Global increasing demand for high life quality and length facilitates the development of
tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, which apply multidisciplinary theories and …

Biopolymers are natural polymers sourced from plants and animals, which include a variety
of polysaccharides and polypeptides. The inclusion of biopolymers into biomedical …

Keratin constitutes the major component of the feather, hair, hooves, horns, and wool
represents a group of biological material having high cysteine content (7–13%) as …

Activating hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs) to promote hair follicle regrowth holds promise for
hair loss therapy, while challenges still remain to develop a scenario that enables enhanced …

Natural polymer-based hydrogels have demonstrated great potential as wound-healing
dressings. They help to maintain a moist wound environment as well as promote faster …

Keratin is a kind of natural polymer that is abundant in feathers, wool, and hair. Being one of
the natural biomolecules, keratin has excellent biological activity, biocompatibility …

Protein-based hydrogels that possess tunable properties have long been a challenge in
tissue engineering. Keratin is a group of natural proteins derived from skin and skin …

The traditional disposal of chicken feathers includes expensive and challenging steps such
as incineration and burying in landfills. Keratin is a valuable component of chicken feather …

Although keratins are robust in nature, hydrogels producing their extracts exhibit poor
mechanical properties due to the complicated composition and ineffective self-assembly …

Microneedles are minimally-invasive devices with the unique capability of bypassing
physiological barriers. Hence, they are widely used for different applications from …