Self-assembled peptide nanostructures have been increasingly exploited as functional
materials for applications in biomedicine and energy. The emergent properties of these …

Hepatocytes, like other epithelia, are situated at the interface between the organism's
exterior and the underlying internal milieu and organize the vectorial exchange of …

Introducción: el actual renacimiento y auge de la medicina regenerativa y el conocimiento
de la amplia gama de posibilidades terapéuticas que brinda a la ciencia estomatológica …

Due to its low cost, biocompatibility and slow bioresorption, poly-ε-caprolactone (PCL)
continues to be a suitable material for select biomedical engineering applications. We used …

Bombyx mori silk fibroin (BMSF) as biopolymer has been extensively explored in wound
healing applications. However, limited study is available on the potential of silk fibroin (SF) …

Tissue engineering needs innovative solutions to better fit the requirements of a minimally
invasive approach, providing at the same time instructive cues to cells. The use of shape …

Cell behaviors are influenced by the surrounding dynamic microenvironment where the
extracellular matrix (ECM) composed of different micro/nano-structures plays a key role …

The physiological microenvironment of the stem cell niche, including the three factors of
stiffness, topography, and dimension, is crucial to stem cell proliferation and differentiation …

Stem cells interact with biochemical and biophysical signals in their extracellular
environment. The biophysical signals are transduced to the stem cells either through the …

Shape memory polymer composites (SMPCs) are a type of smart material that can change
shapes under the stimulation of the external environment, and they have great potential in …