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Biopolymers for Tissue Engineering II
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Biopolymers for Tissue Engineering II

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 2719

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Payam Zarrintaj

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Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Science, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
Interests: polymer engineering; biomaterials; tissue engineering; drug delivery
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Dr. Masoud Mozafari

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1. Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
2. Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Interests: biomaterials; namomedicine; translational medicine; tissue engineering; advanced drug delivery
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Prof. Dr. Farzad Seidi

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Joint International Research Lab of Lignocellulosic Functional Materials, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Interests: polymer chemistry; functional polymers; hydrogels; membrane; polysacchrides; anti-corrosion polymers; colloids and nanopaticles
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Tissue engineering, as one of the most challenging research areas, can afford alternative materials for growth and regeneration of damaged organs and tissues. The efficiency and success of tissue engineering highly dependent on the materials applied for the development of matrixes. Biocompatibility, mechanical properties, and functionality of materials are the key factors for determining the performance of the final matrix. Biopolymers (including polysaccharides, polypeptides, polyphenols, etc.) have got particular attention on research as accessible biomaterials for tissue engineering applications.

Accordingly, this special issue will focus on recent progresses and developments related to the utilizing of biopolymers as promising biomaterials for tissue engineering and regeneration. We invite you to submit you research articles, review papers and short communication which can generate new insights into this area of science.

Dr. PaYaM ZarrinTaj
Dr. Masoud Mozafari
Prof. Dr. Farzad Seidi
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • tissue engineering
  • regeneration
  • biopolymers
  • natural polymers
  • polysaccharides
  • polypeptides
  • biomaterials
  • biodegradable
  • scaffolds

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Exploring the Impact of Chitosan Composites as Artificial Organs
by Iyyakkannu Sivanesan, Nazim Hasan, Manikandan Muthu, Gowsalya Blessing, Judy Gopal, Sechul Chun, Juhyun Shin and Jae-Wook Oh
Polymers 2022, 14(8), 1587; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/polym14081587 - 13 Apr 2022
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Chitosan and its allies have in multiple ways expanded into the medical, food, chemical, and biological industries and is still expanding. With its humble beginnings from marine shell wastes, the deacetylated form of chitin has come a long way in clinical practices. The [...] Read more.
Chitosan and its allies have in multiple ways expanded into the medical, food, chemical, and biological industries and is still expanding. With its humble beginnings from marine shell wastes, the deacetylated form of chitin has come a long way in clinical practices. The biomedical applications of chitosan are truly a feather on its cap, with rarer aspects being chitosan’s role in tissue regeneration and artificial organs. Tissue regeneration is a highly advanced and sensitive biomedical application, and the very fact that chitosan is premiering here is an authentication of its ability to deliver. In this review, the various biomedical applications of chitosan are touched on briefly. The synthesis methodologies that are specific for tissue engineering and biomedical applications have been listed. What has been achieved using chitosan and chitosan composites in artificial organ research as well as tissue regeneration has been surveyed and presented. The lack of enthusiasm, as demonstrated by the very few reports online with respect to chitosan composites and artificial organs, is highlighted, and the reasons for this lapse speculated. What more needs be done to expand chitosan and its allies for a better utilization and exploitation to best benefit the construction of artificial organs and building of tissue analogs has been discussed. Full article
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