Alginate and its application to tissue engineering

DR Sahoo, T Biswal - SN Applied Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Alginate is a polysaccharide of natural origin, which shows outstanding properties of
biocompatibility, gel forming ability, non-toxicity, biodegradability and easy to process. Due …

Strategies for bone regeneration: from graft to tissue engineering

G Battafarano, M Rossi, V De Martino… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bone is a regenerative organ characterized by self-renewal ability. Indeed, it is a very
dynamic tissue subjected to continuous remodeling in order to preserve its structure and …

Bioinspired highly anisotropic, ultrastrong and stiff, and osteoconductive mineralized wood hydrogel composites for bone repair

X Wang, J Fang, W Zhu, C Zhong, D Ye… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Anisotropic hydrogels mimicking the biological tissues with directional functions play
essential roles in damage‐tolerance, cell guidance and mass transport. However …

3D-printed bioactive and biodegradable hydrogel scaffolds of alginate/gelatin/cellulose nanocrystals for tissue engineering

SD Dutta, J Hexiu, DK Patel, K Ganguly… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The 3D-printed hybrid biodegradable hydrogels composed of alginate, gelatin, and
cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) were prepared to provide a favorable environment for cell …

Natural and synthetic polymers for bone scaffolds optimization

F Donnaloja, E Jacchetti, M Soncini, MT Raimondi - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bone tissue is the structural component of the body, which allows locomotion, protects vital
internal organs, and provides the maintenance of mineral homeostasis. Several bone …

Injectable nanocomposite hydrogels as an emerging platform for biomedical applications: A review

A Mellati, E Hasanzadeh… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogels have attracted much attention for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications
due to the similarity of their biomimetic structure to the extracellular matrix of natural living …

(Macro) molecular self-assembly for hydrogel drug delivery

MJ Webber, ET Pashuck - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogels prepared via self-assembly offer scalable and tunable platforms for drug delivery
applications. Molecular-scale self-assembly leverages an interplay of attractive and …

Supramolecular peptide nanofiber hydrogels for bone tissue engineering: from multihierarchical fabrications to comprehensive applications

Z Hao, H Li, Y Wang, Y Hu, T Chen, S Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bone tissue engineering is becoming an ideal strategy to replace autologous bone grafts for
surgical bone repair, but the multihierarchical complexity of natural bone is still difficult to …

Directional freeze‐casting: A bioinspired method to assemble multifunctional aligned porous structures for advanced applications

MA Shahbazi, M Ghalkhani… - Advanced Engineering …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, the potential of directional freeze‐casting techniques as a very generic, green, and
straightforward approach for the processing of various functional porous materials is …

Modification of alginates to modulate their physic-chemical properties and obtain biomaterials with different functional properties

P Rosiak, I Latanska, P Paul, W Sujka, B Kolesinska - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Modified alginates have a wide range of applications, including in the manufacture of
dressings and scaffolds used for regenerative medicine, in systems for selective drug …