Recent advances in bioplastics: application and biodegradation

T Narancic, F Cerrone, N Beagan, KE O'Connor - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The success of oil-based plastics and the continued growth of production and utilisation can
be attributed to their cost, durability, strength to weight ratio, and eight contributions to the …

Electrospun nanofiber/hydrogel composite materials and their tissue engineering applications

M Zhang, S Xu, R Wang, Y Che, C Han, W Feng… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrospun nanofiber/hydrogel composites combine the excellent biochemical properties of
hydrogel with the biomimetic nature of electrospun fibers, and have attracted widespread …

Hydrogel oxygen reservoirs increase functional integration of neural stem cell grafts by meeting metabolic demands

Y Wang, ER Zoneff, JW Thomas, N Hong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Injectable biomimetic hydrogels have great potential for use in regenerative medicine as
cellular delivery vectors. However, they can suffer from issues relating to hypoxia, including …

Biomaterials for cell transplantation

N Mitrousis, A Fokina, MS Shoichet - Nature Reviews Materials, 2018 - nature.com
Cell transplantation holds immense potential for reversing diseases that are currently
incurable and for regenerating tissues. However, poor cell survival, cell aggregation and …

Review of applications and future prospects of stimuli-responsive hydrogel based on thermo-responsive biopolymers in drug delivery systems

S Chatterjee, PC Hui - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Some of thermo-responsive polysaccharides, namely, cellulose, xyloglucan, and chitosan,
and protein-like gelatin or elastin-like polypeptides can exhibit temperature dependent sol …

Advances in Parkinson's disease: 200 years later

NLG Del Rey, A Quiroga-Varela, E Garbayo… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
When James Parkinson described the classical symptoms of the disease he could hardly
foresee the evolution of our understanding over the next two hundred years. Nowadays …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic optimization of an engineered hydrogel allows for selective control of human neural stem cell survival and differentiation after transplantation in the …

P Moshayedi, LR Nih, IL Llorente, AR Berg… - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
Stem cell therapies have shown promise in promoting recovery in stroke but have been
limited by poor cell survival and differentiation. We have developed a hyaluronic acid (HA) …

The effect of a nanofiber-hydrogel composite on neural tissue repair and regeneration in the contused spinal cord

X Li, C Zhang, AE Haggerty, J Yan, M Lan, M Seu… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
An injury to the spinal cord causes long-lasting loss of nervous tissue because endogenous
nervous tissue repair and regeneration at the site of injury is limited. We engineered an …

Stem cell therapies for neurological disorders: current progress, challenges, and future perspectives

R Rahimi Darehbagh, SA Seyedoshohadaei… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Stem cell-based therapies have emerged as a promising approach for treating various
neurological disorders by harnessing the regenerative potential of stem cells to restore …

Design of injectable materials to improve stem cell transplantation

LM Marquardt, SC Heilshorn - Current stem cell reports, 2016 - Springer
Stem cell-based therapies are steadily gaining traction for regenerative medicine
approaches to treating disease and injury throughout the body. While a significant body of …