The role of biomaterials in regenerative medicine: hydrogels

Biomaterials facilitate the development of many regenerative techniques, from therapeutics to implants, serving as foundational elements that enable tissue repair, replacement, regeneration and drug delivery, to name a few. Among the various types of biomaterials used in biomedicine, hydrogels have emerged as particularly promising candidates due to their unique structural and functional properties, which can closely mimic natural biological environments such as the extracellular matrix. What are biomaterials? As defined in The Glossary for Advanced Therapies, a biomaterial is a biological or synthetic material designed to be suitable for interaction with a biological system for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes [1]....