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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Functional and Biomimetic Materials for Engineering of the Three-Dimensional Cell Microenvironment
Guoyou Huang,Fei Li,Xin Zhao,Yufei Ma,Yuhui Li,Min Lin,Guorui Jin,Tian Jian Lu,Guy M. Genin,Feng Xu +9 more
TL;DR: This review encapsulates where recent advances appear to leave the ever-shifting state of the art in the cell microenvironment, and it highlights areas in which substantial potential and uncertainty remain.
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The design of reversible hydrogels to capture extracellular matrix dynamics
TL;DR: The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a dynamic environment that constantly provides physical and chemical cues to embedded cells, and emerging trends include the use of molecular photoswitches or biomolecule hybridization to control polymer chain conformation.
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Current development of biodegradable polymeric materials for biomedical applications
TL;DR: This review outlines the current development of biodegradable natural and synthetic polymeric materials for various biomedical applications, including tissue engineering, temporary implants, wound healing, and drug delivery.
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Crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels for wound dressing applications: A review of remarkably blended polymers
TL;DR: A series of excellent polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/polymers blend hydrogel were reviewed using different crosslinking types to obtain proper polymeric dressing materials, which have satisfied biocompatibility and sufficient mechanical properties.
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Evaluation of hydrogels for bio-printing applications.
TL;DR: UV-crosslinked Extracel, a hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel, had many of the desired properties for the bioprinting application, and holds the potential to be further developed into fast and effective wound healing treatments.
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