Alginate is a natural polymer of marine origin and, due to its exceptional properties, has
great importance as an essential component for the preparation of hydrogels and scaffolds …

Natural bone is a composite organic-inorganic material, containing hydroxyapatite (HAP) as
an inorganic phase. In this review, applications of natural alginic acid (ALGH) polymer for …

Despite the extensive utilization of polysaccharide hydrogels in regenerative medicine,
current fabrication methods fail to produce mechanically stable scaffolds using only …

Proper burn wound management considers patient's compliance and provides an
environment to accelerate wound closure. Sticky hydrogels are conducive to wound …

Conventional oral formulations are mainly absorbed in the small intestine. This limits their
use in the treatment of some diseases associated with the colon, where the drug has to act …

Alginate (Alg) hydrogels are commonly used as bioinks in 3D bioprinting. However, one of
the significant drawbacks of using Alg hydrogels is their unstable mechanical properties. In …

Our goal was to create bioimitated scaffolding materials for biomedical purposes. The
guiding idea was that we used an interpenetrating structural hierarchy of natural …

Neurological diseases, including neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders,
affect nearly one in six of the world's population. The burden of the resulting deaths and …

Scaffold hydrogel biomaterials designed to have advantageous biofunctional properties,
which can be applied for controlled bioactive agent release, represent an important concept …

Due to the lack of blood vessels, nerves and lymphatic vessels, the capacity of articular
cartilage to heal is extremely limited. Once damaged, it is urgent for articular cartilage to …