%0 Journal Article
%T Development of Hydrogels and Biomimetic Regulators as Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
%A Junbin Shi
%A Malcolm M. Q. Xing
%A Wen Zhong
%J Membranes
%D 2012
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/membranes2010070
%X This paper reviews major research and development issues relating to hydrogels as scaffolds for tissue engineering, the article starts with a brief introduction of tissue engineering and hydrogels as extracellular matrix mimics, followed by a description of the various types of hydrogels and preparation methods, before a discussion of the physical and chemical properties that are important to their application. There follows a short comment on the trends of future research and development. Throughout the discussion there is an emphasis on the genetic understanding of bone tissue engineering application.
%K hydrogel
%K bone
%K tissue engineering
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/2/1/70