The poor correlation between in vitro and in vivo studies emphasises the lack of a reliable methodology for testing the biological properties of biomaterials in the bone tissue regeneration field. Moreover, the success of ...

This work describes the optimization and validation of an UV-direct capillary electrophoresis method for the analysis of copper ions in samples obtained from release studies of bone-tissue-engineering composite biomaterials. ...

Lack of reproducibility, difficult and expensive scale-up and standarization of synthetic processes are the main hurdles towards the industrial production of raw synthetic and semi-synthetic polymers for (bio)pharmaceutical ...

Collagen is a natural constituent of the extracellular matrix of tissues. It iswell known that, when prepared without additives, diluted collagen hydrogels presentpoor mechanical properties limiting their use in tissue ...

Beginning with a general overview of nanocomposites, Bionanocomposites: Integrating Biological Processes for Bio-inspired Nanotechnologies details the systems available in nature (nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, ...

The development of advanced biocidal agents stands as a global challenge, focused on the increasing demand of new biomaterials with local and gradual release of antimicrobial agents. This is the first time that three ...

The interactions that could be built between the biomaterials and tissue- microenvironments are very complex, especially in case of degradable metals that generate a broad variety of degradation products. The interfacial ...

A biomaterial with bioactive glass nanoparticles (nBG) and Ca2+ incorporated into alginate matrix was developed. Films characterization was carried out by SEM, IR, tensile strength measurements, bioactivity assay, degradation ...