Advanced Functional Biomaterials in Regenerative Medicine (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 983
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bone metabolic diseases; bone biology; stem cell; bone tissue; osteogenic differentiation
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Interests: cell culture; gene expression; medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry; antioxidants; general surgery; reactive oxygen species; pharmacodynamics; traumatology; bone; bone metabolism; liver; diabetes; toxicology; glutathione; osteoblasts; osteoclasts; mechanotransduction; hepatocytes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Despite all advancements in implant design and surgical techniques, up to 10% of all broken bones worldwide still do not heal properly. The costs associated with this dilemma are enormous, weighing equally between social security spending and patient well-being. Although significant advances have been made in the last few decades in the development of new materials to overcome bone and wound healing disorders, there remains a high unmet medical need to address unhealed fractures. Through this Special Issue collection, we hope to compile new ideas to develop new biomaterials that can promote bone and tissue regeneration. This may include the functional adaptation of biomaterial design; improved adjustment of mechanical properties; changes in surface structures, internal porosity, or the material property itself; active drug, synthetic mRNA, or exosome release from the implant, etc., as they can directly affect the surrounding cell response (such as cell adhesion, proliferation, differentiation, etc.). Other topics include new biomaterials to improve clinical diagnosis of non-unions, treatment strategies, and early identification of risk patients. We welcome contributions on the following topics (articles, reviews, and communications):
- New biomaterials in medical technology;
- Bionanomaterials;
- Biomaterial applications in the field of implants;
- Biomaterial interaction and cells;
- (Bio)material applications in the non-implant area;
- Biocompatibility and biofunctionality, in vitro and in vivo tests;
- Functional biomaterials;
- Biomaterials as drug delivery agents.
Prof. Dr. Andreas K. Nüssler
Prof. Dr. Sabrina Ehnert
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- new biomaterials in medical technology
- bionanomaterials
- biomaterial applications in the field of implants
- biomaterial interaction and cells
- (bio)material applications in the non-implant area
- biocompatibility and biofunctionality, in vitro and in vivo tests
- functional biomaterials
- biomaterials as drug delivery agents
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