Engineering of Functional Micro-/Nanoparticles for Stem Cell Therapy
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Engineering and Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 3675
Special Issue Editor
Interests: design of drug delivery systems using microfluidics platforms; high-throughput screening platform for nanomaterials; engineering of micro/nano particles for stem cell therapy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A large number of clinical trials have demonstrated the effectiveness of stem cell therapy as an alternative therapeutic paradigm over the conventional approaches for autoimmune, inflammatory, neurological, and orthopedic diseases, as well as traumatic injuries. For an ideal therapeutic effect, a sufficient number of stem cells must be retained at the injury site or migrate to the targeted tissues to exert long-term biological effects. In addition, the successful implementation of stem cell therapy requires a comprehensive understanding of cell fate after transplantation, including cell localization, survival, and differentiation. Despite the obvious merits of stem cell therapy, so far, it is difficult to realize the aforementioned functional therapeutic benefits by using stem cells alone.
Recent research has demonstrated the distinct effects of functional micro-/nanoparticles, including their propensity for controlled drug release, cell retention and engraftment at the injury site, cell fate modulation, biomedical imaging, and so on, thereby paving the way for stem cell engineering as an effective disease treatment. This Special Issue aims to include research on the design, fabrication, and multiple biomedical applications of functional micro-/nanoparticles for enhancing stem cell therapy. The types of functional micro-/nanoparticles include drug-delivery systems, hydrogel microspheres, labeling agents, artificial exoskeletons, etc. All relevant basic and clinical results will be considered for publication in this Special Issue.
Dr. Ming Ma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- stem cell therapy
- micro-/nanoparticles
- drug delivery
- regenerative medicine
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