A comparative review of natural and synthetic biopolymer composite scaffolds

MSB Reddy, D Ponnamma, R Choudhary… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering (TE) and regenerative medicine integrate information and technology
from various fields to restore/replace tissues and damaged organs for medical treatments …

Are natural compounds a promising alternative to synthetic cross-linking agents in the preparation of hydrogels?

P Sapuła, K Bialik-Wąs, K Malarz - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The main aim of this review is to assess the potential use of natural cross-linking agents,
such as genipin, citric acid, tannic acid, epigallocatechin gallate, and vanillin in preparing …

[HTML][HTML] Design of 3D smart scaffolds using natural, synthetic and hybrid derived polymers for skin regenerative applications

L Suamte, A Tirkey, PJ Babu - Smart Materials in Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Effective wound care is a major concern as many conventional wound healing methods and
materials have failed in facilitating proper healing, instead disrupts the overall healing …

Recent advances in nanocellulose for biomedical applications

M Jorfi, EJ Foster - Journal of applied polymer science, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocellulose materials have undergone rapid development in recent years as promising
biomedical materials because of their excellent physical and biological properties, in …

Chitosan-based nanoparticles against viral infections

H Boroumand, F Badie, S Mazaheri… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Viral infections, in addition to damaging host cells, can compromise the host immune
system, leading to frequent relapse or long-term persistence. Viruses have the capacity to …

Polymeric biomaterials for wound healing

C Oliveira, D Sousa, JA Teixeira… - … in bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Skin indicates a person's state of health and is so important that it influences a person's
emotional and psychological behavior. In this context, the effective treatment of wounds is a …

A multipurpose natural and renewable polymer in medical applications: Bacterial cellulose

HG de Oliveira Barud, RR Da Silva… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Bacterial cellulose (BC) produced by some bacteria, among them Gluconacetobacter
xylinum, which secrets an abundant 3D networks fibrils, represents an interesting emerging …

Bioactive glass in tissue engineering

MN Rahaman, DE Day, BS Bal, Q Fu, SB Jung… - Acta biomaterialia, 2011 - Elsevier
This review focuses on recent advances in the development and use of bioactive glass for
tissue engineering applications. Despite its inherent brittleness, bioactive glass has several …

[HTML][HTML] Hyaluronic acid hydrogels crosslinked in physiological conditions: Synthesis and biomedical applications

LA Pérez, R Hernández, JM Alonso, R Pérez-González… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hyaluronic acid (HA) hydrogels display a wide variety of biomedical applications ranging
from tissue engineering to drug vehiculization and controlled release. To date, most of the …

Fabrication and properties of polycaprolactone composites containing calcium phosphate-based ceramics and bioactive glasses in bone tissue engineering: a review

F Hajiali, S Tajbakhsh, A Shojaei - Polymer reviews, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a bioresorbable and biocompatible polymer that has been widely
used in long-term implants and controlled drug release applications. However, when it …