Smart Biomaterials for Precision Medicine: From Targeted Nanodelivery to Gene and Tissue Engineering
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials for Drug Delivery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 4
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2. Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
Interests: human genetics; bone biology; craniosynosynostosis; cellular and molecular biology; osteogenic mechanisms; bone regenerative strategies; craniofacial diseseas
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2. Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli—IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
Interests: drug design; drug delivery; protein interactions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Smart biomaterials are rapidly transforming the landscape of regenerative medicine and advanced therapeutics. Moving beyond their traditional role as passive structural supports, modern biomaterials are increasingly engineered as multifunctional platforms capable of responding to biological stimuli, delivering therapeutic agents with spatial and temporal precision, modulating gene expression, and actively directing tissue repair and regeneration.
This Special Issue aims to showcase recent advances in the design, characterization and biomedical application of smart biomaterials for targeted delivery and regenerative medicine. Particular emphasis will be placed on innovative systems integrating nanotechnology, biomaterials engineering, gene and nucleic acid delivery, cell-based therapies, tissue engineering and biofabrication approaches. Contributions addressing injectable biomaterials, bioresponsive hydrogels, nanocomposite scaffolds, biomaterial-assisted gene therapies, 3D bioprinting, advanced drug delivery systems and translational regenerative strategies are especially welcome.
While substantial literature exists on individual classes of biomaterials or specific regenerative applications, the convergence of smart materials, precision delivery technologies and bioengineering is generating a new generation of therapeutic platforms capable of controlling molecular, cellular and tissue-level processes simultaneously. This Special Issue seeks to provide a multidisciplinary forum highlighting these emerging trends, fostering dialogue between materials scientists, bioengineers, biologists and clinicians, and accelerating the translation of next-generation biomaterials toward clinical practice.
Dr. Wanda Lattanzi
Dr. Alessandro Arcovito
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart biomaterials
- targeted nanodelivery
- gene delivery
- gene therapy
- tissue engineering
- regenerative medicine
- biofabrication
- functional hydrogels
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