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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Increased Survival and Function of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Spheroids Entrapped in Instructive Alginate Hydrogels
TL;DR: The promise of cell‐instructive biomaterials to direct survival and function of MSC spheroids for bone tissue engineering applications is demonstrated.
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Recent advances in polysaccharide bio-based flocculants
TL;DR: In this review, current trends in preparation and chemical modification of polysaccharide bio-based flocculants and their flocculation performance are discussed and aspects including mechanisms of flocculations, biosynthesis, classification, purification and characterization, chemical modification, and the effect of physicochemical factors on floccculating activity are discussed.
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Current Biomedical Applications of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
TL;DR: Additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged over the past four decades as a cost-effective, on-demand modality for fabrication of geometrically complex objects as mentioned in this paper, which has allowed for the adoption of this technology for biomedical applications in both research and clinical settings.
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3D Bioprinting for Vascularized Tissue Fabrication
TL;DR: The methods of bioprinting vascularized constructs, bioink for vascularization, and perspectives on recent innovations in 3D printing and biomaterials for the next generation of 3D biopprinting for vascularized tissue fabrication are covered.
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Nutraceutical Potential of Seaweed Polysaccharides: Structure, Bioactivity, Safety, and Toxicity.
TL;DR: Different polysaccharides from seaweeds and their compositions and potential nutraceutical applications are discussed and a number of toxicological assays and clinical trials suggest that the ingestion of seaweeds as functional foods should be considered worldwide to improve immune responses.
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