Guest Editors
Professor Marco Tatullo, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy. marco.tatullo@uniba.it
Summary
Tissue engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERM) are deeply changing
several medical procedures and are offering opportunities to regenerate human
tissues and organs previously considered utopistic. Stem cells and Biomaterials
are the main actors of tissue regeneration: the proper combination of these
factors, and their interaction with local and systemic bioactive molecules, are
the key to successfully approach the treatment of damaged or lost tissues. Stem
Cells have been discovered in almost all the human tissues and organs, creating
increasing interest towards the characterization of stem cell subsets and their
behavior. Biomaterials are also subjected to a wide rethinking of their
functionality: smart materials, bioactive molecules and nanotechnologies could
be the keywords that will impact the biomaterials science in the forthcoming
years. The future approaches of translational medicine should overcome the
current biological and clinical limitations and should be able to involve the
TERM in each regenerative protocol.
This special issue aims to stimulate worldwide researchers,
academicians and expert at sharing their most interesting and promising research.
We strive to publish innovative results on several aspects of Regenerative
Medicine, Biomaterials, Scaffolds, Stem cells, Smart materials, Exosomes, Functionalized
surfaces, Coatings, Bioactive surfaces, and similar ones. We do encourage
top-scientists to send us their commentaries, opinion papers, topical reviews,
perspective articles and proposals to this special issue.
Keywords
Regenerative Medicine, Biomaterials, Scaffolds, Stem Cells, Smart Materials, Exosomes, Functionalized Surfaces, Coatings, Bioactive Surfaces
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