Nature-based biomaterials and their application in biomedicine

E Troy, MA Tilbury, AM Power, JG Wall - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Natural polymers, based on proteins or polysaccharides, have attracted increasing interest
in recent years due to their broad potential uses in biomedicine. The chemical stability …

Meniscal repair: the current state and recent advances in augmentation

S Bansal, ER Floyd, MA Kowalski… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Meniscal injuries represent one of the most common orthopedic injuries. The most frequent
treatment is partial resection of the meniscus, or meniscectomy, which can affect joint …

Hybrid 3D printing of advanced hydrogel-based wound dressings with tailorable properties

M Milojević, G Harih, B Vihar, J Vajda, L Gradišnik… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite the extensive utilization of polysaccharide hydrogels in regenerative medicine,
current fabrication methods fail to produce mechanically stable scaffolds using only …

Dual drug loaded coaxial electrospun PLGA/PVP fiber for guided tissue regeneration under control of infection

P He, Q Zhong, Y Ge, Z Guo, J Tian, Y Zhou… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Electrospinning promisingly fabricate mats for Guided Tissue Regeneration (GTR). Due to a
chronic inflammatory pathology in periodontal, it is highly desirable to develop a novel GTR …

Patient-specific meniscus prototype based on 3D bioprinting of human cell-laden scaffold

G Filardo, M Petretta, C Cavallo, L Roseti… - Bone & joint …, 2019 - boneandjoint.org.uk
Objectives Meniscal injuries are often associated with an active lifestyle. The damage of
meniscal tissue puts young patients at higher risk of undergoing meniscal surgery and …

Biopolymers and polymers in the search of alternative treatments for meniscal regeneration: state of the art and future trends

CA Murphy, JB Costa, J Silva-Correia, JM Oliveira… - Applied materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the meniscus and the biomaterials involved in meniscal repair and
regeneration. Clinical issues associated with the meniscus are introduced and treatment …

Fabrication and characterization of electrospun nanofibers composed of decellularized meniscus extracellular matrix and polycaprolactone for meniscus tissue …

S Gao, W Guo, M Chen, Z Yuan, M Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Many kinds of scaffolds have been produced in meniscus tissue engineering, but few have
matched the mechanical properties of native meniscus, making it impossible for them to …

An electrospun fiber reinforced scaffold promotes total meniscus regeneration in rabbit meniscectomy model

S Gao, M Chen, P Wang, Y Li, Z Yuan, W Guo, Z Zhang… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Low vascularization in meniscus limits its regeneration ability after injury, and tissue
engineering is the most promising method to achieve meniscus regeneration. In this study …

Polymer nanofibers electrospinning: A review

GF El Fawal - Egyptian Journal of Chemistry, 2020 - journals.ekb.eg
Electrospun nanofibers have found many applications as useful material with reasonable
properties and morphology. The electrospinning technique is better than other conventional …

A review of strategies for development of tissue engineered meniscal implants

GJ Klarmann, J Gaston, VB Ho - Biomaterials and Biosystems, 2021 - Elsevier
The meniscus is a key stabilizing tissue of the knee that facilitates proper tracking and
movement of the knee joint and absorbs stresses related to physical activity. This review …