E Mueller… - … in bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
While the soft mechanics and tunable cell interactions facilitated by hydrogels have attracted
significant interest in the development of functional hydrogel-based tissue engineering …

[HTML][HTML] Tendon tissue engineering: Cells, growth factors, scaffolds and production techniques

S Ruiz-Alonso, M Lafuente-Merchan, J Ciriza… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tendon injuries are a global health problem that affects millions of people annually. The
properties of tendons make their natural rehabilitation a very complex and long-lasting …

A review on development of bio-inspired implants using 3D printing

AA Raheem, P Hameed, R Whenish, RS Elsen… - Biomimetics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biomimetics is an emerging field of science that adapts the working principles from nature to
fine-tune the engineering design aspects to mimic biological structure and functions. The …

Common biocompatible polymeric materials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

N Asadi, AR Del Bakhshayesh, S Davaran… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polymers play a vital role as a scaffold in tissue engineering. Polymers, as biomaterials, can
mimic the extracellular matrix (ECM) of cells and improve the biological behavior of cells in …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments in hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels for cartilage tissue engineering applications

E Tsanaktsidou, O Kammona, C Kiparissides - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Articular cartilage lesions resulting from injurious impact, recurring loading, joint
malalignment, etc., are very common and encompass the risk of evolving to serious cartilage …

A review of recent advances in natural polymer-based scaffolds for musculoskeletal tissue engineering

J Fan, K Abedi-Dorcheh, A Sadat Vaziri… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The musculoskeletal (MS) system consists of bone, cartilage, tendon, ligament, and skeletal
muscle, which forms the basic framework of the human body. This system plays a vital role in …