In recent decades, collagen is one of the most versatile biomaterials used in biomedical
applications, mostly due to its biomimetic and structural composition in the extracellular …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease, affecting 32.5 million US adults or 242
million people worldwide. There is no cure for OA. Many animal and clinical trials showed …

Injectable hydrogels have become an incredibly prolific area of research in the field of tissue
engineering and regenerative medicine, because of their high water content, mechanical …

This study is aimed to investigate the relationship of the mechanism and the effect of
polyphenol derivatives cross-linking collagen with polyphenol molecular structural …

Active packaging is an emerging technology for food preservation in recent years, to
effectively control the sustained release of antioxidants. Herein, antioxidant films were …

Raw hide/skins come to the tanners as a by-product of meat industry which is converted into
value-added leather as product for fashion market. Leather manufacturing is a chemical …

Acid-soluble collagen (ASC) was extracted from the skin of walleye pollock (Theragra
chalcogramma) and partially characterized. It exhibited a maximum absorbance at 220nm …

Many connective tissue diseases and defects are associated with poor synthesis or
excessive degradation of collagen. The modern tissue engineering approach is to replace …

Circular dichroism (CD) is a useful technique for monitoring changes in the conformation of
antimicrobial peptides or gelatin. In this study, interactions between cationic peptides and …

Articular cartilage is a highly organized tissue that is well adapted to the functional demands
in joints but difficult to replicate via tissue engineering or regeneration. Its viscoelastic …