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Different Approaches Used for Conversion of Biomaterials to Feedstock
In this new era of modernization, automation and connectivity are the major players for the progress of today’s world. The change from the silicon era to carbon life has brought many ways to simplify our lives...
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3D Printed Implants for Joint Replacement
The 3D printing technology started and developed at the early stages of the eighties, where it is based on constructing the object layer by layer by using the appropriate material and technology and where it h...
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Design and Development of Surgical Guide for Dental Implant Surgery
Use of dental drill guides helps surgeons in improving pre-surgical planning. It could lead to a decline in surgical mistakes and more accurate results. Other uses of these guides are simulation and training. ...
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Product Sustainability Assessment
The manufacturing sector has seen much advancement from the first industrial revolution to the modern twenty-first century. The primitive manufacturing techniques include mostly the human effort but with the p...
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Introduction to Biomaterials
Biomaterials are biocompatible materials designed to interface with both living tissue and the environment. They are manufactured from natural sources (living tissue such as silk) or synthetic sources (artific...
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Bioprinting
Since the discovery of cells in 1665 by Robert Hooke, they are considered nature’s building blocks that are primarily responsible for giving us a physical manifestation. These natural building blocks can be ut...
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Design of Patient-Specific Maxillofacial Implants and Guides
With the development of three-dimensional (3D) design and manufacturing technologies, it is possible to easily manufacture various computer-aided patient-specific instruments. In the maxillofacial region, trea...
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Three-Dimensional Printed Drugs and Related Technology: A Potential Review
Technological progression in the field of drug Three-Dimensional Printing (3DP) gives evidence of its mass adoption by the pharmaceutical industry. Due to the wide range of applications of drug 3DP methods, it...
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Successful Stories of 3D Printing in Healthcare Applications: A Brief Review
3D printing is extensively being used, nowadays, for mass customization and fabrication of complex products with different shape, size, and functionality behaviour. This led to the emergence of 3D printing in ...
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Nanoparticles for Tissue Engineering: Type, Properties, and Characterization
The multidisciplinary area of tissue engineering unifies various fields such as medical biology, engineering, and material science that focus on develo** biological alternatives to increase the functions of ...
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Application of Nanoparticles in Soft Tissue Engineering
Tissue engineering is an interdisciplinary approach that integrates several fields of study such as biology, biochemistry, chemistry, nanotechnology, engineering, and material science. Three components are com...
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Biomimetic via Exosome Mimetics in Regenerative Medicine and Therapeutics
Over the years, the field of regenerative medicine and therapeutics has witnessed several modifications in terms of the delivery vehicle used and their complex engineering to achieve the targeted drug/cargo de...
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Strategies to Improve Delivery of Bioactive Agents
The delivery of bioactive agents/drugs in disease therapy and its improper disposal is one of the major causes of the constant rise in pollution levels. The majority of these factors depend upon alternative ap...
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Role of Polymeric Nanomaterial in Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology
The combination of nanoparticles (NPs) and stem cells have been extensively investigated in regenerative medicine. Different types of NPs have been designed using various strategies that work very proficiently...
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Challenges and Future Prospect of Nanoparticles in Tissue Engineering
Tissue engineering (TE) is a process where the damaged tissues and organs are recovered in a natural process using the patient’s physiological system. This involves fully repairing or regenerating damaged orga...
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3D Bioprinting: A Short Overview and Future Prospects in Healthcare Engineering
The introduction of 3D Bioprinting in the fields of tissue engineering (TE) and regenerative medicine (RM) has significantly improved our ability to emulate the complex structural and functional organization o...
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Nanoparticles and Bioceramics Used in Hard Tissue Engineering
Tissue engineering is an interdisciplinary field. Despite the name, most tissue engineering does not involve traditional engineering. Tissue engineering is about restoring tissue damaged by trauma or disease t...