With the growing demand for next-generation health care, the integration of electronic
components into implantable medical devices (IMDs) has become a vital factor in achieving …

Alginate is a biomaterial that has found numerous applications in biomedical science and
engineering due to its favorable properties, including biocompatibility and ease of gelation …

Seaweeds are abundant sources of diverse bioactive compounds with various properties
and mechanisms of action. These compounds offer protective effects, high nutritional value …

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs)
have been widely used for treating myocardial infarction (MI). However, low retention and …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) constitute a major fraction of the current major global
diseases and lead to about 30% of the deaths, ie, 17.9 million deaths per year. CVD include …

The development of biomaterials for cardiac tissue engineering (CTE) is challenging,
primarily owing to the requirement of achieving a surface with favourable characteristics that …

Inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been extensively explored to treat
pathologies where excessive MMP activity contributes to adverse tissue remodelling …

Engineered cardiac patches for treating damaged heart tissues after a heart attack are
normally produced by seeding heart cells within three-dimensional porous biomaterial …

Systemic injection into blood vessels is the most common method of drug administration.
However, targeting drugs to the heart is challenging, owing to its dynamic mechanical …

The molecular and physical information coded within the extracellular milieu is informing the
development of a new generation of biomaterials for tissue engineering. Several powerful …