Biopolymer-Based Gels for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, the development of new materials for biomedical applications has received much attention. The discovery and development of advanced gel-forming polymers is essential to address the challenges of drug delivery and tissue engineering. Natural polymers, polysaccharides, proteins, and nucleic acids show remarkable structural and functional characteristics such as biocompatibility and biodegradability. Furthermore, they demonstrate a reduced capacity to induce tissue inflammatory responses; therefore, they are considered suitable for various biomedical applications, mostly in the form of gels.

Such gels have been investigated for their potential to be used in drug delivery, wound healing, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. Using a rational molecular design, gels can be optimised to respond to environmental stimuli such as pH, temperature, cells redox potential, etc. Due to their biodegradability, these gels can release the pharmacological load in a controlled manner in target cells or tissues, therefore promoting improved therapeutic effects. Using engineering approaches, gels can be modified to obtain tailor-made materials with a significantly improved mechanical strength for tissue regeneration.

We invite you to publish your research articles and reviews in this Special Issue of Gels entitled “Biopolymer-Based Gels for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering”. We believe that the publications in this Special Issue will allow important contributions to be made in terms of the advancement of scientific knowledge in the field of natural polymer-based hydrogels for biomedical applications.

Dr. Yordanka Uzunova
Dr. Bissera Pilicheva
Prof. Dr. Yunlong Wu
Guest Editors

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