Regenerative
medicine is an interdisciplinary field that aims at repairing or replacing damaged tissues and organs. This rapidly evolving research area employs different strategies including cell-based therapies, biomaterial scaffolds for tissue engineering, and fabrication of artificial organs. Besides its promising clinical implications towards tissue healing and reducing the need for matched organs for transplantation, regenerative medicine also provides the means to create platforms for drug discovery and toxicity assessment.
Advanced Healthcare Materials publishes research covering various tools of this field, in which biomaterials such as polymers and nanomaterials (graphene, carbon nanotubes, and nanofibers) have enabled strategies for the development of more functional reparative therapies that address unmet clinical needs in the skin, nerve, cartilage, bone, and cardiovascular regeneration. This virtual issue brings you some of the great research published on the advances in materials and approaches in this research field. All articles are currently freely available for everybody to access, download, and read until the end of 2018.
Review articles:
Bioinspired Collagen Scaffolds in Cranial Bone Regeneration: From Bedside to Bench
Biomaterials and Culture Technologies for Regenerative Therapy of Liver Tissue
Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: Current Status and New Strategies Using Polymeric Materials
Ana C. Pinho, Ana C. Fonseca, Arménio C. Serra, José D. Santos and Jorge F. J. Coelho
Repairing Peripheral Nerves: Is there a Role for Carbon Nanotubes?
Karen M. Oprych, Raymond L. D. Whitby, Sergey V. Mikhalovsky, Paul Tomlins and Jimi Adu
Original research articles:
Pro‐Regenerative Hydrogel Restores Scarless Skin during Cutaneous Wound Healing
Hierarchical Micro/Nanofibrous Bioscaffolds for Structural Tissue Regeneration
Hydrogel Functionalized Janus Membrane for Skin Regeneration
Shape Memory Silk Protein Sponges for Minimally Invasive Tissue Regeneration
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