This review discusses and summarizes the recent developments and advances in the use of
biodegradable materials for bone repair purposes. The choice between using degradable …

Polymeric membranes are selective materials used in a wide range of applications that
require separation processes, from water filtration and purification to industrial separations …

Tissue engineering is a derivative of biomedical engineering, which deals with the repair
and regeneration of organs or their tissues. Cell-embedded porous polymeric scaffolds …

An ageing population and the democratization of high-risk sports have led to a surge of
bone-related diseases and bone fractures. As a result, the use of bone graft substitutes has …

Novel Mg–Zr–Sr alloys have recently been developed for use as biodegradable implant
materials. The Mg–Zr–Sr alloys were prepared by diluting Mg–Zr and Mg–Sr master alloys …

The combination of liposomes with polymeric scaffolds could revolutionize the current state
of drug delivery technology. Although liposomes have been extensively studied as a …

Background Current design strategies for small diameter vascular grafts (< 6 mm internal
diameter; ID) are focused on mimicking native vascular tissue because the commercially …

Biodegradable materials that can undergo degradation in vivo are commonly employed to
manufacture tissue engineering scaffolds, by techniques including the customized 3D …

For hard tissue engineering applications, biodegradable composite scaffolds have been
extensively investigated because of their satisfactory mechanical properties and …

Synthetic polymers are an important component of biomaterials used as implant materials,
drug delivery devices, and tissue engineering scaffolds or hydrogels. This chapter attempts …