Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

Organoids—cellular aggregates derived from stem or progenitor cells that recapitulate organ
function in miniature—are of growing interest in developmental biology and medicine …

Polymeric hydrogels are fascinating platforms as 3D scaffolds for tissue repair and delivery
systems of therapeutic molecules and cells. Among others, methacrylated gelatin (GelMA) …

Recently, the healing of chronic wounds such as extensive burns has become a serious and
intractable clinical problem. Avoiding wound infection and retaining an appropriate level of …

Natural polysaccharide-based hydrogels have drawn much concern in the biomedical fields.
Among them, alginate, a natural polyanionic polysaccharide, has become one of the …

Matrigel, a basement-membrane matrix extracted from Engelbreth–Holm–Swarm mouse
sarcomas, has been used for more than four decades for a myriad of cell-culture …

As polymer networks infiltrated with water, hydrogels constitute the major components of the
human body; and hydrogels have been widely used in applications that closely interact with …

Initially used extensively as an additive and ingredient in the food industry, alginate has
become an important compound for a wide range of industries and applications, such as the …

Abstract 3D printing alias additive manufacturing can transform 3D virtual models created by
computer-aided design (CAD) into physical 3D objects in a layer-by-layer manner …

Hydrogel microparticles (HMPs) are promising for biomedical applications, ranging from the
therapeutic delivery of cells and drugs to the production of scaffolds for tissue repair and …