Recent advances in fields such as tissue engineering, advanced biomaterials and injectable polymers promise to alter the face of anterior segment surgery radically in coming years, according to an international panel of vision scientists. A clinical research symposium devoted to the theme of “New biomaterials and drug delivery in anterior segment surgery” enabled delegates attending the XXIII C...

This Special Issue "Biodegradable Materials" features research and review papers concerning recent advances on the development, synthesis, testing and characterisation of biomaterials. These biomaterials, derived from natural and renewable sources, offer a potential alternative to existing non-biodegradable materials with application to the food and biomedical industries amongst many others. In...

OBJECTIVES To determine the adjunctive effect of grafting biomaterials/biological agents with open flap debridement (OFD) in the treatment of deep intraosseous defects. BACKGROUND No systematic review of treatment outcomes in patients who received graft biomaterials or biological agents have been published. METHODS A rigorous systematic review of randomized controlled trials of at least 6-m...

Investigation of the mechanical behavior of biological tissues and biomaterials has been an active area of research for several decades. However, in recent years, the enthusiasm in understanding the mechanical behavior of biological tissues and biomaterials has increased significantly due to the development of novel biomaterials for new fields of application, along with the emergence of advance...

The rapid development of micro/nanoengineered functional biomaterials in the last two decades has empowered materials scientists and bioengineers to precisely control different aspects of the in vitro cell microenvironment. Following a philosophy of reductionism, many studies using synthetic functional biomaterials have revealed instructive roles of individual extracellular biophysical and bioc...

T he study of peptideand protein-based biomaterials is of interest in itself because it probes and advances basic understanding of how natural biomaterials are constructed and used in biology. In addition, the successful development of new biomaterials presents new possibilities for applications in biotechnology and synthetic biology, such as templating inorganic materials that might lead to ne...

■ Abstract This review summarizes recent advances and future research trends in the field of phospholipid-based biomaterials. Lipids play an important role in biomineralization and countless other biological processes, and they are receiving increasing attention for the synthesis of new biomimetic biomaterials. Several emerging strategies in biomaterials research take advantage of phospholipids...

Angiogenesis is considered an important issue in the development of biomaterials for the successful regeneration of tissues including bone. While growth factors are commonly used with biomaterials to promote angiogenesis, some ions released from biomaterials can also contribute to angiogenic events. Many silica-based biomaterials have been widely used for the repair and regeneration of tissues,...

The biomaterials field constitutes a transdisciplinary activity in which synthetic or naturally derived materials are utilized for a variety of desired outcomes in living systems. Biomaterials may act as physical supports at times, providing a space in which biological systems manifest their inherent characteristics. More commonly, biomaterials actively participate in the performance of a biolo...