Aquatic invertebrates are a major source of biomaterials and bioactive natural products that
can find applications as pharmaceutics, nutraceutics, cosmetics, antibiotics, antifouling …

Coastal countries have traditionally relied on the existing marine resources (eg, fishing,
food, transport, recreation, and tourism) as well as tried to support new economic endeavors …

The design of new composite materials using extreme biomimetics is of crucial importance
for bioinspired materials science. Further progress in research and application of these new …

Despite its low prevalence, pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the deadliest, typically
characterised as silent in early stages and with a dramatically poor prognosis when in its …

Membranes or skin dressing are common treatments for skin wound injuries, collagen being
one the most effective materials for their manufacturing. Many different sources of collagen …

Bioactive glasses are a group of bioceramic materials that have extensive clinical
applications. Their properties such as high biocompatibility, antimicrobial features, and …

Medical advances have increased life expectancy worldwide. At the same time, age-related
pathologies have increased. Bone injuries are a burden among the aging population and …

Porous, bioactive microspheres have always been a dream material to biomedical scientists
for bone regeneration and drug delivery applications due to their interconnectivity, unique …

Chitin as a biological material which has been identified in skeletal structures of a broad
variety of unicellular (yeast, protists, diatoms) and multicellular (sponges, corals, worms …

Bone fractures characterize an important event in the medical healthcare, being related to
traumas, aging, and diseases. In critical conditions, such as extensive bone loss and …