A review of key challenges of electrospun scaffolds for tissue‐engineering applications

S Khorshidi, A Solouk, H Mirzadeh… - Journal of tissue …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue engineering holds great promise to develop functional constructs resembling the
structural organization of native tissues to improve or replace biological functions, with the …

A review of trends and limitations in hydrogel-rapid prototy** for tissue engineering

T Billiet, M Vandenhaute, J Schelfhout… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
The combined potential of hydrogels and rapid prototy** technologies has been an
exciting route in develo** tissue engineering scaffolds for the past decade. Hydrogels …

Electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) degradation: An in vitro and in vivo study

JR Dias, A Sousa, A Augusto, PJ Bártolo, PL Granja - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polycaprolactone (PCL) is widely used in tissue engineering due to its interesting properties,
namely biocompatibility, biodegradability, elastic nature, availability, cost efficacy, and the …

Fiber-based tissue engineering: Progress, challenges, and opportunities

A Tamayol, M Akbari, N Annabi, A Paul… - Biotechnology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering aims to improve the function of diseased or damaged organs by creating
biological substitutes. To fabricate a functional tissue, the engineered construct should …

Three-dimensional plotted scaffolds with controlled pore size gradients: Effect of scaffold geometry on mechanical performance and cell seeding efficiency

JM Sobral, SG Caridade, RA Sousa, JF Mano, RL Reis - Acta biomaterialia, 2011 - Elsevier
Scaffolds produced by rapid prototy** (RP) techniques have proved their value for tissue
engineering applications, due to their ability to produce predetermined forms and structures …

Comprehensive review on electrospinning of starch polymer for biomedical applications

T Hemamalini, VRG Dev - International journal of biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Starch is an emerging polymer in biomedical research area due to its ease of availability,
low-cost and biological values. Starch polymer has been used as powder and film in …

Applications of biomaterials in 3D cell culture and contributions of 3D cell culture to drug development and basic biomedical research

Y Park, KM Huh, SW Kang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The process of evaluating the efficacy and toxicity of drugs is important in the production of
new drugs to treat diseases. Testing in humans is the most accurate method, but there are …

Tissue engineering; strategies, tissues, and biomaterials

B Bakhshandeh, P Zarrintaj, MO Oftadeh… - Biotechnology and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Current tissue regenerative strategies rely mainly on tissue repair by transplantation of the
synthetic/natural implants. However, limitations of the existing strategies have increased the …

Vascularization in bone tissue engineering: physiology, current strategies, major hurdles and future challenges

MI Santos, RL Reis - Macromolecular bioscience, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The lack of a functional vascular supply has, to a large extent, hampered the whole range of
clinical applications of 'successful'laboratory‐based bone tissue engineering strategies. To …

Zein as a versatile biopolymer: Different shapes for different biomedical applications

S Tortorella, M Maturi, VV Buratti, G Vozzolo… - RSC …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, the interest regarding the use of proteins as renewable resources has
deeply intensified. The strongest impact of these biomaterials is clear in the field of smart …