With the great success of graphene in biomedical field, carbon nanotubes have attracted increasing attention for different applications ophthalmology. Here, we report a novel retinal sheet composed (CNTs) and poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) that can enhance cell therapy. By tuning our CNTs to regulate mechanical characteristics retina sheets, were able improve vitro viability ganglion cell...

Tissue engineering can be easily described as the in vitro seeding and attachment of human cells onto a scaffold in order to develop new tissue. The application of polymers as scaffolds may bring interesting properties, such as bioresorbability, biocompatibility, mechanical behavior closer to that presented by the original tissue. Poly (Lactic-coGlycolic Acid) (PLGA) and Poly(Isoprene) (PI) wer...

The application of renewable raw materials encourages research in the biopolymers area. The Poly(Lacticco-Glycolic Acid)/Poly(Isoprene) (PLGA/IR) blend combines biocompatibility for application in the health field with excellent mechanical properties. The blend was obtained by solubilization of polymers in organic solvents. To investigate the polymer thermochemical properties, FTIR and DSC were...

This study examines the potential of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles functionalized with poly(zwitterion)-mannose brushes to target macrophages. Uptake studies RAW 264.7 macrophages indicate that multiple mannose-binding sites in grafted facilitate interaction mannose receptor macrophages, resulting approximately four times higher cellular uptake than monolayer coatings. To t...