Zustiak’s primary research interests are in hydrogel biomaterials and tissue engineering, with emphasis on developing novel biomaterials as cell scaffolds and drug screening platforms, and elucidating ...

Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine require biomaterials that support cellular proliferation, migration, and self-organization to develop functional tissue structures. Granular hydrogel ...

Hydrogels with particulates, including proteins, drugs, nanoparticles, and cells, enable the development of new and innovative biomaterials. Precise control of the spatial distribution of these ...

Recent years have witnessed extraordinary progress in tissue repair, driven primarily by innovations in biomaterial design and biofabrication. In ...

The field of regenerative medicine is entering an era of unprecedented convergence, bringing together intelligent biomaterials, biomedical hydrogels, and ...

Researchers are one step closer to bioprinting organs and tissues using a novel granular hydrogel bioink. Every 9 minutes a person is added to the organ transplant waiting list in the United States, ...

A battery built entirely from hydrogels is a soft as human tissue and could offer a biocompatible power source for medical implants, its inventors say (Adv. Mater. 2021, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202105120). ...

In tissue engineering, the scaffold material must eventually degrade leaving behind only regenerated tissue. For hydrogels that serve as cell encapsulation platforms, hydrogel degradation must closely ...

GelrinC, the only restorative product for knee cartilage repair, has CE Mark approval in Europe and is currently at the ...