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Natural Polymers in Wound Healing and Repair

From Basic Concepts to Emerging Trends

  • 1st Edition - June 23, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Mahesh K. Sah, Naresh Kasoju, Joao F. Mano
  • Language: English

Natural Polymers in Wound Healing and Repair: From Basic Concepts to Emerging Trends presents comprehensive coverage on the development and application of natural polymers… Read more

Description

Natural Polymers in Wound Healing and Repair: From Basic Concepts to Emerging Trends presents comprehensive coverage on the development and application of natural polymers in wound healing and repair, including fundamental concepts, traditional approaches, cutting-edge methods and emerging trends. The application of natural polymers has evolved from their use in the simplest wound management material, to drug eluting matrices, to cell-laden constructs, and to 3D bio-printed skin equivalents. This book reflects the remarkable progress that has been made in recent years in this innovative field.

This is an essential resource for researchers, scientists, and advanced students across polymer science, biomaterials, bio-based and sustainable materials, biomedicine, biomedical engineering, pharmaceuticals, and materials science and engineering. It will also be valuable to R&D professionals, scientists, technologists and all those working in a medical setting who are interested in the latest developments in advanced materials for wound management, healing and repair.

Key features

  • Provides up-to-date coverage of natural polymer-based biomaterials in wound healing and repair, covering sources, processing and properties
  • Describes cellular and molecular events in wound healing
  • Introduces conventional and advanced methodologies for wound management
  • Offers a comprehensive understanding of state-of-the-art and emerging concepts in wound healing, including drug-eluting matrices, cell-laden systems and personalized bio-fabrication strategies

Readership

Academic: Researchers, scientists, and advanced students in the fields of polymer science, biomaterials, bio-based and sustainable materials, biomedicine, biomedical engineering, pharmaceuticals, and materials science and engineering. Industry: R&D, scientists, technologists, and all those working in a medical setting who are interested in the latest developments in materials for wound management, healing, and repair

Table of contents

1. Fundamentals of skin wound healing and repair: Cellular and molecular pathophysiology of wound healing

2. Traditional and advanced wound dressings: Physical Characterisation and desirable properties for wound healing

3. Natural polymers for wound healing: Acellular matrix analogues use of natural polymers

4. Controlled drug delivery system for wounds healing: formulations and delivery required therapeutic agents

5. Natural polymers for wound healing: Cell laden matrix analogues use of natural polymers

6. Artificial skin: Current advanced methods of fabrication and development

7. Natural polymer based hydrogel systems for wound management

8. Natural polymer based electrospun systems for wound management

9. 3D bioprinting using natural polymers as bioinks for wound healing and repair

10. Blood derived products as additives in wound healing and repair

11. Natural antimicrobial and bioactive agents as additives in wound dressings

12. Curcumin based strategies in wound healing and repair

13. Collagen-based strategies in wound healing and skin tissue engineering

14. Silk based strategies in wound healing and skin tissue engineering

15. Chitin and chitosan-based strategies in wound healing and skin tissue engineering

16. Alginate based strategies in wound healing and skin tissue engineering

17. Eggshell membrane based strategies in wound healing and skin tissue engineering

18. Decellularized extracellular matrices-based strategies in wound healing and skin tissue engineering

19. Innovative approaches and future perspectives of natural polymers in wound healing and repair

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 27, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Mahesh K. Sah

Dr. Mahesh K. Sah is Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Dr. Mahesh received his PhD from Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India in 2013. After gaining post-doctoral training from Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, he joined at Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh, and since January 2018 he is serving Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab. He has been awarded Bharat Vikas Award-2016 and Green Thinkerz Award-2019 for his contribution in the area of biotechnology. He is working on development of natural based biomaterials for tissue regeneration equipped with advanced tools and techniques in the field aiming for green materials and techniques for tissue engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

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Naresh Kasoju

Dr. Naresh Kasoju is a Scientist at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He obtained his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology and postdoctoral experience from Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic and University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. His research interests include mesenchymal stem cells-based therapeutics for regenerative medicine, natural polymers-based biomaterials for biomedical applications, and 3D bioprinting based approaches for tissue engineering. He filed 06 Indian patents and 03 Indian design registrations and has published 70+ articles, with 4500+ citations. He's editor of 3 books, guest editor for 3 special issues, editorial board member for 2 journals and reviewer for 50+ journals. He's a member of National Academy of Science, India and Royal Society of Biology, UK. Recently, he received Young Scientist Award by Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences, Lucknow for his outstanding contributions in biomaterials, stem cells and tissue engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Deputy Quality Manager, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India

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Joao F. Mano

João F. Mano (CEng, PhD, DSc) is a Full Professor at the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro, Portugal, where he is directing both the MSc and PhD programs of Biotechnology. He is the founder and director of the COMPASS Research Group, from the Associated Laboratory CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials. His research interests include the use of advanced biomaterials and cells towards the progress of transdisciplinary concepts to be employed in regenerative and personalised medicine. In particular, he has been applying biomimetic and nano/micro-technology approaches to polymer-based biomaterials and surfaces in order to develop biomedical devices with improved structural and (multi-)functional properties, or in the engineering of microenvironments to control cell behaviour and organization, to be exploited clinically in advanced therapies or in drug screening. João Mano is the Editor-in-Chief of Materials Today Bio (Elsevier). He has been coordinating or involved in many national and European research projects, including Advanced and Proof-of-Concept Grants from the European Research Council. João Mano is an elected fellow of the European Academy of Sciences.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campo Universitario de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal

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