Millions of Americans suffer from skeletal muscle injuries annually that can result in
volumetric muscle loss (VML), where extensive musculoskeletal damage and tissue loss …

Although skeletal muscle is highly regenerative following injury or disease, endogenous self‐
regeneration is severely impaired in conditions of volume traumatic muscle loss …

Developing bioactive biomaterials with highly controlled functions is crucial to enhancing
their applications in regenerative medicine. Citrate-based polymers are the few bioactive …

Bioengineered materials represent an innovative option to support the regenerative
processes of damaged tissues, with the final objective of creating a functional environment …

There has been little research on the seeding of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem
cells (hUCMSCs) in three-dimensional scaffolds for muscle tissue engineering. The …

Children with a cleft in the soft palate have difficulties with speech, swallowing, and sucking.
These patients are unable to separate the nasal from the oral cavity leading to air loss …

Large-scale muscle injury in humans initiates a complex regeneration process, as not only
the muscular, but also the vascular and neuro-muscular compartments have to be repaired …

Poly (glycerol sebacate) is an attractive biomaterial for tissue engineering due to its
biocompatibility, elasticity and rapid degradation rate. However, poly (glycerol sebacate) …

Skeletal muscle injuries are common in athletes, occurring with direct and indirect
mechanisms and marked residual effects, such as severe long‐term pain and physical …

Volumetric muscle loss (VML) can result from trauma, infection, congenital anomalies, or
surgery, and produce permanent functional and cosmetic deficits. There are no effective …