Plasma-inspired biomaterials [PDF]
, 2017 The first questions which arise when one looks at the title of this special issue are what are plasma-inspired biomaterials, and what is this Special Issue of Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (JPhysD) all about?
Canal Barnils, Cristina +2 more
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The Suitability of Propolis as a Bioactive Component of Biomaterials
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 Propolis is a resinous product collected by bees from plant exudates to protect and maintain hive homeostasis. Propolis has been used therapeutically for centuries as folk medicine.
Ronny Lesmana +17 more
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Bioactive ceramic-reinforced composites for bone augmentation [PDF]
, 2010 Biomaterials have been used to repair the human body for millennia, but it is only since the 1970s that man-made composites have been used. Hydroxyapatite (HA)-reinforced polyethylene (PE) is the first of the ‘second-generation’ biomaterials that have ...
Bonfield W. +20 more
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Proteins involved in the Vroman effect during exposure of human blood plasma to glass and polyethylene [PDF]
, 1996 The amounts of fibrinogen adsorbed to glass from various human blood plasmas have been measured as a function of time. The plasmas were 11 single donor plasmas, pooled plasma, a single donor high molecular weight kininogen (HMWK)-deficient plasma and ...
Beugeling, T., Poot, A.A., Turbill, P.
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The Use of Poly(vinyl alcohol)-based Hydrogels in Biomedical Applications [PDF]
, 2018 Polymers have found increasing favor in biomedical applications due to the greater control that researchers can exert over their properties. Researchers have focused on the development of therapies using biologically compatible polymers due to their ...
Subramanian, Deepak
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On the road to smart biomaterials for bone research: definitions, concepts, advances, and outlook
Bone Research, 2021 The demand for biomaterials that promote the repair, replacement, or restoration of hard and soft tissues continues to grow as the population ages. Traditionally, smart biomaterials have been thought as those that respond to stimuli.
Carolina Montoya +5 more
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Material matters: exploring the interplay between natural biomaterials and host immune system
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Biomaterials are widely used for various medical purposes, for instance, implants, tissue engineering, medical devices, and drug delivery systems. Natural biomaterials can be obtained from proteins, carbohydrates, and cell-specific sources. However, when
Alok Shiomurti Tripathi +6 more
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Innovative approach for the in vitro research on biomedical scaffolds designed and customized with CAD-CAM technology [PDF]
, 2016 Studies on biomaterials involve assays aimed to assess the interactions between the biomaterial and the cells seeded on its surface. However, the morphology of biomaterials is heterogeneous and it could be tricky to standardize the results among ...
Apicella, Davide +11 more
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Functionalisation of Ti6Al4V and hydroxyapatite surfaces with combined peptides based on KKLPDA and EEEEEEEE peptides [PDF]
, 2017 Surface modifications are usually performed on titanium alloys to improve osteo-integration and surface bioactivity. Modifications such as alkaline and acid etching, or coating with bioactive materials such as hydroxyapatite, have previously been ...
Ben-Nissan, Besim +4 more
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Adsorption and release of BMP-2 on nanocrystalline apatite-coated and uncoated hydroxyapatite/b-tricalcium phosphate porous ceramics [PDF]
, 2009 The association of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) with calcium phosphate bioceramics is known to confer them osteoinductive properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the surface properties, especially regarding recombinant human BMP-2 (rhBMP-
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