The invention of silica-based bioactive glass in the late 1960s has sparked significant
interest in exploring a wide range of silicon-containing biomaterials from the macroscale to …

Nowadays, bioactive glasses (BGs) are mainly used to improve and support the healing
process of osseous defects deriving from traumatic events, tumor removal, congenital …

The sol–gel derived porous bioactive glasses have drawn worldwide attention by virtue of
the convenience and flexibility of this versatile synthesis method. In this review, the recent …

Bioactive glasses have been traditionally used in the clinical practice to fill and restore
osseous defects due to their unique ability to bond to host bone and stimulate new bone …

Research on biomaterials has been growing in the last few years due to the clinical needs in
organs and tissues replacement and regeneration. In addition, cancer nanomedicine has …

There is an urgent need to develop biomimetic bone tissue engineering scaffolds for the
repair of critical-sized calvarial defect. In this study, we developed a new nanoparticle …

During the 1960s and 1970s, a first generation of materials was specially developed for use
inside the human body. These developments became the basis for the field of biomaterials …

This paper reviews the discovery that controlled release of biologically active Ca and Si ions
from bioactive glasses leads to the up-regulation and activation of seven families of genes in …

Critical size bone defects raise great demands for efficient bone substitutes. Mimicking the
hierarchical porous architecture and specific biological cues of natural bone has been …

Sol‐gel route has shown its enormous potential in tissue engineering applications as an
advantageous method for the production of bioactive glasses aimed at regenerating both …