Silk chemistry and biomedical material designs

JK Sahoo, O Hasturk, T Falcucci… - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2023‏ - nature.com
Silk fibroin has applications in different medical fields such as tissue engineering,
regenerative medicine, drug delivery and medical devices. Advances in silk chemistry and …

Light-based vat-polymerization bioprinting

R Levato, O Dudaryeva… - Nature Reviews …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Light-based vat-polymerization bioprinting enables computer-aided patterning of 3D cell-
laden structures in a point-by-point, layer-by-layer or volumetric manner, using vat (vats) …

Immunoregulation in diabetic wound repair with a photoenhanced glycyrrhizic acid hydrogel scaffold

Y Qian, Y Zheng, J **, X Wu, K Xu, M Dai… - Advanced …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
M1 macrophage accumulation and excessive inflammation are commonly encountered
issues in diabetic wounds and can fail in the healing process. Hence, hydrogel dressings …

Supramolecular adhesive hydrogels for tissue engineering applications

Y Zhao, S Song, X Ren, J Zhang, Q Lin… - Chemical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Tissue engineering is a promising and revolutionary strategy to treat patients who suffer the
loss or failure of an organ or tissue, with the aim to restore the dysfunctional tissues and …

Sustainable polymers

AK Mohanty, F Wu, R Mincheva… - Nature Reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Sustainable polymers are materials derived from renewable, recycled and waste carbon
resources and their combinations, which at the end of life can be recycled, biodegraded or …

Silk fibroin hydrogel adhesive enables sealed-tight reconstruction of meniscus tears

X Pan, R Li, W Li, W Sun, Y Yan, X **ang… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Despite orientationally variant tears of the meniscus, suture repair is the current clinical gold
treatment. However, inaccessible tears in company with re-tears susceptibility remain …

Three-dimensional in vitro culture models in oncology research

C Jubelin, J Muñoz-Garcia, L Griscom, D Cochonneau… - Cell & Bioscience, 2022‏ - Springer
Cancer is a multifactorial disease that is responsible for 10 million deaths per year. The intra-
and inter-heterogeneity of malignant tumors make it difficult to develop single targeted …

Tannic acid: a versatile polyphenol for design of biomedical hydrogels

H Jafari, P Ghaffari-Bohlouli, SV Niknezhad… - Journal of Materials …, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Tannic acid (TA), a natural polyphenol, is a hydrolysable amphiphilic tannin derivative of
gallic acid with several galloyl groups in its structure. Tannic acid interacts with various …

Recent insights into polysaccharide-based hydrogels and their potential applications in food sector: A review

A Manzoor, AH Dar, VK Pandey, R Shams… - International Journal of …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Hydrogels are ideal for various food applications because of their softness, elasticity,
absorbent nature, flexibility, and hygroscopic nature. Polysaccharide hydrogels are …

Design, printing, and engineering of regenerative biomaterials for personalized bone healthcare

Z Jia, X Xu, D Zhu, Y Zheng - Progress in Materials Science, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Trauma-and disease-related skeletal defects and illnesses are plaguing millions of people
especially in an ageing globe. Recently, the convergence of additive manufacturing (AM) …