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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Human Periodontal Ligament- and Gingiva-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Nerve Regeneration When Encapsulated in Alginate/Hyaluronic Acid 3D Scaffold.
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TL;DR: This study is the first demonstration of the application of PDLSCs and GMSCs as promising cell therapy candidates for nerve regeneration and shows the importance of elasticity of the matrix and the presence of NGF in the neurogenic differentiation of encapsulated MSCs.
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Photothermal conversion efficiency and cytotoxic effect of gold nanorods stabilized with chitosan, alginate and poly(vinyl alcohol)
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TL;DR: The cytotoxicity of coated gold nanorods diminished significantly compared with those GNR stabilized with CTAB, and the photothermal cellular damage of GNR systems were evaluated on a breast cancer cell line.
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