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Short to ultrashort peptide hydrogels for biomedical uses

Wei Yang Seow, +1 more
- 01 Oct 2014 - 
- Vol. 17, Iss: 8, pp 381-388
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Hydrogels can offer cells an extracellular matrix-like growth environment which traditional culture methods cannot provide, and have great value in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.
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This article is published in Materials Today.The article was published on 2014-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 136 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Self-healing hydrogels.

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Supramolecular Hydrogelators and Hydrogels: From Soft Matter to Molecular Biomaterials

TL;DR: This review focuses on various potential applications of supramolecular hydrogels as molecular biomaterials, classified by their applications in cell cultures, tissue engineering, cell behavior, imaging, and unique applications of hydrogelators.
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3D printing of layered brain-like structures using peptide modified gellan gum substrates

TL;DR: The facile ability to form discrete cell-containing layers validates the application of this novel printing technique to form complex, layered and viable 3D cell structures that offer the opportunity to reproduce more accurate 3D in vitro microstructures with applications ranging from cell behavior studies to improving the understanding of brain injuries and neurodegenerative diseases.
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Multicomponent peptide assemblies

TL;DR: The design, structure, emergent properties, and applications for these multicomponent assemblies are presented in order to illustrate the potential of these formulations as sophisticated next-generation bio-inspired materials.
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History and Applications of Hydrogels

TL;DR: A review of hydrogels can be found in this paper, where the authors give an overview of the historic and the recent design concept of the hydrogel and their several applications based on the old and the most recent publications.
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