Importantly, with the advent of hybridoma and recombinant DNA technologies, the limitations
associated with the extraction and purification of pharmaceutical proteins from animal …

The conjugation of biomolecules can impart materials with the bioactivity necessary to
modulate specific cell behaviors. While the biological roles of particular polypeptide …

Hydrogels have many different applications in the field of regenerative medicine.
Biodegradable, injectable hydrogels could be utilized as delivery systems, cell carriers, and …

The Michael addition reaction is a versatile synthetic methodology for the efficient coupling
of electron poor olefins with a vast array of nucleophiles. This review outlines the role of the …

Conducting polymers hold significant promise as electrode coatings; however, they are
characterized by inherently poor mechanical properties. Blending or producing layered …

Polymer hydrogels have been widely explored as therapeutic delivery matrices because of
their ability to present sustained, localized and controlled release of bioactive factors …

Novel poly (vinyl alcohols)(PVA) functionalized with pendant acetylene and azide groups
were prepared by carbonyldiimidazole (CDI)-mediated couplings of the amines terminated …

Engineering complex tissues requires a precisely formulated combination of cells,
spatiotemporally released bioactive factors, and a specialized scaffold support system …

Degradable thiol-acrylate photopolymers are a new class of biomaterials capable of rapidly
polymerizing under physiological conditions upon exposure to UV light, with or without …

Tissue engineering aims to develop functional substitutes for damaged or diseased tissues
through complex constructs of living cells, bioactive molecules and three-dimensional …