The attention in lab-on-a-chip devices with their potent application in medical engineering
has prolonged swiftly over the last ten years. Travelling through the technology …

Tissue engineering has emerged as a new treatment approach for bone repair and
regeneration seeking to address limitations associated with current therapies, such as …

Scaffolds are implants or injects, which are used to deliver cells, drugs, and genes into the
body. Different forms of polymeric scaffolds for cell/drug delivery are available:(1) a typical …

The present paper intends to overview a wide range of natural–origin polymers with special
focus on proteins and polysaccharides (the systems more inspired on the extracellular …

Time-released delivery of soluble growth factors (GFs) in engineered hydrogel tissue
constructs promotes the migration and proliferation of embedded cells, which is an important …

The objective of regenerative medicine is to provide cells with a local environment of
artificial extracellular matrix where they can proliferate and differentiate efficiently and …

This is the second of 2 articles that discuss the biology and pathophysiology of wound
healing, reviewing the role that growth factors play in this process and describing the current …

The concept of tissue and cell guidance is rapidly evolving as more information regarding
the effect of the microenvironment on cellular function and tissue morphogenesis become …

Although various peptide and protein drugs have been developed for therapeutic purposes,
several challenges can still be encountered, including a relatively short half-life within the …

The design of artificial extracellular matrix (ECM) is important in tissue engineering because
artificial ECM regulates cellular behaviors, including proliferation, survival, migration, and …