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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.About:
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Interwoven Aligned Conductive Nanofiber Yarn/Hydrogel Composite Scaffolds for Engineered 3D Cardiac Anisotropy
TL;DR: This work presents a 3D hybrid scaffold based on aligned conductive nanofiber yarns network (NFYs-NET, composition: polycaprolactone, silk fibroin, and carbon nanotubes) within a hydrogel shell for mimicking the native cardiac tissue structure and demonstrates their great potential for engineering 3D cardiac anisotropy for cardiac tissue engineering.
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Tissue engineering of electrically responsive tissues using polyaniline based polymers: a review.
TL;DR: It is concluded that electroactive PANI and its derivatives show great promise in eliciting favorable responses from various cell lines that respond to electrical stimuli, and are therefore effective biomaterials for the engineering of electrically responsive biological tissues and organs.
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pH-responsive injectable hydrogels with mucosal adhesiveness based on chitosan-grafted-dihydrocaffeic acid and oxidized pullulan for localized drug delivery.
TL;DR: A series of multifunctional injectable mucoadhesive and pH-responsive hydrogels based on chitosan-grafted-dihydrocaffeic acid and oxidized pullulan via a Schiff base reaction are developed, suggesting their potential use in mucosa-localized drug delivery systems.
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Injectable antibacterial conductive hydrogels with dual response to an electric field and pH for localized “smart” drug release
TL;DR: A series of injectable conductive hydrogels based on chitosan-graft-polyaniline (CP) copolymer and oxidized dextran (OD) with "smart" delivery vehicles with electro-responsiveness and pH-responsive properties for triggered and localized release of drugs are designed.
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Nanofiber Yarn/Hydrogel Core-Shell Scaffolds Mimicking Native Skeletal Muscle Tissue for Guiding 3D Myoblast Alignment, Elongation, and Differentiation.
TL;DR: Data suggest that these core-shell scaffolds combine the aligned NFY core that guides the myoblast alignment and differentiation and the hydrogel shell that provides a suitable 3D environment for nutrition exchange and mechanical protection to perform a great practical application for skeletal muscle regeneration.
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