In this review, the importance of water in hydrogel (HG) properties and structure is analyzed.
A variety of methods such as 1H NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance), DSC (differential …

Cell culture methods are indispensable strategies for studies in biological sciences and for
drug discovery and testing. Most cell cultures have been developed using two-dimensional …

This work describes the synthesis and characterization of pH-responsive hydrogels based
on alginate for protein delivery. Synthesis approach shown here has included the …

Cardiac tissue engineering is an emerging approach for cardiac regeneration utilizing the
inherent healing responses elicited by the surviving heart using biomaterial templates. In …

Nanostructured adsorbents composed of nanoparticles with hydrophobic and hydrophilic
surface functionalities are of interest for practical applications due to the dual nature of their …

The emerging strategy of tissue engineering for the management of end-stage organ failure
and associated complications mainly relies on ECM mimicking scaffolds for neo-tissue …

Replenishment of tenocytes to the injury site is an ideal strategy to improve healing
response and accelerate the tendon ECM regeneration. The present study focused on the …

Neo-tissue formation and host tissue regeneration determine the success of cardiac tissue
engineering where functional hydrogel scaffolds act as cardiac (extracellular matrix) ECM …

The distribution of water states within hydrogels is implicated in their biotechnical
performance. Formulated synthetic hydrogels based on poly (2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate-co …

Rotator cuff lesions (RCLs) are a common cause of shoulder pain and dysfunction. The
rotator cuff tendons can degenerate and/or tear from the greater tuberosity of the humerus …