Original title: Nanocomposite scaffolds for accelerating chronic wound healing by enhancing angiogenesis
Skin helps protect the body, and serious damage can affect health and quality of life. AngiogenesisThe growth of new blood vessels. means the growth of new blood vessels, which is important during wound healing. This review looks at how nanobiomaterialsMaterials made using very small structures and intended for biological uses.—materials made using very small structures—may support that process. It focuses on scaffolds, structures used in tissue engineeringAn approach that aims to improve the repair or growth of damaged tissue., as a way to help damaged skin regenerate.
Imagine trying to repair a patch of worn ground in a garden. New plants struggle if water cannot reach the patch. In this paper, the garden patch is damaged skin, the water supply is the growth of new blood vessels, and the supporting structure is a scaffold designed to help healing along.
Chronic wounds can damage health and quality of life. This review examines whether materials used as tissue-engineering scaffolds can support angiogenesis—the growth of new blood vessels—during healing, which may help damaged skin regenerate.
The abstract describes this as a review of mechanisms, nanobiomaterials, and scaffold-based approaches. It does not give specific study results or establish how well any particular scaffold speeds healing in people.
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Nanocomposite scaffolds for accelerating chronic wound healing by enhancing angiogenesis — Hamed Nosrati, Reza Aramideh Khouy, Ali Nosrati et al. — Journal of Nanobiotechnology — doi:10.1186/s12951-020-00755-7
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