Cartilage, especially articular cartilage, is a unique connective tissue consisting of
chondrocytes and cartilage matrix that covers the surface of joints. It plays a critical role in …

Meniscal tears are a frequent orthopedic injury commonly managed by conservative
strategies to avoid osteoarthritis development descending from altered biomechanics …

Meniscus deficiency, the most common and refractory disease in human knee joints, often
progresses to osteoarthritis (OA) due to abnormal biomechanical distribution and articular …

The complexity of biological architectures (tissue or organ) attracts extensive use of additive
manufacturing techniques for tissue engineering scaffolding. A step forward, to ensure …

Inadequate self-repair and regenerative efficiency of the cartilage tissues has motivated the
researchers to devise advanced and effective strategies to resolve this issue. Introduction of …

Cartilage lesions fail to heal spontaneously, leading to the development of chronic
conditions which worsen the life quality of patients. Three-dimensional scaffold-based …

The field of tissue engineering has numerous potential for modified therapeutic results and
has been inspired by enhancements in bioengineering at the recent decades. The …

Distinctive characteristics of articular cartilage such as avascularity and low chondrocyte
conversion rate present numerous challenges for orthopedists. Tissue engineering is a …

The development of technologies that could ease the production of customizable patient-
specific tissue engineering constructs having required biomechanical properties and …

The present study describes a silk microfiber reinforced meniscus scaffold (SMRMS) with
hierarchical fibrous and porous structure made from silk fibroin (SF) and wool keratin (WK) …