Topic Editors
2. Professor and Scientific Director—Research, Development and Innovation, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile
3. Professor, Dental Sciences Doctoral Program, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile
4. Professor, CiiB, BioMedicine Doctoral Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile
Injectable Hydrogels for Cell and Drug Delivery
Topic Information
Dear Colleagues,
Most cells and drugs require appropriate formulation for their successful application as pharmaceuticals. The use of polymer-based hydrogel biomaterials for the delivery of drugs and recruitment of cells to promote tissue regeneration in the body is of growing interest. This Topic will invite original research and review articles focusing primarily on the principles and strategies employed for the design, formulation, characterization, evaluation, and translation of novel injectable hydrogels for pharmaceuticals and tissue engineering applications. It will accomplish this by discussing and/or presenting recent innovative advances in polymers, their building blocks, and the engineering chemistries for their formation, whether by chemical crosslinking reactions or physical interactions. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- drug delivery hydrogels
- pharmacokinetics in hydrogels
- stimuli-responsive polymers
- natural polymers
- hydrogel nanoparticles
- injectable hydrogels
- drug encapsulation
- dynamic hydrogels
- sustained drug release
- targeted drug delivery
Dr. Prabir Patra
Prof. Dr. Ziyad S. Haidar
Topic Editors
Keywords
- injectable
- hydrogels
- therapeutics
- agent delivery
- cell
- drug delivery
- crosslinking reaction
- tissue repair and regeneration
- pharmaceuticals
- natural polymer
- synthetic polymer
- peptide
- polysaccharides
Participating Journals
Journal Name | Impact Factor | CiteScore | Launched Year | First Decision (median) | APC | |
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Cells
|
5.1 | 9.9 | 2012 | 17.5 Days | CHF 2700 | Submit |
Materials
|
3.1 | 5.8 | 2008 | 15.5 Days | CHF 2600 | Submit |
Molecules
|
4.2 | 7.4 | 1996 | 15.1 Days | CHF 2700 | Submit |
Pharmaceutics
|
4.9 | 7.9 | 2009 | 14.9 Days | CHF 2900 | Submit |
Separations
|
2.5 | 3.0 | 2014 | 12.4 Days | CHF 2600 | Submit |
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