57 citations
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June 2021 in “Polymers” This review discusses photothermal agent hybrids in hydrogels for antibacterial action, angiogenesis, and osteogenesis in tissue engineering, but reports no new experimental findings.
55 citations
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April 2018 in “Advanced Healthcare Materials” This review discusses recent advances in scarless wound healing, focusing on strategies to create pro-regenerative scaffolds for repairing damaged skin, and reports no new clinical results.
48 citations
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February 2025 in “Nano-Micro Letters” This review summarizes the application of microneedles in treating various skin diseases and highlights challenges like low drug loading, noting no new clinical results are reported.
42 citations
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January 2021 in “Journal of Clinical Medicine” This review discusses advancements in the use of microneedle arrays and nanoparticles for transdermal delivery of therapeutics, noting challenges in overcoming the skin barrier and summarizing recent clinical trial achievements in areas like cancer therapy and gene therapy.
41 citations
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August 2024 in “Drug Delivery and Translational Research” This review discusses the development and applications of microneedles, particularly through 3D printing, highlighting their potential in transdermal drug delivery but reporting no new results.
41 citations
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September 2017 in “Advanced Healthcare Materials” This study found that the DexIEME hydrogel promotes complete skin regeneration and scar attenuation in murine and porcine models, suggesting potential for treating deep dermal injuries.
22 citations
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January 2017 in “Advanced Healthcare Materials” This study found that thermoresponsive hydrogels can maintain mechanical memory in fibroblasts, enhancing wound healing compared to traditional trypsinized methods.
17 citations
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August 2024 in “Discover Nano” This review summarizes that polyesters hold promise for vascular tissue engineering due to their mechanical properties and biodegradability, but optimizing their use in repairing damaged blood vessels remains challenging due to the complexity of vascular tissues.
12 citations
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April 2025 in “Discover Pharmaceutical Sciences” This review examines microneedle patches for drug delivery, detailing their designs, materials, manufacturing methods, and potential advantages, but reports no new clinical results.
10 citations
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September 2024 in “Journal of Nanobiotechnology” This study developed an antimicrobial microneedle patch for delivering apoptotic vesicles to treat infected wounds, which was found to effectively reduce bacterial growth and accelerate scarless healing, including the rapid formation of mature hair follicles in just 8 days, a previously unreported early outcome.
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March 2021 in “Biology” This study found that silk fibroin/sodium alginate scaffolds seeded with dermal papilla cells may accelerate skin repair and hair follicle regeneration in a rat model.
3 citations
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July 2021 in “Aesthetic Plastic Surgery” This case series observed that the combination of platelet-rich plasma and fat grafting improved hair quality and density in patients with non-scarring alopecia, with effects visible by 12 weeks and sustained up to one year.
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October 2025 in “International Journal of Nanomedicine” This review explores the potential for using exosomes in treating autoimmune skin diseases and promoting skin regeneration, highlighting current applications, delivery methods, and ongoing clinical trials while also identifying challenges and future research directions within dermatology.
May 2026 in “Organoid Research” This review highlights recent advancements in the engineering of skin organoids using hydrogels, which improve their structural and functional fidelity by supporting the architecture and integration of vascular and neural components, promising to enhance regenerative medicine, drug discovery, and complex skin disorder studies.
May 2026 in “Organoid Research” This review discusses recent advancements in hair follicle organoid technology for alopecia treatment but presents no new experimental results, emphasizing the potential for clinical applications and drug screening.
February 2026 in “Frontiers in Medical Technology” This review discusses current knowledge of keratinocyte stem cell dynamics, including their regenerative roles and potential applications beyond wound healing, but presents no new clinical findings.
December 2025 in “Journal of Pharma Insights and Research.” This paper reviews the state of knowledge on injectable cryogels, highlighting their unique properties such as shape-memory and mechanical integrity, which allow for minimally invasive delivery via needles and potential applications in oncology and regenerative medicine.
January 2025 in “RSC Pharmaceutics” Smart microneedles using advanced tech could improve psoriasis treatment.
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May 2023 in “Current Medicinal Chemistry” This review highlights the potential of microneedle devices in dermatology for conditions like skin aging and autoimmune skin diseases, emphasizing their ability to facilitate targeted drug delivery by creating temporary skin pathways.
January 2016 in “Journal of Materials Chemistry B” Advancements in biomaterials and nanotechnology are improving medical applications like hair growth, bone regeneration, and cancer treatment.
This research found that keratin hydrogels derived from human hair may support cell viability and proliferation, indicating potential as 2D and 3D soft tissue culture scaffolds.
421 citations
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January 2015 in “Chemical Society Reviews” This review discusses recent advances in surface modification and endothelialization of biomaterials for vascular grafts, highlighting promising methods like gene engineering and targeting ligand immobilization to improve clinical outcomes.
405 citations
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May 2007 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This review discusses the profound impact of obesity on skin physiology and dermatologic conditions and reports no new experimental results, recommending awareness and treatment strategy development for obesity-associated dermatoses.
176 citations
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June 2016 in “PLoS ONE” In these initial clinical studies, NAP monotherapy showed significant reductions in HBsAg levels among patients with chronic HBV, suggesting potential as part of future combination therapies.
174 citations
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November 2016 in “Cell stem cell” This study found that squamous cell carcinomas from hair follicle stem cells are more prone to epithelial to mesenchymal transition and metastasis than those from interfollicular epidermis, due to distinct chromatin landscapes.
165 citations
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February 2014 in “Phytotherapy Research” Myrtle has various health benefits and potential for medicine development.
156 citations
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October 1996 in “Science of The Total Environment” This study observed that tributyltin pollution induces imposex, reduces reproductive success, and leads to population decline in Ocinebrina aciculata, highlighting its sensitivity compared to other prosobranch species.
151 citations
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July 2011 in “Archives of Dermatological Research” This review discusses various strategies to enhance drug delivery through the skin barrier, highlighting liposomes as promising carriers for increased dermal concentrations in topical therapies, but reports no new research results.
150 citations
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January 2018 in “Burns & Trauma” This review discusses strategies and advances in bioprinting for skin wound healing, concluding that bioprinting could offer promising solutions for skin regeneration despite existing challenges.