Polymer-Based Dressings for Skin Regeneration and Wound Dressing Applications
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmaceutical Technology, Manufacturing and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 2843
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Interests: polymer-based materials; wound dressings; drug delivery systems; drug discovery and design; organic synthesis of drug molecules (antimalarials, antimicrobials, anticancer)
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Interests: polymers; nanoparticles; wound dressings; skin regeneration; nanofibers; membranes; hydrogels; essential oils; anticancer drugs; antimalarials
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Dear Colleagues,
The delayed process of wound healing and skin regeneration remains a great challenge in the treatment of wounds, despite the numerous commercially available wound dressing products. The factors that result in delayed skin wound repair are systematic (e.g., diabetes mellitus, obesity, smoking, chemotherapy, aging, and malnutrition) and local (e.g., infections, foreign substance invasion, and oxygenation). Wound dressing materials that are based on biopolymers are potential candidates due to their interesting properties that promote the acceleration of wound healing and skin regeneration. These properties include excellent biodegradability and biocompatibility, non-toxicity, low antigenicity, and the capability to induce cell migration and proliferation. However, biopolymer-based wound dressings suffer from poor mechanical performance, which can be addressed by combining them with synthetic polymers to produce hybrid wound dressings. The polymer-based materials can be formulated into different forms, such as hydrogels, nanofibers, films, membranes, foams, wafers, sponges/bandages, and composites, depending on the nature of the wound. These wound dressing scaffolds can be loaded with bioactive agents such as antibiotics, essential oils, growth factors, vitamins, and others to improve their biological activities. This Special Issue aims to highlight the potential outcomes of polymer-based wound dressing materials from the preclinical and clinical trials of wound healing and skin regeneration.
Prof. Dr. Blessing Atim Aderibigbe
Dr. Sibusiso Alven
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wound healing
- skin regeneration
- chronic wounds
- wound dressings
- biopolymers
- synthetic polymers
- nanofibers
- hydrogels
- films
- sponges
- wafer
- foams
- composites
- bioactive agents
- self-healing materials
- nanomaterials
- advanced materials
- hydrocolloids
- 3D printing
- polymeric microneedles
- biopolymers
- antibacterial activity
- essential oils
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