Now, the precise diagnosis and treatment of neurogenic disease are always challenging in the clinical scenario. Both the uncontrollable pathophysiological process and complex physiological structure may lead to unsatisfactory therapeutic effects, further causing the disability and low life quality of patients.
Polymer hydrogels, nanomaterials, and hydrogel-nano composites provide a promising tool for the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases, including neurological diseases. They possess various structures and morphologies and exhibit various functions with excellent biocompatibility, and adjustable structure, which can interact with different bio-systems in a very specific manner. Compared to traditional drugs, hydrogel-nanomaterials are considered to be an ideal platform to integrate both accurate diagnosis and efficient treatments of neurological diseases due to the fabrication of different functional moieties. Hence, hydrogel-nanomaterials-based methods have been used for the therapeutic studies of neurological diseases in clinical practice. However, despite the achievements in this area, the hydrogel-nanomaterials-based theranostics of neurogenic diseases still exist some difficulties.
This Research Topic aimed at integrating recent progress in hydrogel-nanomaterials function and utility, specifically the ability as delivery carriers in neurological diseases, with an emphasis on diagnostics, therapeutics, and theranostic applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
New advance of polymer hydrogel, nanomaterial carriers fabrication, characterization, and bioengineering in neurogenic disease.
New delivery technique advances in the drug, gene, stem cells of hydrogel, and nanomaterial-based bio-carriers for neurogenic disease treatment.
Mechanisms involved in the release of drugs, genes, stem cells from polymer hydrogel, and nanomaterial.
Functional hydrogel-nanomaterials for neuroregeneration.
Now, the precise diagnosis and treatment of neurogenic disease are always challenging in the clinical scenario. Both the uncontrollable pathophysiological process and complex physiological structure may lead to unsatisfactory therapeutic effects, further causing the disability and low life quality of patients.
Polymer hydrogels, nanomaterials, and hydrogel-nano composites provide a promising tool for the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases, including neurological diseases. They possess various structures and morphologies and exhibit various functions with excellent biocompatibility, and adjustable structure, which can interact with different bio-systems in a very specific manner. Compared to traditional drugs, hydrogel-nanomaterials are considered to be an ideal platform to integrate both accurate diagnosis and efficient treatments of neurological diseases due to the fabrication of different functional moieties. Hence, hydrogel-nanomaterials-based methods have been used for the therapeutic studies of neurological diseases in clinical practice. However, despite the achievements in this area, the hydrogel-nanomaterials-based theranostics of neurogenic diseases still exist some difficulties.
This Research Topic aimed at integrating recent progress in hydrogel-nanomaterials function and utility, specifically the ability as delivery carriers in neurological diseases, with an emphasis on diagnostics, therapeutics, and theranostic applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
New advance of polymer hydrogel, nanomaterial carriers fabrication, characterization, and bioengineering in neurogenic disease.
New delivery technique advances in the drug, gene, stem cells of hydrogel, and nanomaterial-based bio-carriers for neurogenic disease treatment.
Mechanisms involved in the release of drugs, genes, stem cells from polymer hydrogel, and nanomaterial.
Functional hydrogel-nanomaterials for neuroregeneration.
