Natural hydrogel-based bio-inks for 3D bioprinting in tissue engineering: a review

A Fatimi, OV Okoro, D Podstawczyk, J Siminska-Stanny… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is well acknowledged to constitute an important technology
in tissue engineering, largely due to the increasing global demand for organ replacement …

Recent trends in the development of bone regenerative biomaterials

G Tang, Z Liu, Y Liu, J Yu, X Wang, Z Tan… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The goal of a biomaterial is to support the bone tissue regeneration process at the defect site
and eventually degrade in situ and get replaced with the newly generated bone tissue …

Polymer fiber scaffolds for bone and cartilage tissue engineering

Y Zhang, X Liu, L Zeng, J Zhang, J Zuo… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Successful regeneration of weight‐bearing bone defects and critical‐sized cartilage defects
remains a major challenge in clinical orthopedics. In the past decades, biodegradable …

Recent advances in natural polymer-based drug delivery systems

X Tong, W Pan, T Su, M Zhang, W Dong, X Qi - Reactive and Functional …, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural polymers have been extensively explored as the vehicles for encapsulation and
delivery of drugs and other bioactive molecules, which have attracted tremendous attention …

Silk fibroin/hydroxyapatite composites for bone tissue engineering

M Farokhi, F Mottaghitalab, S Samani… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin (SF) is a natural fibrous polymer with strong potential for many biomedical
applications. SF has attracted interest in the field of bone tissue engineering due to its …

Silk scaffolds in bone tissue engineering: An overview

P Bhattacharjee, B Kundu, D Naskar, HW Kim, TK Maiti… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Bone tissue plays multiple roles in our day-to-day functionality. The frequency of accidental
bone damage and disorder is increasing worldwide. Moreover, as the world population …

Functionalized silk fibroin nanofibers as drug carriers: Advantages and challenges

M Farokhi, F Mottaghitalab, RL Reis… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Electrospinning is well thought of as the most potent nanofiber producing technique, which
is applicable in biomedical fields. The generation of electrospun nanofibers as drug carriers …

Silk protein-mediated biomineralization: from bioinspired strategies and advanced functions to biomedical applications

L Ma, Y Sun, Q Cheng, Z Yang, J Wang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomineralization refers to the process through which minerals nucleate in a structured
manner to form specific crystal structures by the regulating of biomacromolecules …

Bacterial cellulose-based scaffold materials for bone tissue engineering

S Torgbo, P Sukyai - Applied Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
The qualities of polymer based biomaterials in facilitating bone regeneration process
through tissue engineering have attracted the attention of researchers. Biomaterials with …

Self‐healing silk fibroin‐based hydrogel for bone regeneration: dynamic metal‐ligand self‐assembly approach

L Shi, F Wang, W Zhu, Z Xu, S Fuchs… - Advanced Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Despite advances in the development of silk fibroin (SF)‐based hydrogels, current methods
for SF gelation show significant limitations such as lack of reversible crosslinking, use of …