Bio-Based Materials and Personalized Medicine: Innovative Applications in Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Delivery and Controlled Release".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chitosan; PLA; hydrogels; drug delivery; transdermal delivery; nanoparticles; electrospinning; 3D printing; tissue engineering
Interests: drug delivery systems; controlled drug release; biopolymers; mucoadhesive carrier; pharmaceutical technology
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Dear Colleagues,
The intersection of bio-based materials and personalized medicine represents a rapidly evolving field in biomedical science, offering new pathways for individualized healthcare solutions. As the demand for more effective, patient-centered treatments has increased, the development of sustainable and biocompatible materials has become essential for advancing tissue engineering and drug delivery technologies. Bio-based materials—derived from renewable natural resources such as polysaccharides, proteins, lipids, and biodegradable polymers—exhibit inherent biocompatibility, tunable properties, and environmental sustainability, making them ideal candidates for next-generation medical applications.
In the context of tissue engineering, these materials provide structural and biochemical signals that mimic the native extracellular matrix, supporting cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation. This enables the fabrication of customized scaffolds and implants tailored to patients’ unique needs. Meanwhile, in drug delivery, bio-based carriers are engineered to enable the controlled, targeted, and stimuli-responsive delivery of therapeutics, enhancing treatment efficacy while minimizing side effects.
This Special Issue will explore the most recent advances in bio-based materials for personalized medicine, with a focus on their applications in tissue engineering and targeted drug delivery. We welcome scholars to contribute original research and reviews highlighting the latest material platforms developed for these purposes.
Dr. Maria Lazaridou
Dr. Magdalena Paczkowska-Walendowska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bio-based materials
- personalized medicine
- tissue engineering
- drug delivery
- biocompatibility
- sustainability
- extracellular matrix
- customized scaffolds
- stimuli-responsive
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