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Biodegradable and electrically conducting polymers for biomedical applications

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Conducting polymers have been widely used in biomedical applications such as biosensors and tissue engineering but their non-degradability still poses a limitation.
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This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 498 citations till now.

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Tailored Methodology Based on Vapor Phase Polymerization to Manufacture PEDOT/CNT Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

TL;DR: The conductive PEDOT/CNT porous scaffolds present high biocompatibility after 3 and 6 days of C8-D1A astrocyte incubation and show Young's modulus typical of soft materials, as well as high electrical conductivity, which may play an important role in electroactive cell growth.
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Low molecular weight PEI-appended polyesters as non-viral gene delivery vectors.

TL;DR: In vitro transfection toward 7402, HEK293 and U-2OS cells show that polymer P1 may give dramatically higher transfections efficiency (TE) than 25 kDa PEI, suggesting that such polymer might be promising non-viral gene vectors.
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Microwave absorbing properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes/polyaniline nanocomposites

TL;DR: In this article, multi-walled carbon nanotubes/polyaniline (MWCNTs/PANI) nanocomposites with high absorbing properties were successfully prepared through in situ chemical polymerization.
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Functional 2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane terpolymer: a versatile platform to construct biodegradable polymeric prodrugs for intracellular drug delivery

TL;DR: In vitro cytotoxicity showed that the DOX-conjugated prodrug micelles can strongly inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells remarkably and provide a versatile strategy for the fabrication of biodegradable polymeric prodrug nanocarriers.
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Three dimensional printed degradable and conductive polymer scaffolds promote chondrogenic differentiation of chondroprogenitor cells

TL;DR: This work demonstrates the possibility of 3D printing flexible conductive and biodegradable scaffolds and their potential use in cartilage tissue regeneration, and opens up future opportunities in using electric stimulation to control chondrogenesis in these scaffolds.
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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

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Scaffolds in tissue engineering bone and cartilage.

TL;DR: Research on the tissue engineering of bone and cartilage from the polymeric scaffold point of view is reviews from a biodegradable and bioresorbable perspective.
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Biodegradable polymers as biomaterials

TL;DR: This review summarizes the main advances published over the last 15 years, outlining the synthesis, biodegradability and biomedical applications ofBiodegradable synthetic and natural polymers.
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