Bioactive glasses beyond bone and teeth: Emerging applications in contact with soft tissues

V Miguez-Pacheco, LL Hench, AR Boccaccini - Acta biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
The applications of bioactive glasses (BGs) have to a great extent been related to the
replacement, regeneration and repair of hard tissues, such as bone and teeth, and there is …

Bioactive glass nanoparticles: from synthesis to materials design for biomedical applications

C Vichery, JM Nedelec - Materials, 2016 - mdpi.com
Thanks to their high biocompatibility and bioactivity, bioactive glasses are very promising
materials for soft and hard tissue repair and engineering. Because bioactivity and specific …

Bioactive materials for soft tissue repair

E Mazzoni, MR Iaquinta, C Lanzillotti… - … in bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Over the past decades, age-related pathologies have increased abreast the aging
population worldwide. The increased age of the population indicates that new tools, such as …

Bioactive glasses: Special applications outside the skeletal system

F Baino, G Novajra, V Miguez-Pacheco… - Journal of Non …, 2016 - Elsevier
Bioactive glasses were invented 45 years ago and have been in clinical use since the 1980s
in otology, orthopaedics and dentistry. Initially born as bioactive materials to fill bone defects …

Natural-based biomaterials for peripheral nerve injury repair

BE Fornasari, G Carta, G Gambarotta… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Peripheral nerve injury treatment is a relevant problem because of nerve lesion high
incidence and because of unsatisfactory regeneration after severe injuries, thus resulting in …

Scaffolds for peripheral nerve repair and reconstruction

S Yi, L Xu, X Gu - Experimental neurology, 2019 - Elsevier
Trauma-associated peripheral nerve defect is a widespread clinical problem. Autologous
nerve grafting, the current gold standard technique for the treatment of peripheral nerve …

“Hard” ceramics for “Soft” tissue engineering: Paradox or opportunity?

S Kargozar, RK Singh, HW Kim, F Baino - Acta Biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering provides great possibilities to manage tissue damages and injuries in
modern medicine. The involvement of hard biocompatible materials in tissue engineering …

Natural and synthetic polymeric scaffolds used in peripheral nerve tissue engineering: Advantages and disadvantages

S Amini, H Salehi, M Setayeshmehr… - Polymers for …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The nervous system is a compound network of nerves, cells and is a vital part of the body.
The injuries to this system can occur either via traumatic hurt happening after the accident …

Bioglass® 45S5‐based composites for bone tissue engineering and functional applications

M Rizwan, M Hamdi, WJ Basirun - Journal of biomedical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Bioglass® 45S5 (BG) has an outstanding ability to bond with bones and soft
tissues, but its application as a load‐bearing scaffold material is restricted due to its inherent …

In vitro and in vivo Biocompatibility of Alginate Dialdehyde/Gelatin Hydrogels with and without Nanoscaled Bioactive Glass for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications

U Rottensteiner, B Sarker, D Heusinger, D Dafinova… - Materials, 2014 - mdpi.com
In addition to good mechanical properties needed for three-dimensional tissue engineering,
the combination of alginate dialdehyde, gelatin and nano-scaled bioactive glass (45S5) is …