scholarly journals Biomedical application of photo-crosslinked gelatin hydrogels

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Xiang ◽  
Wenguo Cui

Abstract During the past decades, photo-crosslinked gelatin hydrogel (methacrylated gelatin, GelMA) has gained a lot of attention due to its remarkable application in the biomedical field. It has been widely used in cell transplantation, cell culture and drug delivery, based on its crosslinking to form hydrogels with tunable mechanical properties and excellent bio-compatibility when exposed to light irradiation to mimic the micro-environment of native extracellular matrix (ECM). Because of its unique biofunctionality and mechanical tenability, it has also been widely applied in the repair and regeneration of bone, heart, cornea, epidermal tissue, cartilage, vascular, peripheral nerve, oral mucosa, and skeletal muscle et al. The purpose of this review is to summarize the recent application of GelMA in drug delivery and tissue engineering field. Moreover, this review article will briefly introduce both the development of GelMA and the characterization of GelMA. Finally, we discuss the challenges and future development prospects of GelMA as a tissue engineering material and drug or gene delivery carrier, hoping to contribute to accelerating the development of GelMA in the biomedical field. Graphical abstract

Author(s):  
Joao S. Soares ◽  
James E. Moore ◽  
Kumbakonam R. Rajagopal

Synthetic biodegradable polymers have seen a dramatic increase in their availability and utilization over the last few decades. The first reported biomedical application of biodegradable polymers was during the 70s in biodegradable sutures and to date, it remains as the most widespread usage of this family of materials. Biodegradable polymers have also been proven to be effective carriers in local drug delivery therapies and are widely used as a primary constituent of scaffolds in tissue engineering applications.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 843-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiguo Xu ◽  
Shujun Dong ◽  
Yuping Han ◽  
Shuqiang Li ◽  
Yang Liu

Hydrogels, as a class of materials for tissue engineering and drug delivery, have high water content and solid-like mechanical properties. Currently, hydrogels with an antibacterial function are a research hotspot in biomedical field. Many advanced antibacterial hydrogels have been developed, each possessing unique qualities, namely high water swellability, high oxygen permeability, improved biocompatibility, ease of loading and releasing drugs and structural diversity. In this article, an overview is provided on the preparation and applications of various antibacterial hydrogels. Furthermore, the prospects in biomedical researches and clinical applications are predicted.


2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 1924-1950
Author(s):  
Amir Ghaderpour ◽  
Zohreh Hoseinkhani ◽  
Reza Yarani ◽  
Sina Mohammadiani ◽  
Farshid Amiri ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.19) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
D BALAJ ◽  
C SARALA RUBI ◽  
N G. RENGANATHAN

Attractive nanoparticles have been broadly considered on account of their potential applications as complexity operators in attractive reverberation imaging (MRI) of tumors, cell and DNA partition, attractively guided medication conveyance, tumor hyperthermia. Among the attractive oxides, magnetite nanoparticles are most appropriate because of their low danger and great attractive properties which may be used in drug delivery. Magnetite nanoparticles were synthesized using FeCl3 and FeSO4 as precursors and characterized for size and shape using non-contact AFM.  The formation of magnetite was confirmed by XRD pattern. The elemental composition of the obtained phase was determined using EDAX. In this work, we are aiming to develop drug loaded biopolymer Magnetite nanoparticles for biomedical application. Our main objective is to synthesize and characterize Magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles.  


The researchers across the world are actively engaged in strategic development of new porous aerogel materials for possible application of these extraordinary materials in the biomedical field. Due to their excellent porosity and established biocompatibility, aerogels are now emerging as viable solutions for drug delivery and other biomedical applications. This chapter aims to cover the diverse aerogel materials used across the globe for different biomedical applications including drug delivery, implantable devices, regenerative medicine encompassing tissue engineering and bone regeneration, and biosensing.


MRS Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (24) ◽  
pp. 1309-1314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengfei Duan ◽  
Nehir Kandemir ◽  
Jiajun Wang ◽  
Jinju Chen

ABSTRACTHydrogels have been widely used in many applications from tissue engineering to drug delivery systems. For both tissue engineering and drug delivery, the mechanical properties are important because they would affect cell-materials interactions and injectability of drugs encapsulated in hydrogel carriers. Therefore, it is important to study the mechanical properties of these hydrogels, particularly at physiological temperature (37°C). This study adopted strain sweep and frequency sweep rotational rheological tests to investigate the rheological characteristics of various tissue engineering relevant hydrogels with different concentrations at 37°C. These hydrogels include alginate, RGD-alginate, and copolymerized collagen/alginate/fibrin. It has revealed that the addition of RGD has negligible effect on the elastic modulus and viscosity of alginate. Alginate gels have demonstrated shear thinning behavior which indicates that they are suitable candidates as carriers for cells or drug delivery. The addition of collagen and fibrin would reinforce the mechanical properties of alginate which makes it a strong scaffold material.


2011 ◽  
Vol 284-286 ◽  
pp. 459-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Yuan Qi ◽  
Bin Liu ◽  
Xing Bin Yan

Nanofibrous scaffolds of PVA and HA were prepared by electrospinning. SEM showed the scaffolds had porous nanofibrous morphology, and the diameter of the fibers was in the range of 200-1000 nm. FTIR and XRD showed the presence of HA in the scaffolds. The mechanical properties of the scaffolds changed by the adding content of HA. For the nanoscaffolds with 2wt % HA, the ultimate tensile strength and the elongation at break was 7.5 MPa and 17%. The PVA/HA nanoscaffolds prepared by electrospinning indicated good properties, and had a potential applications in bone tissue engineering and drug delivery systems.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oraib Abdallah ◽  
Fatemeh Jalali ◽  
Somayeh Zamani ◽  
Hesham Isamil ◽  
Shijimol Ma ◽  
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