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ReviewCurrent issues in molecular biology2024

Harnessing Natural Polymers for Nano-Scaffolds in Bone Tissue Engineering: A Comprehensive Overview of Bone Disease Treatment.

Sushmita Saurav, Prashish Sharma, Anil Kumar, Zeba Tabassum, Madhuri Girdhar, Narsimha Mamidi, Anand Mohan

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Review in Current issues in molecular biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Development of a Scaffold from the Cob ofJournal of functional biomaterials · 2026
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  6. Cross-Disciplinary Mechanistic Insights in Molecular Medicine.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025
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  14. Bone Tissue Engineering: From Biomaterials to Clinical Trials.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sushmita SauravSchool of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144401, Punjab, India.
Prashish SharmaSchool of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144401, Punjab, India.
Anil KumarGene Regulation Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi 110067, Delhi, India.ORCID 0000-0002-8785-6033
Zeba TabassumSchool of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144401, Punjab, India.
Madhuri GirdharDivision of Research and Development, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144401, Punjab, India.
Narsimha MamidiWisconsin Centre for Nano Biosystems, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8842-4649
Anand MohanSchool of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144401, Punjab, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous surgeries are carried out to replace tissues that have been harmed by an illness or an accident. Due to various surgical interventions and the requirement of bone substitutes, the emerging field of bone tissue engineering attempts to repair damaged tissues with the help of scaffolds. These scaffolds act as template for bone regeneration by controlling the development of new cells. For the creation of functional tissues and organs, there are three elements of bone tissue engineering that play very crucial role: cells, signals and scaffolds. For the achievement of these aims, various types of natural polymers, like chitosan, chitin, cellulose, albumin and silk fibroin, have been used for the preparation of scaffolds. Scaffolds produced from natural polymers have many advantages: they are less immunogenic as well as being biodegradable, biocompatible, non-toxic and cost effective. The hierarchal structure of bone, from microscale to nanoscale, is mostly made up of organic and inorganic components like nanohydroxyapatite and collagen components. This review paper summarizes the knowledge and updates the information about the use of natural polymers for the preparation of scaffolds, with their application in recent research trends and development in the area of bone tissue engineering (BTE). The article extensively explores the related research to analyze the advancement of nanotechnology for the treatment of bone-related diseases and bone repair.

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biopolymersbone regenerationnano-scaffoldsnanostructuretissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID38248340
PMCPMC10814241

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