Recently, understanding of the extracellular matrix (ECM) has expanded rapidly due to the
accessibility of cellular and molecular techniques and the growing potential and value for …

Recent trends in biodegradable polymers indicate significant developments in terms of
novel design strategies and engineering to provide advanced polymers with comparably …

Every year, millions of patients suffer the loss or failure of an organ or tissue as a result of
accidents or disease. Over 8 million surgical procedures are performed to treat these …

Polymer scaffolds have many different functions in the field of tissue engineering. They are
applied as space filling agents, as delivery vehicles for bioactive molecules, and as three …

Hydrophilic polymers are the center of research emphasis in nanotechnology because of
their perceived “intelligence”. They can be used as thin films, scaffolds, or nanoparticles in a …

Hydrogels are presently under investigation as matrices for the controlled release of
bioactive molecules, in particular pharmaceutical proteins, and for the encapsulation of …

Cardiac tissue damage due to myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the leading causes of
mortality worldwide. The available treatments of MI include pharmaceutical therapy, medical …

Aliphatic polyesters prepared by ring-opening polymerization of lactones are now used
worldwide as bioresorbabale devices in surgery (orthopaedic devices, sutures, stents, tissue …

Stimuli-sensitive block copolymer hydrogels, which are reversible polymer networks formed
by physical interactions and exhibit a sol–gel phase-transition in response to external …

A peptide-based hydrogelation strategy has been developed that allows homogenous
encapsulation and subsequent delivery of C3H10t1/2 mesenchymal stem cells. Structure …