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Natural and synthetic polymers for wounds and burns dressing
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Biocompatible with fibroblasts and keratinocytes, tissue engineered skin is indicated for regeneration and remodeling of human epidermis and wound healing improving the treatment of severe skin defects or partial-thickness burn injuries.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics.The article was published on 2014-03-25. It has received 803 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Wound healing.read more
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Advancing biomaterials of human origin for tissue engineering
Fa-Ming Chen,Xiaohua Liu +1 more
TL;DR: An exploration of the structural, mechanical, biochemical and biological information present in native human tissue for bioengineering applications is focused on to provide inspiration for the design of future biomaterials.
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Functional Hydrogels as Wound Dressing to Enhance Wound Healing.
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review of the functional hydrogel as a wound dressing is presented, which summarizes the skin wound healing process and relates evaluation parameters and then reviews the advanced functions of hydrogels such as antimicrobial property, adhesion and hemostasis, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidation, substance delivery, self-healing, stimulus response, conductivity, and the recently emerged wound monitoring feature.
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Advanced Therapeutic Dressings for Effective Wound Healing—A Review
TL;DR: In this article, the current state of wound healing and wound management products, with emphasis on the demand for more advanced forms of wound therapy and some of the current challenges and driving forces behind this demand, are reviewed.
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Applications of synthetic polymers in clinical medicine
TL;DR: A brief overview about the introduction and developments of polymers in medicine in general, addressing first stable polymers, then polymers with degradability as a first biological function, followed by various other functional and responsive polymers.
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Hydrogels based on cellulose and chitin: fabrication, properties, and applications
Xiaoping Shen,Xiaoping Shen,Julia L. Shamshina,Paula Berton,Paula Berton,Gabriela Gurau,Robin D. Rogers,Robin D. Rogers +7 more
TL;DR: The design parameters for different applications of various pure and composite hydrogels based on cellulose, chitin, or chitosan, including applications as controlled and targeted drug delivery systems, improved tissue engineering scaffolds, wound dressings, water purification sorbents, and others are compared.
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Chitosan—A versatile semi-synthetic polymer in biomedical applications
TL;DR: The chemical structure and relevant biological properties of chitosan for regenerative medicine have been summarized as well as the methods for the preparation of controlled drug release devices and their applications.
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Wound healing dressings and drug delivery systems: a review.
TL;DR: The requirement for formulations with improved properties for effective and accurate delivery of the required therapeutic agents and general formulation approaches towards achieving optimum physical properties and controlled delivery characteristics for an active wound healing dosage form are considered.
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Biomimetic materials for tissue engineering.
TL;DR: The surface and bulk modification of biomaterials with cell recognition molecules to design biomimetic materials for tissue engineering and recent advances for the development of biomimetics materials in bone, nerve, and cardiovascular tissue engineering are summarized.
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Chitosan and its derivatives for tissue engineering applications.
In Yong Kim,Seog Jin Seo,Hyun Seuk Moon,Mi Kyong Yoo,In Young Park,Bom Chol Kim,Chong-Su Cho +6 more
TL;DR: This review focuses on the various types of chitosan derivatives and their use in various tissue engineering applications namely, skin, bone, cartilage, liver, nerve and blood vessel.
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Natural–origin polymers as carriers and scaffolds for biomolecules and cell delivery in tissue engineering applications
TL;DR: A wide range of natural-origin polymers with special focus on proteins and polysaccharides that are being used in research, or might be potentially useful as carriers systems for active biomolecules or as cell carriers with application in the tissue engineering field targeting several biological tissues are overviewed.