Advances, challenges, and prospects for surgical suture materials

Y Li, Q Meng, S Chen, P Ling, MA Kuss, B Duan, S Wu - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
As one of the long-established and necessary medical devices, surgical sutures play an
essentially important role in the closing and healing of damaged tissues and organs …

[HTML][HTML] Biological applications of copper-containing materials

P Wang, Y Yuan, K Xu, H Zhong, Y Yang, S **… - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Copper is an indispensable trace metal element in the human body, which is mainly
absorbed in the stomach and small intestine and excreted into the bile. Copper is an …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-inspired eutectogels enabled by binary natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs): Interfacial anti-frosting, freezing-tolerance, and mechanisms

Y Tian, DW Sun, L Xu, TH Fan, Z Zhu - Food Hydrocolloids, 2022 - Elsevier
To explore food-grade anti-freezing strategies for the frozen food industry, three bio-inspired
binary natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs) comprising proline, glucose, and sorbitol …

Sustained releasable copper and zinc biogenic ions co-assembled in metal–organic frameworks reinforced bacterial eradication and wound mitigation in diabetic …

TAM Amer, S Palanisamy, PB So… - Bioconjugate …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The employment of metal–organic framework (MOF)-based nanomaterials has been rapidly
increasing in bioapplications owing to their biocompatibility, drug degradation, tunable …

Oxygen‐Independent Sulfate Radical for Stimuli‐Responsive Tumor Nanotherapy

D Ding, Z Mei, H Huang, W Feng, L Chen… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Variant modalities are quested and merged into the tumor nanotherapy by leveraging the
excitation from external or intratumoral incentives. However, the ubiquitous hypoxia and the …

Synthesis of CuO and PAA-regulated silver-carried CuO nanosheet composites and their antibacterial properties

Z Ni, M Wan, G Tang, L Sun - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the aid of a facile and green aqueous solution approach, a variety of copper oxide
(CuO) with different shapes and polyacrylic-acid (PAA)-regulated silver-carried CuO (CuO …

One-step electrogelation of pectin hydrogels as a simpler alternative for antibacterial 3D printing

Z Yang, S Yu, H Chen, X Guo, P Cai, H Meng - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Copper, an essential trace element for human life, can crosslink with biopolymers and
participate in multitudinous physiological processes. In this study, the electrophoretic …

Copper, an abandoned player returning to the wound healing battle

G Borkow, E Melamed - Recent advances in wound healing, 2021 - books.google.com
Copper has two key properties that endow it as an excellent active ingredient to be used in
the “wound healing battle”. First, copper plays a key role in angiogenesis, dermal fibroblasts …

Skin Repair and Infection Control in Diabetic, Obese Mice Using Bioactive Laser-Activated Sealants

S Pallod, RA Olvera, D Ghosh, L Rai, S Brimo… - Biomaterials, 2024 - Elsevier
Conventional wound approximation devices, including sutures, staples, and glues, are
widely used but risk of wound dehiscence, local infection, and scarring can be exacerbated …

Histamine receptor agonism differentially induces immune and reparative healing responses in biomaterial-facilitated tissue repair

JR Yaron, S Pallod, N Grigaitis-Esman, V Singh… - Biomaterials, 2025 - Elsevier
Tissue repair is a highly regulated process involving immune, stromal, vascular, and
parenchymal cell responses. Mediators of cellular responses at different phases of the …