AUTHOR=Hu Tao , Fang Jie , Shen Yang , Li Mingyang , Wang Bin , Xu Zushun , Hu Weikang TITLE=Advances of naturally derived biomedical polymers in tissue engineering JOURNAL=Frontiers in Chemistry VOLUME=12 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2024.1469183 DOI=10.3389/fchem.2024.1469183 ISSN=2296-2646 ABSTRACT=

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.