Inflammatory arthritis is a major cause of disability in the elderly. This condition causes joint
pain, loss of function, and deterioration of quality of life, mainly due to osteoarthritis (OA) and …

Medicine relies on the use of pharmacologically active agents (drugs) to manage and treat
disease. However, drugs are not inherently effective; the benefit of a drug is directly related …

Polymers have occupied an indispensable role in almost all types of industries for their
immense physical and mechanical characteristics, mainly in food, packaging …

Utilization of polymers as biomaterials has greatly impacted the advancement of modern
medicine. Specifically, polymeric biomaterials that are biodegradable provide the significant …

Hydrogels prepared via self-assembly offer scalable and tunable platforms for drug delivery
applications. Molecular-scale self-assembly leverages an interplay of attractive and …

Diarthrodial joints are well suited to intra-articular injection, and the local delivery of
therapeutics in this fashion brings several potential advantages to the treatment of a wide …

Biomimetic scaffolds mimic important features of the extracellular matrix (ECM) architecture
and can be finely controlled at the nano‐or microscale for tissue engineering. Rational …

Written at a level comprehensible to non-experts, this handbook covers the current state of
encapsulation and controlled released technologies, presenting the fundamental processes …

Artificial repetitive polypeptides have grown in popularity as a bioinspired alternative to
synthetic polymers. The genetically encoded synthesis, monodispersity, potential lack of …

Injectable matrices and depots have been the subject of much research in the field of drug
delivery. The classical tissue engineering paradigm includes a matrix or scaffold to facilitate …