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Natural collagenic skeleton of marine sponges in pharmaceutics: Innovative biomaterial for topical drug delivery.

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The use and valorization of natural horny skeleton of marine sponges (Porifera, Dictyoceratida) is suggested as bio-based dressing for topical drug delivery and might act as bioactive-biomimetic carrier regulating the wound healing processes.
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This article is published in Materials Science and Engineering: C.The article was published on 2017-01-01. It has received 37 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pharmaceutics.

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Marine Collagen as A Promising Biomaterial for Biomedical Applications

TL;DR: This review focuses on the expanding role of marine collagen (MC)-based scaffolds for biomedical applications, and holds great promise as a biomaterial for developing medical products and therapeutics.
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Collagen from Marine Biological Sources and Medical Applications

TL;DR: A brief description of collagen, its characteristics, marine sources, extraction, collagen peptides and their biological activities, potential use and application in various field is dealt with.
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Marine Collagen from Alternative and Sustainable Sources: Extraction, Processing and Applications.

TL;DR: An overview of the studies carried out on collagen obtained from by-catch organisms and fish wastes is presented and novel technologies based on thermoplastic processes that could be applied, likewise, as marine collagen treatment are discussed.
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Collagen extraction and recent biological activities of collagen peptides derived from sea-food waste: A review

TL;DR: Various biological activities of sea food derived peptides/hydrolysates includes antioxidant, inflammatory, antifreeze, angiotension-I converting enzyme (ACE-I) inhibition, antimicrobial, antiaging, wound healing and anticoagulant activities are summarized.
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Collagens of Poriferan Origin

TL;DR: This review has the ambitious goal of providing thorough and comprehensive coverage of poriferan collagens as a multifaceted topic with intriguing hypotheses and numerous challenging open questions.
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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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Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges

TL;DR: In this article, the relevance of sponges and what are sponge taxonomy are discussed. But who would read such a book, and why would anyone want to read it, etc.
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Physiology and Healing Dynamics of Chronic Cutaneous Wounds

TL;DR: A review of the biochemical and physiologic processes that regulate wound healing and the cascade of cellular events that gives rise to the healing process is presented here.
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Evaluation of electrospun PCL/gelatin nanofibrous scaffold for wound healing and layered dermal reconstitution.

TL;DR: This study proposes a cost-effective composite consisting of a nanofibrous scaffold directly electrospun onto a polyurethane dressing (Tegaderm, 3M Medical) - which it is called the Tegaderm-nanofiber (TG-NF) construct - for dermal wound healing.
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The Cell Biology of Sponges

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey of the major morphological, reproductive, and biochemical features of the human body, including the following: 1. Functional Morphology and Morphological Variation in the Phylum of Mesohyl.
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