The growing demand for new, sophisticated, multifunctional materials has brought natural
structural composites into focus, since they underwent a substantial optimization during long …

The past decades have witnessed an increased interest in the valorisation of marine
biomass for the development of valuable biomaterials. Marine macroalgae have been …

The need to modify aquatic waste using sterile, non-hazardous, and ecological procedures
has become one of the significant challenges in its disposal. Biomaterials from aquatic …

Objectives Nutraceuticals is a general term for a variety of bioactive compounds such as
polyphenols and omega-3 fatty acids which have shown promising ability in the field of …

Only a mere fraction of the huge variety of human pathogenic viruses can be targeted by the
currently available spectrum of antiviral drugs. The severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Traditional wastewater treatment technologies have become increasingly inefficient to meet
the needs of low-consumption and sustainable wastewater treatment. Researchers are …

Currently, there is no known cure for neurodegenerative disease. However, the available
therapies aim to manage some of the symptoms of the disease. Human neurodegenerative …

This study focuses on the dynamics of drug concentration in the blood. In general, the
concentration level of a drug in the blood is evaluated by the mean of an ordinary and first …

The following review is focused on a very important wound healing biomaterial class, ie
glycosaminoglycans, a heteroglycan-based compound. Every biomaterial has its own …

As doenças inflamatórias do intestino, caracterizam-se pela inflamação crónica do trato
gastrointestinal e compreendem duas formas principais, a Doença de Crohn e a Colite …