Self-healing injectable hydrogels for tissue regeneration

P Bertsch, M Diba, DJ Mooney… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biomaterials with the ability to self-heal and recover their structural integrity offer many
advantages for applications in biomedicine. The past decade has witnessed the rapid …

Current hydrogel advances in physicochemical and biological response-driven biomedical application diversity

H Cao, L Duan, Y Zhang, J Cao, K Zhang - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Hydrogel is a type of versatile platform with various biomedical applications after rational
structure and functional design that leverages on material engineering to modulate its …

Is it time to start transitioning from 2D to 3D cell culture?

C Jensen, Y Teng - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cell culture is an important and necessary process in drug discovery, cancer research, as
well as stem cell study. Most cells are currently cultured using two-dimensional (2D) …

Three-Dimensional in Vitro Cell Culture Models in Drug Discovery and Drug Repositioning

SA Langhans - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Drug development is a lengthy and costly process that proceeds through several stages
from target identification to lead discovery and optimization, preclinical validation and …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printing of hydrogels: Rational design strategies and emerging biomedical applications

J Li, C Wu, PK Chu, M Gelinsky - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing alias additive manufacturing can transform 3D virtual models created by
computer-aided design (CAD) into physical 3D objects in a layer-by-layer manner …

Challenges of applying multicellular tumor spheroids in preclinical phase

SJ Han, S Kwon, KS Kim - Cancer cell international, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The three-dimensional (3D) multicellular tumor spheroids (MCTs) model is
becoming an essential tool in cancer research as it expresses an intermediate complexity …

Three-dimensional spheroids as in vitro preclinical models for cancer research

B Pinto, AC Henriques, PMA Silva, H Bousbaa - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Most cancer biologists still rely on conventional two-dimensional (2D) monolayer culture
techniques to test in vitro anti-tumor drugs prior to in vivo testing. However, the vast majority …

Bacterial cellulose-based composite scaffolds for biomedical applications: a review

W Liu, H Du, M Zhang, K Liu, H Liu, H **e… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bacterial cellulose (BC), with non-toxicity, high purity, and biocompatibility, has been
considered as a versatile candidate for various biomedical applications. Recently, the …

Cellulose biomaterials for tissue engineering

RJ Hickey, AE Pelling - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In this review, we highlight the importance of nanostructure of cellulose-based biomaterials
to allow cellular adhesion, the contribution of nanostructure to macroscale mechanical …

3D cell culture models as recapitulators of the tumor microenvironment for the screening of anti-cancer drugs

MAG Barbosa, CPR Xavier, RF Pereira, V Petrikaitė… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture models have been proposed as
alternatives for initial drug screening to increase drug development efficiency. In addition to …