Diabetes mellitus is an increasingly prevalent chronic metabolic disease characterized by
prolonged hyperglycemia that leads to long-term health consequences. It is estimated that …

Wound management remains a challenge worldwide, although there are several developed
wound dressing materials for the management of acute and chronic wounds. The wound …

Currently, the treatment and care of diabetic wounds, which generally possess the
characteristics of a high amputation rate, high recurrence rate and high mortality, has …

The healing of diabetic wounds is hindered by various factors, including bacterial infection,
macrophage dysfunction, excess proinflammatory cytokines, high levels of reactive oxygen …

Three-dimensional (3D) printing and 3D bioprinting are promising technologies for a broad
range of healthcare applications from frontier regenerative medicine and tissue engineering …

As medical research progresses, the derivation and development of biological materials
such as hydrogels have steadily gained more interest. The biocompatibility and non-toxicity …

Hydrogel membranes (HMs) are defined and applied as hydrated porous media constructed
of hydrophilic polymers for a broad range of applications. Fascinating physiochemical …

Diabetic wounds often have a slow healing process and become easily infected owing to
hyperglycemia in wound beds. Once planktonic bacterial cells develop into biofilms, the …

As a flexible material, hydrogels have attracted considerable attention in the exploration of
various wearable sensor devices. However, the performance of the existing hydrogels is …

Chitin is a long-chain polymer of N-acetyl-glucosamine, which is regularly found in the
exoskeleton of arthropods including insects, shellfish and the cell wall of fungi. It has been …