Bioadhesive technology platforms

SJ Wu, X Zhao - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bioadhesives have emerged as transformative and versatile tools in healthcare, offering the
ability to attach tissues with ease and minimal damage. These materials present numerous …

Bioinspired nanotopographical design of drug delivery systems

JA Finbloom, C Huynh, X Huang… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Effective drug delivery is important in the treatment of various biomedical conditions, ranging
from autoimmune disorders to cancer and bacterial infections. Nanostructured systems can …

Injectable, self-healing hydrogel adhesives with firm tissue adhesion and on-demand biodegradation for sutureless wound closure

H Ren, Z Zhang, X Cheng, Z Zou, X Chen, C He - Science advances, 2023 - science.org
Tissue adhesives have garnered extensive interest as alternatives and supplements to
sutures, whereas major challenges still remain, including weak tissue adhesion, inadequate …

A polymeric hydrogel to eliminate programmed death-ligand 1 for enhanced tumor radio-immunotherapy

W Shen, P Pei, C Zhang, J Li, X Han, T Liu, X Shi… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is a specialized shield on tumor cells that evades the
immune system. Even inhibited by PD-L1 antibodies, a cycling process constantly transports …

An integrally formed janus hydrogel for robust wet‐tissue adhesive and anti‐postoperative adhesion

H Wang, X Yi, T Liu, J Liu, Q Wu, Y Ding… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Facile fabrication of asymmetrically adhesive hydrogel with robust wet tissue adhesion
simultaneously with effective anti‐postoperative adhesion still remains a great challenge. In …

A rapid self‐pum** Organohydrogel dressing with Hydrophilic Fractal Microchannels to promote burn wound healing

J Lan, L Shi, W **ao, X Zhang, S Wang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Burn wounds pose great challenges for conventional dressings because massive exudates
oversecreted from swollen tissues and blisters seriously delay wound healing. Herein, a self …

Additive manufacturing of highly entangled polymer networks

AP Dhand, MD Davidson, HM Zlotnick, TJ Kolibaba… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Incorporation of polymer chain entanglements within a single network can synergistically
improve stiffness and toughness, yet attaining such dense entanglements through vat …

A tough bioadhesive hydrogel supports sutureless sealing of the dural membrane in porcine and ex vivo human tissue

KC Wu, BR Freedman, PS Kwon, M Torre… - Science translational …, 2024 - science.org
Complete sequestration of central nervous system tissue and cerebrospinal fluid by the
dural membrane is fundamental to maintaining homeostasis and proper organ function …

Tough gelatin hydrogel for tissue engineering

X Yuan, Z Zhu, P **a, Z Wang, X Zhao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tough hydrogel has attracted considerable interest in various fields, however, due to poor
biocompatibility, nondegradation, and pronounced compositional differences from natural …

Synthetic pressure sensitive adhesives for biomedical applications

DM Fitzgerald, YL Colson, MW Grinstaff - Progress in polymer science, 2023 - Elsevier
Pressure sensitive adhesives are components of everyday products found in homes, offices,
and hospitals. Serving the general purpose of fissure repair and object fixation, pressure …