Biomedical applications of chitosan/silk fibroin composites: A review

X **ng, Y Han, H Cheng - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural polymers have been used in the biomedical fields for decades, mainly derived from
animals and plants with high similarities with biomacromolecules in the human body. As an …

Applications of alginate microspheres in therapeutics delivery and cell culture: Past, present and future

D Dhamecha, R Movsas, U Sano, JU Menon - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polymers are the backbone of pharmaceutical drug delivery. There are several polymers
with varying properties available today for use in different pharmaceutical applications …

Conducting polymer nanoparticles with intrinsic aqueous dispersibility for conductive hydrogels

J Tropp, CP Collins, X **e, RE Daso… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conductive hydrogels are promising materials with mixed ionic‐electronic conduction to
interface living tissue (ionic signal transmission) with medical devices (electronic signal …

[HTML][HTML] Silk fibroin as a functional biomaterial for drug and gene delivery

MA Tomeh, R Hadianamrei, X Zhao - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Silk is a natural polymer with unique physicochemical and mechanical properties which
makes it a desirable biomaterial for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. Silk fibroin …

Insight into silk-based biomaterials: from physicochemical attributes to recent biomedical applications

G Janani, M Kumar, D Chouhan, JC Moses… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Silk, a natural biopolymer, has been used clinically as suture material over thousands of
years and has received much impetus for a plethora of biomedical applications in the last …

Injectable hydrogels based on oxidized alginate-gelatin reinforced by carbon nitride quantum dots for tissue engineering

M Ghanbari, M Salavati-Niasari, F Mohandes - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Stem cell treatment is promising in the various disorders treatment, but its effect is confined
by the adverse conditions in the damaged tissues. The utilization of hydrogels has been …

Prospects of chitosan-based scaffolds for growth factor release in tissue engineering

PR Sivashankari, M Prabaharan - International journal of biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering is concerned about the rejuvenation and restoration of diseased and
damages tissues/organs using man-made scaffolds that mimic the native environment of the …

Chaulmoogra oil based methotrexate loaded topical nanoemulsion for the treatment of psoriasis

P Rajitha, P Shammika, S Aiswarya… - Journal of drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Chaulmoogra oil based methotrexate loaded nanoemulsion was prepared via emulsification
technique using tween 80 and ethanol as surfactants. The formulation was characterized by …

NIR-responsive photodynamic nanosystem combined with antitumor immune optogenetics bacteria for precise synergetic therapy

C Wu, M Cui, L Cai, C Chen, X Zhu, Y Wu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and immunotherapy are considered promising methods for the
treatment of tumors. However, these treatment systems are still suffering from shortcomings …

Versatile poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polyelectrolytes for bioelectronics by incorporation of an activated ester

J Tropp, AS Mehta, X Ji, A Surendran, R Wu… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The field of bioelectronics leverages the optoelectronic properties of synthetic materials to
interface with living systems. These applications require materials that are conductive …