Biomineral Inspired Materials for Regenerative Medicine

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce this Special Issue on “Biomineral Inspired Materials for Regenerative Medicine”.

In the field of regenerative medicine, the search for the ideal tissue replacement materials is still ongoing. Current results show that bioinspired materials which mimic natural tissue are among the best candidates for medical applications. Such materials induce a less aversive immune response, especially in comparison with conventional materials. Materials for regenerative medicine should be biocompatible, have similar properties to the tissue they replace, and at the same time be biodegradable, bioinductive, and/or bioconductive. Biomineral inspired application of diverse minerals such as silicates, calcium carbonates, or phosphates is already widespread, but it is hard for a single material to satisfy all the needed requirements. To fulfill the mechanical demands of some materials for regenerative medicine, diverse metallic (stainless steel, CoCE alloys, titanium alloys) or non-metallic inorganic (ceramics, bioactive glasses) materials are being researched. They are commonly combined with diverse organic compounds such as amino acids, proteins, polysaccharides, hormones, drugs, etc. to which the tissue in need of repair should adapt more easily.

We invite you to submit your recent work on the preparation, properties, and applications of biomineral-inspired materials for regenerative medicine for publication in our Special Issue.

Topics of interest for this Special Issue include (but are not limited to):

• Mineralized hydrogels and scaffolds;
• Biomaterials as drug delivery devices;
• Functionalized nanomaterials;
• Composites.

Dr. Vida Strasser
Dr. Darija Domazet Jurašin
Dr. Maja Dutour Sikirić
Guest Editors

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