One of the basic functions of the human body is mobility. When the mobile function can no longer be performed, a number of problems arise. Orthopaedic implants are medical devices made of one or more biocompatible materials that are placed inside the human body in order to replace the damaged parts and take over their biological functions. The purpose of this paper is to present a series of ana...

We report on the fabrication and characterization of a low-cost micro-Coulter counter fabricated from biocompatible materials (Poly-dimethylsiloxane, glass and gold) and incorporating hydrodynamic focusing. The developed micro-Coulter counter offers a low-cost alternative to equivalent existing devices and, thanks to the hydrodynamic focusing, provides high versatility, being able to probe part...

Due to their properties such as superparamagnetism, high surface area, large surface-to-volume ratio, easy separation under external magnetic fields, iron magnetic nanoparticles have attracted much attention in the past few decades. Various modification methods have been developed to produce biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles for protein immobilization. This review provides an updated and int...

Hydrogels are crosslinked macromolecular networks saturated by water solutions and they are an example of a swelling material. The behaviour of swelling materials can be described by a multi-component mixture model [1], which takes into account four components of the material: solid, liquid, cation and anion, together with their interactions. Hydrogels are very biocompatible because their chara...

Background Improving the therapeutic index of drugs is a major impetus for innovation in many therapeutic areas such as HIV, cancer, inflammatory and other infectious diseases. Polyester based dendrimers constitute a very attractive class of materials because they are less toxic, biodegradable and biocompatible. Our aim is to develop a novel ester based versatile dendritic nanocarrier that coul...

Konjac glucomannan (KGM) has attracted extensive attention because of its biodegradable, non-toxic, harmless, and biocompatible features. Its gelation performance is one of its most significant characteristics and enables wide applications of KGM gels in food, chemical, pharmaceutical, materials, and other fields. Herein, different preparation methods of KGM gels and their microstructures were ...

Spider dragline silk is considered to be the toughest biopolymer on Earth due to an extraordinary combination of strength and elasticity. Moreover, silks are biocompatible and biodegradable protein-based materials. Recent advances in genetic engineering make it possible to produce recombinant silks in heterologous hosts, opening up opportunities for large-scale production of recombinant silks f...

Within the last years, progress has been made in the knowledge of the properties of medically used nanoparticles and their toxic effects, but still, little is known about their influence on cellular processes of immune cells. The aim of our comparative study was to present the influence of two different nanoparticle types on subcellular processes of primary monocytes and the leukemic monocyte c...