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Alginate: properties and biomedical applications

Kuen Yong Lee, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2012 - 
- Vol. 37, Iss: 1, pp 106-126
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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.
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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.

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Bone tissue engineering: Scaffold preparation using chitosan and other biomaterials with different design and fabrication techniques

TL;DR: This review aims to provide an overview of different types of fabrication techniques for scaffold preparation in bone tissue engineering using biological macromolecules.
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3D Bioprinting of Highly Thixotropic Alginate/Methylcellulose Hydrogel with Strong Interface Bonding.

TL;DR: The novel Alg/MC hydrogel with the aid of TSC has been shown to have a great potential as an advanced 3D bioprinting material.
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Surface modification of biomaterials and biomedical devices using additive manufacturing.

TL;DR: Additive manufacturing techniques have been and can be used to augment the surfaces of biomedical devices for direct clinical applications, for both bulk and surface properties that improve implant outcomes.
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Preparation and application of agar/alginate/collagen ternary blend functional food packaging films.

TL;DR: The results indicate that the ternary blend hydrogel films incorporated with AgNPs or GSE can be used not only as antifogging packaging films for highly respiring fresh agriculture produce, but also as an active food packaging system utilizing their strong antimicrobial activity.
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Injectable scaffolds: Preparation and application in dental and craniofacial regeneration.

TL;DR: This article provides a comprehensive review of the injectable scaffolds currently being investigated for dental and craniofacial tissue regeneration, including natural, synthetic, and composite biomaterials.
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Chitin and chitosan: Properties and applications

TL;DR: Chitin is the second most important natural polymer in the world as mentioned in this paper, and the main sources of chitin are two marine crustaceans, shrimp and crabs, which are used for food, cosmetics, biomedical and pharmaceutical applications.
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Tissue engineering : Frontiers in biotechnology

R. Langer, +1 more
- 01 Jan 1993 - 
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Angiogenesis in life, disease and medicine

TL;DR: Angiogenesis research will probably change the face of medicine in the next decades, with more than 500 million people worldwide predicted to benefit from pro- or anti-angiogenesis treatments.
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Biological interactions between polysaccharides and divalent cations: The egg‐box model

TL;DR: It is shown that spedfic binding of divalent cations to a polysaechafide polyelectro]ym, leading firm cohesion between the chains, can cause characteristic effects in the c~rcutar diehroism spectrum which are understandabb in terms of modem theo~, [ l ].
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