Tag: Bhavna Kaveti

By Bhavna Kaveti

 

Although several novel interventions were explored for wound healing, treating non-healing and chronic wounds is challenging in clinical management. In an article recently published in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, researchers loaded RL-QN15 pro healing peptide into hollow silica nanoparticles, followed by their integration with zinc alginate (ZA) gels to form HSN@RL-QN15/ZA hydrogel … The researchers observed that the fabricated hydrogels were biocompatible, hemocompatible, porous, and exhibited antimicrobial activity against broad-spectrum microorganisms. The hydrogels showed release of bioactive RL-QN15, which was advantageous to accelerating the healing process … read more

By Bhavna Kaveti

 

Biomaterials have an imperative role in biomedical applications. Hydrogels are one of the most promising classes of biomaterials for biomedical use. In the latest article published in the journal Carbohydrate Polymers, researchers from China developed a novel chitosan (CS)-based metal-organic polyhedrons (MOPs)/enzyme hybrid hydrogel and discussed its application as a superior antimicrobial agent in wound healing treatment … The alkaline polysaccharide CS has received considerable attention in the biomedical field. The amino group present on CS-based hydrogels destroys the bacterial membrane and disturbs the bacterial wall’s mass transport. Although CS-hydrogel has antibacterial properties, its antibacterial effect is limited to the cell wall … read more