Bioactive Elements for Tissue Regeneration

Dear Colleagues,

With the emergence of an aging society, more and more people are suffering from aging-related diseases, such as osteoarthritis, bone defects and so on. For this reason, more and more biomaterials have been developed and investigated to meet the clinical demand. However, only a very limited number of biomaterials have been successfully translated into clinical applications. Bioactive elements, such as Ca, Mg and Sr,  play important roles in human metabolism and tissue regeneration and thus have a good clinical application prospect. Therefore, it is of great significance to develop bioactive elements-contained biomaterials that enhance the success of efforts to promote tissue regeneration and eventually overcome challenges for their future clinical translation.

This Special Issue, "Bioactive Elements for Tissue Regeneration", aims to present major advances in the field of tissue regeneration and the recent progress of bioactive elements for tissue repair and regeneration. This Special Issue accepts original research and reviews about bioactive elements, novel biomaterials, biofabrication technologies, molecular mechanisms, and other therapeutic approaches for tissue regeneration.

The topics and themes of this research topic will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Novel bioactive elements-contained biomaterials fabrication methods and technologies;
• Novel molecular mechanism studies on bone/cartilage regeneration and repair;
• Bioactive elements for the regeneration of bone, cartilage, ligaments, tendons, and skin;
• Novel material biological effects of bioactive elements;
• Challenges and opportunities of bioactive elements in clinical transformation;
• Development of bioactive elements-contained biomaterials for potential clinical application.

Dr. Zhen Geng
Dr. Jiajun Qiu
Dr. Peng Yu
Dr. Bo Li
Guest Editors

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