Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are appealing as an important alternative to replace synthetic
plastics owing to its comparable physicochemical properties to that of synthetic plastics, and …

Biodegradable polymeric biomaterials offer a significant advantage in disposable or fast-
consuming products in medical applications. Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) …

In the time period 2010À2015, the worldwide annual production of plastics is very likely to
surpass 300 million tons, 1, 2 requiring multiple amounts of petroleum and leading to …

As intracellular carbon and energy storage materials, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are a
diverse biopolyesters synthesized by many bacteria. PHA have been produced in large …

Background Articular cartilage defects are a veritable therapeutic problem because
therapeutic options are very scarce. Due to the poor self-regeneration capacity of cartilage …

Significant advances have been made in bone tissue engineering (TE) in the past decade.
However, classical bone TE strategies have been hampered mainly due to the lack of …

Tissue engineering is a multidisciplinary field that applies the principles of engineering and
life-sciences for regeneration of damaged tissues. Stem cells have attracted much interest in …

Micropatterns of arginine–glycine–aspartic acid (RGD) on poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG)
hydrogels were fabricated. Under an appropriate size of microislands on this strong and …

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent cells that can differentiate into various cell
types and have been widely used in tissue engineering application. In tissue engineering, a …

Plastic accumulation has destructive environmental impacts, so the world needs eco-friendly
plastic alternatives. Within this context, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) appear to be real …