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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The role of hydrogen bonding in alginate/poly(acrylamide-co-dimethylacrylamide) and alginate/poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate-based tough hybrid hydrogels
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of varying the reactant concentrations on the mechanical properties of the hydrogels was first studied, and it was shown that the presence of hydrogen bonds is critical for the high toughness of the hybrid hydrogel.
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Recent developments in sustainable finishing of cellulosic textiles employing biotechnology
Basma M. Eid,Nabil A. Ibrahim +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the most promising trends and potential applications of biotechnology categories namely applications of enzymes in textile processing, applications of biomaterials in textile finishing, and applications of nanobiotechnology in the green finishing of cellulosic substrates to render both textile processing and products more sustainable with minimal adverse impacts on the user and environment.
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Marine Algae Polysaccharides as Basis for Wound Dressings, Drug Delivery, and Tissue Engineering: A Review
T. A. Kuznetsova,Boris G. Andryukov,Natalia N. Besednova,T. S. Zaporozhets,Andrey V. Kalinin +4 more
TL;DR: The present review considers the physicochemical and biological properties of polysaccharides from brown, red, and green algae used in the latest technologies of regenerative medicine (tissue engineering, modulation of the drug delivery system, and the design of wound dressing materials).
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Construction of food-grade pH-sensitive nanoparticles for delivering functional food ingredients
TL;DR: Food-grade pH-sensitive nanoparticles can increase the bioavailability of functional food ingredients by improving their stability in the human stomach and by controlling their release into the intestine.
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Oxidized alginate hydrogels with the GHK peptide enhance cord blood mesenchymal stem cell osteogenesis: A paradigm for metabolomics-based evaluation of biomaterial design.
Michail E. Klontzas,Supachai Reakasame,Raquel Silva,José C. F. Morais,Spyros I. Vernardis,Robert J MacFarlane,Manolis Heliotis,Eleftherios Tsiridis,Nicki Panoskaltsis,Aldo R. Boccaccini,Athanasios Mantalaris +10 more
TL;DR: A new use of metabolomics signatures is presented in guiding the development of novel oxidised alginate-based hydrogels with umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells and the glycine-histidine-lysine peptide, demonstrating that GHK induces stem cell osteogenic differentiation.
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