Engineered hydrogels for mechanobiology

U Blache, EM Ford, B Ha, L Rijns… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Cells' local mechanical environment can be as important in guiding cellular responses as
many well-characterized biochemical cues. Hydrogels that mimic the native extracellular …

Chitosan scaffolds: Expanding horizons in biomedical applications

AD Gholap, S Rojekar, HS Kapare… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chitosan, a natural polysaccharide from chitin, shows promise as a biomaterial for various
biomedical applications due to its biocompatibility, biodegradability, antibacterial activity …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced hydrogels for the repair of cartilage defects and regeneration

W Wei, Y Ma, X Yao, W Zhou, X Wang, C Li, J Lin… - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Cartilage defects are one of the most common symptoms of osteoarthritis (OA), a
degenerative disease that affects millions of people world-wide and places a significant …

Review of synthetic and hybrid scaffolds in cartilage tissue engineering

M Wasyłeczko, W Sikorska, A Chwojnowski - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cartilage tissue is under extensive investigation in tissue engineering and regenerative
medicine studies because of its limited regenerative potential. Currently, many scaffolds are …

[HTML][HTML] Functionalized hydrogels for articular cartilage tissue engineering

L Zhou, P Guo, M D'Este, W Tong, J Xu, H Yao… - Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Articular cartilage (AC) is an avascular and flexible connective tissue located on the bone
surface in the diarthrodial joints. AC defects are common in the knees of young and …

Understanding and improving mechanical properties in 3D printed parts using a dual‐cure acrylate‐based resin for stereolithography

AC Uzcategui, A Muralidharan… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Application of 3D printed structures via stereolithography (SLA) is limited by imprecise
dimensional control and inferior mechanical properties. These challenges is attributed to …

Scaffold characteristics, fabrication methods, and biomaterials for the bone tissue engineering

JW Jang, KE Min, C Kim, J Shin, J Lee, S Yi - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The goal of tissue engineering is to replace or regenerate damaged tissue. Scaffold
fabrications and biomaterial selections are crucial factors for artificial tissue and bone tissue …

Low-cost cranioplasty—a systematic review of 3D printing in medicine

W Czyżewski, J Jachimczyk, Z Hoffman, M Szymoniuk… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The high cost of biofabricated titanium mesh plates can make them out of reach for hospitals
in low-income countries. To increase the availability of cranioplasty, the authors of this work …

3D printing of acellular scaffolds for bone defect regeneration: A review

F Ghorbani, D Li, S Ni, Y Zhou, B Yu - Materials Today Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
Bone injuries can be treated using tissue engineering scaffolds, but the conventional
constructs have a big challenge in supplying requirements of native tissue, ie, bioactivity …

Spatiotemporally controlled photoresponsive hydrogels: design and predictive modeling from processing through application

H Zhu, H Yang, Y Ma, TJ Lu, F Xu… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Photoresponsive hydrogels (PRHs) are soft materials whose mechanical and chemical
properties can be tuned spatially and temporally with relative ease. Both photo …