Natural polymers and its mixtures in the form of films, sponges and hydrogels are playing a
major role in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Hydrogels have been …

Highlights•New therapeutic strategies are moving towards nanomedicine and the use of
innovative drug delivery systems to release drugs within the joint.•Ethical considerations …

The construction of porous nanocarriers with good lubricating performance and stimuli‐
responsive drug release is significant for the synergetic therapy of osteoarthritis (OA) …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most prevalent life-long autoimmune diseases with
an unknown genesis. It primarily causes chronic inflammation, pain, and synovial joint …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common chronic inflammatory disease in the joints. It is one of the
leading causes of disability with increasing morbidity, which has become one of the serious …

Treating the concomitant inflammation in the process of injury and repair, and
simultaneously promoting cartilage regeneration is very important for the repair of articular …

Most of present works of osteoarthritis (OA) therapy are focusing on reducing friction and
improving drug loading capacity, while little attention is paid to realizing long-time lubrication …

Nanoparticles are under investigation as diagnostic and therapeutic agents for joint
diseases, such as osteoarthritis. However, there is incomplete understanding of nanoparticle …

Biomedical microgels are a novel type of materials with promising perspectives for repair
and regeneration of multi-types of tissues and organs due to their highly hydrated nature …

Background: The pathology of primary osteoarthritis (OA) begins with structural cartilage
damage, which initiates a self-propagating inflammatory pathway that further exacerbates …