Polymeric Hydrogels for a Sustained Drug Release and Tissue Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Polymeric hydrogels have attracted much attention in various biomedical fields. Hydrogels are three-dimensional networks of hydrophilic polymer chains, which have many characteristic properties such as water absorption, swelling, and degradation effects and can thus be loaded with different payloads and can greatly improve the utilization rate of drugs and help to control their release. Hydrogels have been used for different biomedical applications such as drug delivery, tissue engineering, wound healing, etc. Several polymeric hydrogels provide a sustained-release drug platform, which is an emerging drug delivery system. By using biocompatible and biodegradable natural or synthetic materials as carriers, hydrogels can be chemically or physically bound to different payloads such as drugs, growth factors, etc., to create long-acting formulations for biomedical applications. Herein, this Special Issue entitled “Polymeric Hydrogels for a Sustained Drug Release and Tissue Engineering”, we aim to discuss and illustrate the recent developments and future perspectives of hydrogels for several drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. Contributions based on the above applications and technologies are most welcome. 

Dr. Nancy M. Elbaz
Dr. Lalitkumar K. Vora
Guest Editors

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• hydrogel
• nanogels
• tissue engineering
• wound healing
• drug delivery