Alginate: properties and biomedical applications
Kuen Yong Lee,David J. Mooney +1 more
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This review will provide a comprehensive overview of general properties of alginate and its hydrogels, their biomedical applications, and suggest new perspectives for future studies with these polymers.About:
This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2012-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 5372 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Self-healing hydrogels.read more
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On hydrodynamic methods for the analysis of the sizes and shapes of polysaccharides in dilute solution: A short review
TL;DR: In this paper, the size and shape of polysaccharides in solution can be estimated in a variety of ways using hydrodynamic tools such as sedimentation velocity, sedimentation equilibrium, size exclusion chromatography e multi-angle light scattering (SEC-MALS), and viscometry.
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Alginate-based cancer-associated, stimuli-driven and turn-on theranostic prodrug nanogel for cancer detection and treatment.
TL;DR: Owing to the surface folic acid groups, disulfide crosslinking structure and Schiff base conjugation for DOX, the folate receptor (FR)-mediated targeting and pH/reduction dual responsive intracellular triggered release of DOX was achieved.
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Preparation, Characterization and Properties of Alginate/Poly(γ-glutamic acid) Composite Microparticles.
Zongrui Tong,Yu Chen,Liu Yang,Li Tong,Jiamian Chu,Kecen Xiao,Zhiyu Zhou,Wenbo Dong,Xingwu Chu +8 more
TL;DR: Results indicated that novel Alg/PGA composite microparticles with double network structure are a promising candidate in the field of wound dressing for hemostasis or rapid removal of exudates.
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An electroactive alginate hydrogel nanocomposite reinforced by functionalized graphite nanofilaments for neural tissue engineering
TL;DR: Conclusively, the results certify that the developed electroactive nanocomposite hydrogel is able to stimulate nerve generation and could be confidently used as a nerve conduit material.
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Advanced Functional Biomaterials for Stem Cell Delivery in Regenerative Engineering and Medicine
TL;DR: In this review, the authors briefly summarize sources of stem cells for transplantation, present the current state of the art in biomaterial design for stem cell delivery, and provide critical analysis for existing materials.
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