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Roadmap on nanomedicine for the central nervous system
Ciofani, Gianni; Campisi, Marco; Mattu, Clara; Kamm, Roger D.; Chiono, Valeria; Raynold, Aji Alex Moothedathu; Freitas, João S.; Redolfi Riva, EugenioIn recent years, a great deal of effort has been undertaken with regards to treatment of pathologies at the level of the central nervous system (CNS). Here, the presence of the blood-brain barrier acts as an obstacle to the delivery of potentially effective drugs and makes accessibility to, and treatment of, the CNS one of the most significant challenges in medicine. In this Roadmap article, we present the stat...
Bioactive glass/polymer composite scaffolds mimicking bone tissue
Gentile, Piergiorgio; Mattioli-Belmonte, Monica; Chiono, Valeria; Ferretti, Concetta; Baino, Francesco; Tonda-Turo, Chiara; Vitale-Brovarone, ChiaraThe aim of this work was the preparation and characterization of scaffolds with mechanical and functional properties able to regenerate bone. Porous scaffolds made of chitosan/gelatin (POL) blends containing different amounts of a bioactive glass (CEL2), as inorganic material stimulating biomineralization, were fabricated by freeze-drying. Foams with different compositions (CEL2/POL 0/100; 40/60; 70/30 wt %/wt)...