Nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems for cancer therapy
2020
Nanoparticle-based drug delivery system (DDS) is considered promising for cancer treatment. Compared with traditional DDS, the nanoparticle-based DDS shows improved efficacy by: 1) increasing half-life...
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Recent advances in hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels for 3D bioprinting in tissue engineering applications
2023
3D bioprinting technology can rapidly process cell-loaded biomaterials to prepare personalized scaffolds for repairing defective tissues, tissue regeneration, and even printing tissues or organs. 3D...
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Journey of smart material from composite to shape memory alloy (SMA), characterization and their applications-A review
2023
This review paper deals with the advancements of composites to shape memory alloys. The journey of smart materials from conventional composites to advance shape memory alloys and their application is...
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Stimuli-responsive materials: A smart way to study dynamic cell responses
2022
Cells in the body reside within the extracellular matrix (ECM), a three-dimensional environment that not only provides structural support for the cells, but also influences cellular processes, like...
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Function and treatment strategies of β-hydroxybutyrate in aging
2023
Metabolic intermediates serve as precursors for bioactive molecule synthesis, the energy source for life activities, and signals for environmental adaptation. Ketone bodies are important metabolic intermediates...
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Bioactive carbon dots for tissue engineering applications
March 2024
Carbon dots (CDs) are carbon-based zero-dimensional nanomaterials with characteristic sizes of less than 10 nm. Recently, bioactive CDs have made remarkable achievements in wound healing, bone and...
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Hydrogel wound dressings containing bioactive compounds originated from traditional Chinese herbs: A review
March 2024
Various factors can cause skin defects, resulting in the loss of physiological functions and even death due to severe concurrent infection. Dressings are often clinically used to fully cover the wounds...
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Design of 3D smart scaffolds using natural, synthetic and hybrid derived polymers for skin regenerative applications
2023
Effective wound care is a major concern as many conventional wound healing methods and materials have failed in facilitating proper healing, instead disrupts the overall healing process, leading to...
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Emerging polymeric biomaterials and manufacturing-based tissue engineering approaches for neuro regeneration-A critical review on recent effective approaches
2023
The nervous system is a crucial part of the human body that is damaged by traumatic injury, stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases. Recent studies also have shown that neurodegenerative diseases are...
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Recent progress in surgical adhesives for biomedical applications
2022
The increasing demands for the management of hemostasis and tissue sealing drive the development of novel bioadhesives, which can overcome the disadvantages of conventional sutures such as additional...
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Smart materials for smart healthcare– moving from sensors and actuators to self-sustained nanoenergy nanosystems
2020
Smart materials offer a significant role in on our lives covering various sensing and actuation applications in healthcare due to their responsivity to external stimuli such as stress, light, temperature,...
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Current state of art smart coatings for orthopedic implants: A comprehensive review
2023
Biomaterials play a pivotal role in modern orthopedics. There are a plethora of functional issues with orthopedic implants. These issues include things like aseptic loosening, lack of osseointegration,...
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Advances of multifunctional hydrogels for periodontal disease
2023
Periodontal disease is a chronic inflammatory disease that develops from dental plaque that affects periodontal supporting tissues. The control of plaque by mechanical therapy has always been the mainstream...
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Recent progress of 3D printed vascularized tissues and organs
June 2024
Since the need for vascular networks to supply oxygen and nutrients while expelling metabolic waste, most cells can only survive within 200 μm of blood vessels; thus, the construction of well-developed...
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Anti-fouling coatings for blood-contacting devices
March 2024
Blood-contacting medical devices, such as vascular stents, intravascular catheters, and artificial heart valves, frequently encounter complications in clinical practice, including thrombosis, inflammatory...
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Recent development of implantable and flexible nerve electrodes
2020
Implantable electrical devices offer a variety of potential diagnostic options and treatments in different medical fields. Especially in the absence of specific drugs, the implantable nerve electrodes...
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Antibacterial silk sericin/poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogel with antifungal property for potential infected large burn wound healing: Systemic evaluation
2023
Hydrogel-based burn wound dressings with excellent antibacterial, antifungal, and mechanical properties are ideal biomaterials to promote infected large burn wound healing. In this study, the hydrogel...
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Endoplasmic reticulum-targeting nanomedicines for cancer therapy
2021
In drug development research, the specific affinity of drug delivery systems for particular pathological sites, cells, and even subcellular structures can largely reduce the side effects, systemic toxicity,...
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Application of mesenchymal stem cell exosomes in the treatment of skin wounds
2023
Mesenchymal stem cell exosomes (MSC-Exos) are a type of cell vesicle with biological function secreted by mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). In tissue repair, MSC-Exos are more effective than MSCs, and...
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A responsive hydrogel-based microneedle system for minimally invasive glucose monitoring
2023
Blood glucose (BG) monitoring in patients with diabetes is critical for diabetes management. Minimally invasive BG monitoring is urgently required to increase the patient compliance. Herein, based on...
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Anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antioxidative bioactive glass-based nanofibrous dressing enables scarless wound healing
2023
Excessive scar tissue formation along with bacterial infection, hemorrhage, and oxidative wound microenvironment pose adverse physiological and psychological effects on patients, which necessitate the...
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A detailed protocol for cell force measurement by traction force microscopy
March 2024
Cellular traction forces (CTFs) are generated by adherent cells and involved in regulating migration, morphology, and homeostasis. Accurate measurement of CTFs is crucial for understanding fundamental...
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The versatile applications of polydopamine in regenerative medicine: Progress and challenges
2023
In recent decades, great progress has been made in regenerative medicine with the development of various functional scaffolds, many of which have been put into practical clinical applications. In this...
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Inorganic nano-carriers based smart drug delivery systems for tumor therapy
2020
Tumor is a severe disease that affects human health. In addition to surgical treatment and radiotherapy, applying therapeutic agents that can kill the tumor directly or regulate immune systems is one...
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Silk sericin-based biomaterials shine in food and pharmaceutical industries
2023
Silk sericin (SS) is a byproduct of the silk production process that consists of 18 amino acids and numerous polar groups. SS has a range of unique physical, chemical, and biological properties, such...
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