Tao Hu
1*
Jie Fang
1,2
Bin Wang
3*
Weikang Hu
1*The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.
REVIEW article
Front. Chem.
Sec. Polymer Chemistry
Volume 12 - 2024 |
doi: 10.3389/fchem.2024.1469183
This article is part of the Research Topic Advances in Natural Macromolecules: Chemistry and Materials Engineering View all articles
Advances of naturally derived biomedical polymers in tissue engineering
Provisionally accepted- 1 Hubei University, Wuhan, China
- 2 Shenzhen Youcare Medical Equipment Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, China
- 3 Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
The extensive utilization of natural polymers in tissue engineering is attributed to their excellent biocompatibility, degradability, and resemblance to the natural extracellular matrix. These polymers have a wide range of applications such as delivering therapeutic medicine, detecting diseases, sensing biological substances, promoting tissue regeneration, and treating diseases. This is a brief review of current developments in the properties and uses of widely used biomedical polymers derived from nature. Additionally, it explores the correlation between the characteristics and functions of these materials in different biomedical applications and highlights the prospective direction for the advancement of natural polymer materials in tissue engineering.
Keywords: Natural Polymers, Tissue Engineering, biomedical application, scaffolds, Regenerative Medicine
Received: 23 Jul 2024; Accepted: 11 Nov 2024.
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* Correspondence:
Tao Hu, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
Yang Shen, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
Mingyang Li, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
Bin Wang, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Zushun Xu, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
Weikang Hu, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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