Natural Polymers for Biomedical Applications

summary and discussion of the latest applications of natural polymers in the biomedical field including drug and cell delivery, cell and organoid culture, tissue regeneration, bio-ink etc.

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14,000, including an over 500 citation articles), one chief editor of 2 book and 10 book chapters as first or corresponding author, and more than 70 patents, many of which were licensed. He worked as PI for three projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and more than ten other grants in Shanghai. Besides, he has won the prize of Fundamental Bone Research Scholar in Chinese Medical Association, the first prize of Scientific and Technological Progress of Shanghai, the second prize of Outstanding Achievement Award in Science Research in the Ministry of Education twice and Chinese Medicine Award and Huaxia Medicine Award, Chinese government and so on.

Lei Xiang is pursuing his medical doctorate at the Shanghai Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. His scientific interests are focused on the development of sports medicine diseases treatment and novel biomaterials and nanomaterials for tissue regeneration. So far he has contributed to 9 SCI papers (Including Science Advances, Advanced Materials, Matter, Advanced Functional Materials).

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Develop natural solutions to biomedical problems with this introduction A natural polymer is one that forms from biosynthetic or biochemical processes typically found in nature, with corresponding advantages in biocompatibility and biodegradability. These advantages give natural polymers a range of applications, from the use of polysaccharides as structural components to the use of polyphenols as antioxidant active ingredients. In biomedical engineering they are clearly preferable to synthetic polymers in numerous cases, and their applications are more numerous every day. Natural Polymers for Biomedical Applications offers a comprehensive summary of these polymers and their biomedical applications. It covers the sources, structures, and properties of polysaccharides, polyphenols, and polypeptides, as well as analyzing the latest advances in polymer-based biomedical technologies. The result has ramifications in a vast range of industries and research areas. In Natural Polymers for Biomedical Applications readers will also find:

• Applications including drug and cell delivery, cell and organoid cultures, tissue regeneration, and more
• Detailed analysis of alginate, cellulose, quercetin, silk fibroin, and many others

• A logical, easy-to-use structure to facilitate rapid access to pertinent information Natural Polymers for Biomedical Applications is ideal for materials scientists, polymer chemists, biochemists, and any researcher or professional in biomedical or pharmaceutical industries.

  Inhalt
  1 HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL POLYMERS

  2 POLYSACCHARIDES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION
  2.1 Sources, Structures and Properties of Alginate
  2.2 Sources, Structures and Properties of Cellulose
  2.3 Sources, Structures and Properties of Hyaluronic Acid
  2.4 Sources, Structures and Properties of Chitosan
  2.5 Sources, Structures and Properties of Other Polysaccharides
  2.6 Summary

  3 POLYPEPTIDES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION
  3.1 Sources, Structures and Properties of Collagen
  3.2 Sources, Structures and Properties of Gelatin
  3.3 Sources, Structures and Properties of Silk Fibroin
  3.4 Sources, Structures and Properties of Other Polypeptides
  3.5 Summary

  4 OTHER KINDS OF NATURAL POLYMERS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION
  4.1 Sources, Structures and Properties of Catechins
  4.2 Sources, Structures and Properties of Quercetin
  4.3 Sources, Structures and Properties of Resveratrol
  4.4 Sources, Structures and Properties of Curcumin
  4.5 Summary

  5 CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK