Advance of Polymers Applied to Biomedical Applications: Cell Scaffolds

• Main Author: João F. Mano (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Insung S. Choi (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Chemistry; polymer scaffolds; cell-surface engineering; biodegradable polymers; biomimetic substrates; hydrogels; biomaterials
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Since Langer's seminal work, polymers have been on every corner of tissue engineering. The roles of bioresorbable polymers, as a scaffold, are not merely structural, providing three-dimensional (3D) homing sites to cells, but also functional at their interface with the cells. The polymeric scaf...