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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Delignification of Lignocellulose Biomasses by Alginate–Chitosan Immobilized Laccase Produced from Trametes versicolor IBL-04
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the immobilized laccase could be a promising option as a green catalyst for the efficient delignification of lignocellulosic biomass residues.
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Marine Seaweed Polysaccharides-Based Engineered Cues for the Modern Biomedical Sector.
Muhammad Bilal,Hafiz M.N. Iqbal +1 more
TL;DR: A standard methodological approach to review the literature using inclusion-exclusion criteria, which is mostly ignored in the reported literature, and numerous marine-based seaweed polysaccharides are discussed with suitable examples.
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Multilayer Alginate-Polycaprolactone Electrospun Membranes as Skin Wound Patches with Drug Delivery Abilities.
TL;DR: The proposed alginate–polycaprolactone membrane represents a promising class of innovative, simple, and cost-effective wound healing patches appropriate for large-scale production.
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Effects of 3-dimensional Bioprinting Alginate/Gelatin Hydrogel Scaffold Extract on Proliferation and Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells.
Haiyue Yu,Xiaoyi Zhang,Wenjing Song,Ting Pan,He Wang,Tingting Ning,Qin Wei,Hockin H.K. Xu,Buling Wu,Dandan Ma +9 more
TL;DR: 3D-printed Alg-Gel is more suitable for the growth of hDPSCs, and the scaffold extracts can better promote cell proliferation and differentiation, according to this investigation of the effect of this scaffold on human dental pulp stem cells.
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Innovative Human Three-Dimensional Tissue-Engineered Models as an Alternative to Animal Testing.
Patrick Bédard,Sara Gauvin,Karel Ferland,Christophe Caneparo,Ève Pellerin,Stéphane Chabaud,Stéphane Bolduc +6 more
TL;DR: The self-assembly protocol has recently produced organ-specific human-derived three-dimensional models without the need for exogenous material, and this strategy will help to achieve the 3R principles.
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