Hydrogels are highly water-swollen molecular networks that are ideal platforms to create tissue mimetics owing to their vast and tunable properties. As such, hydrogels are promising …
Current state-of-the-art biomedical implants and tissue engineering methods promise technologies to improve or even restore the function of diseased organs. However, one of …
The identification and production of recombinant morphogens and growth factors that play key roles in tissue regeneration have generated much enthusiasm and numerous clinical …
R Censi, P Di Martino, T Vermonden… - Journal of Controlled …, 2012 - Elsevier
Tissue defects caused by diseases or trauma present enormous challenges in regenerative medicine. Recently, a better understanding of the biological processes underlying tissue …
CC Lin, A Raza, H Shih - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
Hydrogels provide three-dimensional frameworks with tissue-like elasticity and high permeability for culturing therapeutically relevant cells or tissues. While recent research …
Peptide‐based hydrogel biomaterials have emerged as an excellent strategy for immune system modulation. Peptide‐based hydrogels are supramolecular materials that self …
KM Schultz, KA Kyburz… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Biomaterials that mimic aspects of the extracellular matrix by presenting a 3D microenvironment that cells can locally degrade and remodel are finding increased …
Cell therapy has already had an important impact on healthcare and provided new treatments for previously intractable diseases. Notable examples include mesenchymal …
Photocrosslinkable biomaterials are promising for tissue engineering applications due to their capacity to be injected and form hydrogels in situ in a minimally invasive manner. Our …