Large bone defects due to trauma, infections, and tumors are difficult to heal spontaneously
by the body's repair mechanisms and have become a major hindrance to people's daily lives …

Albumin, the most abundant plasma protein in mammals, is a versatile and easily obtainable
biomaterial. It is pH and temperature responsive, dissolvable in high concentrations and …

Dextran is widely exploited in medical products and as a component of drug-delivering
nanoparticles (NPs). Here, we tested whether dextran can serve as the main substrate of …

Currently, bone infections caused by diseases or injuries are a major health issue. In
addition, the conventional therapeutic approaches used to treat bone diseases or injuries …

Cross-linked chitosan (CS) films with aldehyde groups obtained by oxidation of
carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) with NaIO4 were prepared using different molar ratios …

The hydrogels based on dynamic covalent bonding have gained increasing attention in
recent years in biomedical applications. This is primarily due to their unique properties, such …

Bigels (or double network gels) are an emerging class of tuneable soft materials
characterized by two discrete but interpenetrating gel networks in which both networks …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are a class of responsive polymers that have attracted
attention in designing biomedical devices because of their potential to improve minimally …

Although a large body of research has been devoted to biomaterial development for bone
tissue engineering and related medical disciplines in the last few years, novel and optimized …

The coprecipitation–cross-linking–dissolution (CCD) technique for protein submicron
particle fabrication was improved by omitting one preparation step using the …