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

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
Guest Editor

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