Polymer Materials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering II
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2024 | Viewed by 18450
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanoscaled drug delivery; nanoscaled drug delivery systems; tumor-on-chip systems; colorectal cancer research; regenerative medicine; tissue engineering
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Interests: colon cancer research; nanoscaled drug delivery systems; tumor-on-chip; liquid biopsy; pharmacogenomics; personalized medicine
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Further to the success of the Special Issue of Polymers entitled “Polymer Materials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering”, we are delighted to reopen the Special Issue, now entitled “Polymer Materials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering II”.
The recent years have witnessed an impressive development of modern therapies because of the appearance of numerous novel drug-delivery systems and biomaterials synthetized for tissue engineering purposes. The use of polymer-based biomaterials (natural, synthetic, or blends) has played a pivotal role in the tremendous advances reported in the biomedical field because of their tailorable designs, versatility, attractive physiochemical properties, and excellent biocompatibility. On the one hand, polymer-based materials are widely used in tissue engineering for the design and fabrication of biomimetic scaffolds that resemble the complex architecture of the defective tissues, which are easily engineered to exert distinct biological functions. On the other hand, polymers have been used for drug and gene delivery system fabrication because of their ability to carry both hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs or other molecules, with a controlled release of controllable doses, that can be biofunctionalized to ensure the efficient delivery of pharmacological cargo to the desired site. Moreover, functional polymer-based biomaterials with dual functions, scaffolds, and delivery vehicles for therapeutic agents and biological cues are currently an attractive modern approach in regenerative medicine. Independent of the targeted application, smart polymers currently represent a popular choice in the biomedical field, as these stimuli-responsive materials can adapt to the biological environment, thus providing a real opportunity for designing personalized biomedical products.
This Special Issue titled “Polymer Materials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering II” will focus on the recent development of polymeric materials intended for tissue engineering or drug-delivery applications. In this regard, we invite members of the academic and scientific communities to contribute original papers, short communications, or reviews on the development, characterization, and possible biological applications of polymer-based biomaterials, with applications in drug delivery and tissue engineering. The purpose of this Special Issue is to gather cutting-edge research and new insights into polymer-based biomaterial progress in terms of novel and innovative methods of synthesis and functionalization, as well as modern approaches for in vitro and in vivo biological effect investigations.
Dr. Ariana Hudita
Dr. Bianca Gǎlǎţeanu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioinspired implantable materials
- nano shuttles
- polymeric drug-delivery systems
- tissue engineering
- regenerative medicine
- non-viral vectors
- modern biomedicine
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