Understanding biofouling and contaminant accretion on submerged marine structures

P Vuong, A McKinley, P Kaur - npj Materials Degradation, 2023‏ - nature.com
Fouling of maritime infrastructure is pervasive due to abundant biological and chemical
activity within the oceanic environment. Marine biofilms and their successional growths are …

Decellularization of fish tissues for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications

W Chen, M Chen, S Chen, S Wang… - Regenerative …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Decellularization is the process of obtaining acellular tissues with low immunogenic cellular
components from animals or plants while maximizing the retention of the native extracellular …

The Miseno Lake (central-western Mediterranean Sea): an overlooked reservoir of non-indigenous and cryptogenic ascidians in a marine reserve

R Virgili, V Tanduo, S Katsanevakis… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Ascidians are the largest and most diverse class of the subphylum Tunicata, and are
important components of marine benthic communities. They are also renowned worldwide …

Bioprinting of human neural tissues using a sustainable marine tunicate-derived bioink for translational medicine applications

SS Soman, M Govindraj, N Al Hashimi… - International …, 2022‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bioprinting of nervous tissue is a major challenge in the bioprinting field due to its soft
consistency and complex architecture. The first step in efficient neural bioprinting is the …

3D Bioprinting of human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a novel tunic decellularized ECM bioink for Cartilage Tissue Engineering

M Govindharaj, N Al Hashimi, SS Soman, S Kanwar… - Materialia, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Tunicates are marine organisms renowned for their thick, leathery exoskeleton called tunic.
This tunic is composed of an extracellular matrix packed with protein-cellulose complexes …

3D-bioprinted tri-layered cellulose/collagen-based drug-eluting fillers for the treatment of deep tunneling wounds

M Govindharaj, N Al Hashimi, SS Soman… - Bio-Design and …, 2024‏ - Springer
Tunneling wounds create passageways underneath the skin surface with varying sizes and
shapes and can have twists and turns, making their treatment extremely difficult. Available …

Chemical compositions and nutritional profiles of two edible tunicate species (Halocynthia roretzi and Halocynthia aurantium)

P Gao, HY Khong, A Wibowo, Y Zhen, C Peng, W Miao - Heliyon, 2024‏ - cell.com
As an abundant marine bioresource, tunicates could be exploited in the food industry.
However, limited knowledge of their chemical composition and nutritional profiles prohibited …

Faunistic Study of Ascidians (Chordata: Tunicata) From The northern Limit of Suez Canal, Port Said, Egypt

SA Elgendy, FF Madkour, M Ismail… - Alfarama Journal of …, 2025‏ - ajbas.journals.ekb.eg
Subphylum: Tunicata, Class Ascidiacea comprises ascidians either colonial or solitary
species which have received little research attention in Port Said coasts, Egypt, despite their …

3D-Printed Conductive Growth Factor-Eluting Nerve Guide Conduits for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration in Long Nerve Gap Injuries

J Zhou - 2024‏ - search.proquest.com
Peripheral nerve injuries (PNI) present significant clinical challenges due to their complex
nature and limited regenerative capacity. Current treatments, such as autografts and …

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SS Soman, M Govindraj, N Al Hashimi - 2022‏ - academia.edu
Bioprinting of nervous tissue is a major challenge in the bioprinting field due to its soft
consistency and complex architecture. The first step in efficient neural bioprinting is the …