Smart Hydrogels in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

• Published in: Materials Vol. 12; no. 20; p. 3323
• Main Authors: Mantha, Somasundar, Pillai, Sangeeth, Khayambashi, Parisa, Upadhyay, Akshaya, Zhang, Yuli, Tao, Owen, Pham, Hieu M., Tran, Simon D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 12.10.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Biocompatibility; Biomedical materials; Crosslinking; Extracellular matrix; Growth factors; Hydrogels; Medicine; Organic chemistry; Regeneration (physiology); Regenerative medicine; Researchers; Review; Scaffolds; Tissue engineering

The field of regenerative medicine has tremendous potential for improved treatment outcomes and has been stimulated by advances made in bioengineering over the last few decades. The strategies of engineering tissues and assembling functional constructs that are capable of restoring, retaining, and r...