Short to ultrashort peptide hydrogels for biomedical uses
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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.About:
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.read more
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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
Rodrigo Lozano,Leo Stevens,Brianna C. Thompson,Kerry J. Gilmore,Robert Gorkin,Elise M. Stewart,Marc in het Panhuis,Mario I. Romero-Ortega,Gordon G. Wallace +8 more
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
L'Hocine Yahia,Naziha Chirani,Lukas Gritsch,Federico Leonardo Motta,SoumiaChirani,Silvia Farè +5 more
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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A Global Review on Short Peptides: Frontiers and Perspectives.
Vasso Apostolopoulos,Joanna Bojarska,Tsun-Thai Chai,Sherif M. Elnagdy,Krzysztof Kaczmarek,John Matsoukas,John Matsoukas,Roger New,Keykavous Parang,Octavio Paredes Lopez,Hamideh Parhiz,Conrad O. Perera,Mónica Pickholz,Mónica Pickholz,Milan Remko,Michele Saviano,Mariusz Skwarczynski,Yefeng Tang,Wojciech M. Wolf,Taku Yoshiya,Janusz Zabrocki,Piotr Zielenkiewicz,Piotr Zielenkiewicz,Maha AlKhazindar,Vanessa Barriga,Konstantinos Kelaidonis,Elham Mousavinezhad Sarasia,Istvan Toth +27 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of peptide-based therapeutics, focusing on the current state-of-the-art short peptidebased therapeutical developments, as a celebration of 100 years peptide therapeutics since the commencement of insulin therapy in the 1920s.
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