Design and Development of Gelatin-Based Materials (2nd Edition)

A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Analysis and Characterization".

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Dear Colleagues,

The applications of gelatin have bypassed its use as a traditional food additive and in pharmaceutical excipients, photographic emulsions, ballistic simulators, and industrial adhesives, and it has been playing an increasingly important role in the fields of cell culture, drug delivery, and tissue repair–regeneration during the past decade. Gelatin and its derivatives have been used as raw materials in developing plasma substitutes, hemostatic materials, vaccine stabilizers, GelMA hydrogels, bone repair materials, tissue adhesives, tissue mimics, and tissue engineering scaffolds, etc., as medical device products. China is the main producer of gelatin and possesses the production capacity of high-end medical gelatin represented by low-endotoxin gelatin. We are launching this Special Issue “Design and Development of Gelatin-Based Materials” to better promote the development of China’s medical device field, safeguard human health, and develop the application potential of gelatin.

Dr. Bing Zhang
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Keywords

  • gelatin based material
  • hemostatic materials
  • tissue adhesives
  • regeneration medicine
  • GelMA hydrogel
  • plasma substitutes
  • tissue engineering scaffolds

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Transcatheter Arterial Embolization (TAE) of Uterine Artery with Gelatin Sponge for Cesarean Scar Pregnancy: A Current State of the Art Review
by Roberto Minici, Francesco Tiralongo, Massimo Venturini, Federico Fontana, Filippo Piacentino, Melania Nicoletta, Andrea Coppola, Giuseppe Guzzardi, Francesco Giurazza, Fabio Corvino and Domenico Laganà
Gels 2026, 12(1), 44; https://doi.org/10.3390/gels12010044 - 1 Jan 2026
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Cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) carries a high risk of severe hemorrhage and potential loss of fertility. This narrative review summarizes current evidence on uterine artery embolization (UAE) using absorbable gelatin sponge (GS), focusing on GS preparation, procedural approaches, and reported outcomes. PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, [...] Read more.
Cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) carries a high risk of severe hemorrhage and potential loss of fertility. This narrative review summarizes current evidence on uterine artery embolization (UAE) using absorbable gelatin sponge (GS), focusing on GS preparation, procedural approaches, and reported outcomes. PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, and Google Scholar were searched from January 2015 to 31 December 2024 for peer-reviewed studies reporting UAE with GS for CSP (GS alone or combined with intra-arterial methotrexate and/or adjunct particles). Fifty studies (N = 3139) were included. Technical success was 3133/3139 (~99.8%) and clinical success was 2975/3139 (~94.8%), with most cohorts reporting high clinical control. Severe complications were infrequently reported (typically ~2–4% in most series). Menstrual function, when assessed, generally recovered within ~1–2 months. Subsequent pregnancy outcomes were inconsistently reported and follow-up durations were heterogeneous, predominantly in retrospective designs. Overall, UAE with GS appears effective for hemostasis in CSP and may reduce escalation to hysterectomy in appropriately selected patients. Standardized reporting of GS preparation and outcomes, as well as prospective multicenter registries/studies, are needed to refine best practices. Full article
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