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Open AccessTrends in mechanobiology guided tissue engineering and tools to study cell-substrate interactions: a brief review
Sensing the mechanical properties of the substrates or the matrix by the cells and the tissues, the subsequent downstream responses at the cellular, nuclear and epigenetic levels and the outcomes are beginning...
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Nanotechnology in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Nanotechnology has advanced to unparalleled heights in biomaterials science. With the clear advantage of utilizing nanotechnology based systems compared to macroscale systems, such as targeted drug delivery, t...
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Perspectives and Challenges of Using Chitosan in Various Biological Applications
Chitosan is a cationic biopolymer that is derived from chitin by the alkaline deacetylation technique. It has randomly distributed d-glucosamine and N-Acetyl-d-glucosamine units in its backbone. Due to the presen...
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Chitosan Based Biomaterials for Periodontal Therapy
Periodontal diseases remain one of the major causes for tooth loss. Untreated periodontal disease could be debilitating for an individual and it could also lead to various other systemic health issues such as ...
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Open AccessRole of fibroblast growth factors in bone regeneration
Bone is a metabolically active organ that undergoes continuous remodeling throughout life. However, many complex skeletal defects such as large traumatic bone defects or extensive bone loss after tumor resecti...