Islet encapsulation: new developments for the treatment of type 1 diabetes

Q Zhang, C Gonelle-Gispert, Y Li, Z Geng… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Islet transplantation is a promising approach for the treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D).
Currently, clinical islet transplantation is limited by allo-and autoimmunity that may cause …

Recent advances in harnessing biological macromolecules for wound management: a review

J Yuan, S Wang, J Yang, KH Schneider, M Xie… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wound dressings (WDs) are an essential component of wound management and serve as
an artificial barrier to isolate the injured site from the external environment, thereby helping …

Sustainable, flexible, and biocompatible enhanced piezoelectric chitosan thin film for compliant piezosensors for human health

G de Marzo, VM Mastronardi, L Algieri… - Advanced Electronic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The necessity to continuously and seamlessly monitor human health is calling for compliant,
comfortable, and safe wearables. The employment of piezoelectric biopolymers in form of …

[HTML][HTML] Wound Dressing with Electrospun Core-Shell Nanofibers: From Material Selection to Synthesis

N Rajabifar, A Rostami, S Afshar, P Mosallanezhad… - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Skin, the largest organ of the human body, accounts for protecting against external injuries
and pathogens. Despite possessing inherent self-regeneration capabilities, the repair of skin …

Bioengineering of spider silks for the production of biomedical materials

DMC Bittencourt, P Oliveira… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Spider silks are well known for their extraordinary mechanical properties. This characteristic
is a result of the interplay of composition, structure and self-assembly of spider silk proteins …

Systemic and local silk-based drug delivery systems for cancer therapy

A Florczak, T Deptuch, K Kucharczyk… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Application of drug delivery systems (DDS) in oncology may increase the
effectiveness of cancer treatment and reduce the associated adverse side effects. Although …

Metal–Organic Framework‐Based Nanomaterials for Regulation of the Osteogenic Microenvironment

W Zheng, Z Meng, Z Zhu, X Wang, X Xu, Y Zhang… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As the global population ages, bone diseases have become increasingly prevalent in
clinical settings. These conditions often involve detrimental factors such as infection …

Factors influencing properties of spider silk coatings and their interactions within a biological environment

VT Trossmann, S Lentz, T Scheibel - Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biomaterials are an indispensable part of biomedical research. However, although many
materials display suitable application-specific properties, they provide only poor …

Protein-based nanoparticles for therapeutic nucleic acid delivery

F Eweje, ML Walsh, K Ahmad, V Ibrahim, A Alrefai… - Biomaterials, 2024 - Elsevier
To realize the full potential of emerging nucleic acid therapies, there is a need for effective
delivery agents to transport cargo to cells of interest. Protein materials exhibit several unique …

Drug-loaded mucoadhesive microneedle patch for the treatment of oral submucous fibrosis

X Cheng, Y Yang, Z Liao, Q Yi, Y Zhou, X Dai… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic, inflammatory and potentially malignant oral disease.
Local delivery of triamcinolone to lesion site is a commonly used therapy. The existing …