Hydrogels are hydrophilic polymer networks, able to absorb large amount of water,
increasing their volume and showing a plethora of different material behaviors. Since their …

While the soft mechanics and tunable cell interactions facilitated by hydrogels have attracted
significant interest in the development of functional hydrogel-based tissue engineering …

The design and development of nanofibrous biotextiles have aroused much interest in the
fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, because they not only possess …

Advances in biomaterials and the need for patient-specific bone scaffolds require modern
manufacturing approaches in addition to a design strategy. Hybrid materials such as those …

Multiple biological, synthetic and hybrid polymers are used for multiple medical applications.
A wide range of different polymers is available, and they have further the advantage to be …

Tissue engineering is essentially a technique for imitating nature. Natural tissues are made
up of three parts: extracellular matrix (ECM), signaling systems, and cells. Therefore …

The extracellular matrix is a structural support network made up of diverse proteins, sugars
and other components. It influences a wide number of cellular processes including …

Background: Tendon and ligament injuries accounted for 30% of all musculoskeletal
consultations with 4 million new incidences worldwide each year and thus imposed a …

Over the last 4 decades innovations in biomaterials and medical technology have had a
sustainable impact on the development of biopolymers, titanium/stainless steel and …

Engineering synthetic scaffolds to repair and regenerate ruptured native tendon and
ligament (T/L) tissues is a significant engineering challenge due to the need to satisfy both …