Tissue engineering is a promising and revolutionary strategy to treat patients who suffer the
loss or failure of an organ or tissue, with the aim to restore the dysfunctional tissues and …

Owing to their unique chemical and physical properties, hydrogels are attracting increasing
attention in both basic and translational biomedical studies. Although the classical hydrogels …

Tannic acid (TA), a natural polyphenol, is a hydrolysable amphiphilic tannin derivative of
gallic acid with several galloyl groups in its structure. Tannic acid interacts with various …

Nowadays, there are still numerous challenges for well-known biomedical applications,
such as tissue engineering (TE), wound healing and controlled drug delivery, which must be …

Additive manufacturing has attracted keen interest in the medical field in recent decades,
especially for bone regeneration. Many additive manufacturing processes have been used …

Biomaterials-based biofabrication methods have gained much attention in recent years.
Among them, 3D cell printing is a pioneering technology to facilitate the recapitulation of …

Covalent polymers connected by non-covalent interactions constitute a fascinating set of
materials known as supramolecular polymer networks (SPNs). A key feature of SPNs is that …

Living biological systems, ranging from single cells to whole organisms, can sense, process
information, and actuate in response to changing environmental conditions. Inspired by …

Owing to their tunable properties, controllable degradation, and ability to protect labile
drugs, hydrogels are increasingly investigated as local drug delivery systems. However, a …

Microneedle, as a novel drug delivery system, has attracted widespread attention due to its
non-invasiveness, painless and simple administration, controllable drug delivery, and …