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In situ gelling hydrogels for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.
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An overview of in situ gelling systems and their potential in biomedical applications, both photopolymerizable as well as self-assembling hydrogels, based on either chemical crosslinks or physical interactions will be addressed.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics.The article was published on 2008-05-01. It has received 571 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Self-healing hydrogels.read more
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Controlled drug delivery vehicles for cancer treatment and their performance.
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Hydrogels for protein delivery.
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Hydrogels in a historical perspective: from simple networks to smart materials.
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Click hydrogels, microgels and nanogels: Emerging platforms for drug delivery and tissue engineering
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Hydrophilic Gels for Biological Use
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Thermosensitive sol-gel reversible hydrogels.
TL;DR: It is timely to summarize the polymeric systems that undergo sol-gel transitions, particularly due to temperature, with emphasis on the underlying transition mechanisms and potential delivery aspects.