Chitosan: a sustainable material for multifarious applications

AZ Hameed, SA Raj, J Kandasamy, MA Baghdadi… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the versatility of its features and capabilities, chitosan generated from marine
crustacean waste is gaining importance and appeal in a wide variety of applications. It was …

Novel peptide therapeutic approaches for cancer treatment

CM Li, P Haratipour, RG Lingeman, JJP Perry, L Gu… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Peptides are increasingly being developed for use as therapeutics to treat many ailments,
including cancer. Therapeutic peptides have the advantages of target specificity and low …

Advanced mycelium materials as potential self-growing biomedical scaffolds

ME Antinori, M Contardi, G Suarato, A Armirotti… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Mycelia, the vegetative part of fungi, are emerging as the avant-garde generation of natural,
sustainable, and biodegradable materials for a wide range of applications. They are …

Retracted: Advances in chitosan biopolymer composite materials: from bioengineering, wastewater treatment to agricultural applications

U Chadha, P Bhardwaj, SK Selvaraj… - Materials Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Chitosan has become the most known and second abundantly available recyclable, non-
hazardous and eco-friendly biopolymer after cellulose with several advantageous …

Recent advances in tendon tissue engineering strategy

C Ning, P Li, C Gao, L Fu, Z Liao, G Tian… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Tendon injuries often result in significant pain and disability and impose severe clinical and
financial burdens on our society. Despite considerable achievements in the field of …

Emerging role of injectable dipeptide hydrogels in biomedical applications

N Kulkarni, P Rao, GS Jadhav, B Kulkarni… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Owing to their properties such as biocompatibility, tunable mechanical properties,
permeability toward oxygen, nutrients, and the ability to hold a significant amount of water …

Advances in chitosan and chitosan derivatives for biomedical applications in tissue engineering: an updated review

A Elizalde-Cárdenas, RM Ribas-Aparicio… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, chitosan (CS) has received much attention as a functional biopolymer for
various applications, especially in the biomedical field. It is a natural polysaccharide created …

Bioresorbable films of polycaprolactone blended with poly (lactic acid) or poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)

JM Dodda, MG Azar, P Bělský, M Šlouf… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent complications on the use of polypropylene meshes for hernia repair has led to the
development of meshes or films, which were based on resorbable polymers such as …

Chitosan functionalization: Covalent and non-covalent interactions and their characterization

L Nicolle, CMA Journot, S Gerber-Lemaire - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chitosan (CS) is a natural biopolymer that has gained great interest in many research fields
due to its promising biocompatibility, biodegradability, and favorable mechanical properties …

Functionalized cellulose nanofibers as crosslinkers to produce chitosan self-healing hydrogel and shape memory cryogel

LT Juan, SH Lin, CW Wong, US Jeng… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cellulose nanofibers functionalized with multiple aldehyde group were synthesized as the
crosslinker to produce composite self-healing hydrogel and shape memory cryogel from …