Self-healing injectable hydrogels for tissue regeneration

P Bertsch, M Diba, DJ Mooney… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biomaterials with the ability to self-heal and recover their structural integrity offer many
advantages for applications in biomedicine. The past decade has witnessed the rapid …

Advances in local therapy for glioblastoma—taking the fight to the tumour

TS van Solinge, L Nieland, EA Chiocca… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite advances in neurosurgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, glioblastoma remains
one of the most treatment-resistant CNS malignancies, and the tumour inevitably recurs. The …

Frontiers in the treatment of glioblastoma: Past, present and emerging

TI Janjua, P Rewatkar, A Ahmed-Cox, I Saeed… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most aggressive cancers of the brain. Despite extensive
research over the last several decades, the survival rates for GBM have not improved and …

Combination therapy of killing diseases by injectable hydrogels: from concept to medical applications

F Poustchi, H Amani, Z Ahmadian… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The complexity of hard‐to‐treat diseases strongly undermines the therapeutic potential of
available treatment options. Therefore, a paradigm shift from monotherapy toward …

Stimuli-responsive hydrogels for cancer treatment: The role of pH, light, ionic strength and magnetic field

F Andrade, MM Roca-Melendres, EF Durán-Lara… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer remains as the world second leading cause of death. The severe
side effects associated to high doses of chemotherapy and the development of drug …

Thermo-responsive hydrogels for cancer local therapy: Challenges and state-of-art

D Rafael, MMR Melendres, F Andrade… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the enormous efforts done by the scientific community in the last decades, advanced
cancer is still considered an incurable disease. New formulations are continuously under …

Hydrogels for localized chemotherapy of liver cancer: a possible strategy for improved and safe liver cancer treatment

J Ma, B Wang, H Shao, S Zhang, X Chen, F Li… - Drug Delivery, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The systemic drug has historically been preferred for the treatment of the majority of
pathological conditions, particularly liver cancer. Indeed, this mode of treatment is …

Physical strategies to engineer supramolecular composite hydrogels for advanced biomedical applications

S Baddi, AY Dang-i, F Gao, X Qiu, C Feng - Progress in Materials Science, 2025 - Elsevier
Co-assembly is a key phenomenon in life, playing a significant role in various biological
processes. In particular, supramolecular composite hydrogels (SMCHs) form through the …

Injectable hydrogel-based drug delivery systems for enhancing the efficacy of radiation therapy: A review of recent advances

N Xu, J Wang, L Liu, C Gong - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy (RT) is a crucial treatment for cancer; however, its effectiveness is limited by
adverse effects on normal tissues, radioresistance, and tumor recurrence. To overcome …

Localized delivery of cisplatin to cervical cancer improves its therapeutic efficacy and minimizes its side effect profile

C Federico, J Sun, B Muz, K Alhallak, PF Cosper… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Cervical cancer represents the fourth most frequent malignancy in the world among
women, and mortality has remained stable for the past 4 decades. Intravenous cisplatin with …