Millions of people around the world are in distress due to neurodegenerative disorders.
There have been continued attempts to design biomaterial-based therapies for the …

Polyurethanes (PUs) are among the most versatile families of polymers with a broad range
of applications in several industrial sectors. Various materials can be used to produce PUs …

New nanocomposite films were prepared from a suspension of cellulose nanocrystals as the
filler and a polycaprolactone-based waterborne polyurethane (WPU) as the matrix. The …

Nanocomposites from a polyester-type waterborne polyurethane (PU) containing various
low concentrations (15–75 ppm) of silver nanoparticles (nano Ag, size∼ 5 nm) were …

Tissue engineering aims to repair the damaged tissue by transplantation of cells or
introducing bioactive factors in a biocompatible scaffold. In recent years, biodegradable …

Polyurethane (PU) is one of the most popular synthetic elastomers and widely employed in
biomedical fields owing to the excellent biocompatibility and hemocompatibility known …

Chitosan nanocomposites were prepared from chitosan and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) or
silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) of∼ 5nm size. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) …

Macrophage-derived nitric oxide (NO) plays an important role in protection against microbial
infection in immune responses. Overproduction of NO by inducible nitric synthase (iNOS) is …

Maintenance of a delicate haemostatic balance or a balance between clotting and bleeding
is critical to human health. Irrespective of administration route, nanoparticles can reach the …

BACKGROUND: To better direct the repair of peripheral nerve after injury, an implant
consisting of a multicomponent micropatterned conduit seeded with NSC was designed …