Advanced Biopolymers for Disease Treatment
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 May 2023) | Viewed by 6370
Special Issue Editors
Interests: tissue engineering; biopolymer; hydrogel; cell therapy; regeneration medicine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Thanks for the contribution of Prof. Langer and Vacanti, the research related to advanced biopolymer for tissue regeneration has grown up rapidly since 1988. The concept of tissue engineering led biopolymer to another new era, scientist using various natural biopolymer such as hyaluronic acid, chitosan, gelatin, collagen and peptides as raw material for membrane, scaffold or hydrogel preparation. Combination with several techniques such as solvent casting, emulsification freeze-drying, particulate leaching, electrospinning, 3D printing, and even self-assembled techniques for better scaffold or hydrogel production. In order to mimic the physiological environment, specific cytokines, growth factors, and chemicals may be added or even crosslinked to material for functional biopolymer development. Besides, some research focus on physical environment mimics, they incubated the scaffold or hydrogel under specific physical stimulation before implantation. Cell is one of the most key factors in tissue engineering product. Usually, scientist prefer to use primary cell rather than cell line, since the response of primary cell is closer to in vivo situation. Considering the regeneration ability and accessibility, stem cell is the most popular cell type incorporated into the scaffold or hydrogel. Recently, some research even try to use particles produced by stem cell, exosome, combined with advanced biopolymers for disease treatment. Biocompatibility and treatment effect are two key point for in vitro and in vivo evaluation.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect the latest developments in advanced biopolymers for disease treatment. Studying the relationships among cell, biopolymers and regenerated tissue are also welcome. This Special Issue covers full research papers, communications and up-to-date reviews.
Dr. Yu-Chun Chen
Dr. Wen-Yu Su
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tissue engineering
- enviromental-sensitive biopolymer
- functional biopolymer
- natural advanced biopolymer
- biocompatibility
- adult/embryonic stem cell
- clinical application
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