Dextran-Based Injectable Hydrogel Composites for Bone Regeneration.

ABSTRACT: Currently, bone infections caused by diseases or injuries are a major health issue. In addition, the conventional therapeutic approaches used to treat bone diseases or injuries present several drawbacks. In the area of tissue engineering, researchers have been developing new alternative therapeutic approaches, such as scaffolds, to promote the regeneration of injured tissues. Despite the advantages of these materials, most of them require an invasive surgical procedure. To overcome these problems, the main focus of this work was to develop scaffolds for bone regeneration, which can be applied using injectable hydrogels that circumvent the use of invasive procedures, while allowing for bone regeneration. Throughout this work, injectable hydrogels were developed based on a natural polymer, d

SUBMITTER: Alves P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10707775 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature