Modern seafood processing practices result in amassment of a large volume of waste
products, ie, skin, head, tails, shells, scales, backbones, etc. These waste products may …

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 …

Chitin and chitosan based nanocomposite scaffolds have been widely used for bone tissue
engineering. These chitin and chitosan based scaffolds were reinforced with …

Free radicals are generated by various biochemical pathways in the living system, causing
severe oxidative damage to the biomolecules leading to adverse disease conditions. Hence …

Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a natural-source biopolymer of the polyhydroxyalkanoate
(PHA) family. Nanofibrous scaffolds prepared from this biological macromolecule have …

The choice of materials and preparation methods are the most important factors affecting the
final characteristics of the scaffolds. In this study, cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) as a nano …

Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (HApN) are largely employed as osteogenic inorganic
material. Inorganic/polymeric hybrid nanostructures can provide versatile bioactivity for …

In the present study macroporous three dimensional spongy scaffolds composed of gelatin,
alginate, and poly (vinyl alcohol) were prepared by cryogelation technique and silver …

Bone defect therapy based on advanced biocomposite hydrogel scaffolds provide a
promising strategy in bone tissue engineering. Inducing bone regeneration that meets the …

Novel silk fibroin (SF) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) composite nanofibrous scaffold
(SFC) were developed to investigate their ability to nucleate bioactive nanosized calcium …