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Bioinspired materials and tissue engineering approaches applied to the regeneration of musculoskeletal tissues
The musculoskeletal tissues have a prime role in the biomechanical support and metabolic activities of the human body. As musculoskeletal tissues are highly prone to injuries, conditions afflicting these tissues have a great impact on the quality of life of patients worldwide.
Tissue engineering approaches hold the promise to develop bioengineered substitutes aiming at the regeneration of failing and injured tissue and organs. To effectively address the tissue-specific structural and biochemical features of musculoskeletal tissues, different biomaterials and techniques have been employed envisioning biomimetic solutions.
Herein, the unique composition, structure, and function of the musculoskeletal tissues, namely bone, cartilage, and tendon, as well as state-of-the-art technologies to develop bioinspired strategies for tissue regeneration will be overviewed. Finally, this chapter will also discuss the unmet challenges and future perspectives in the field.FCT Project MagTT PTDC/CTM-CTM/29930/2017 (POCI-01-
0145-FEDER-29930) for A.I.G postdoc grant, the FCT Project PTDC/NAN-MAT/30595/2017 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-30595) for P.S.B. postdoc grant, and for the assistant researcher contract (RL1) of M.T.R from the project “Accelerating tissue engineering and personalized medicine discoveries by the integration of key enabling nanotechnologies, marine-derived
biomaterials and stem cells” supported by Norte Portugal Regional Operational Programme
(NORTE 2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European
Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
Authors acknowledge the financial support from the European Union Framework
Programme for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020, under the TEAMING Grant
agreement No. 739572—The Discoveries CTR and the European Research Council 2017-CoG
MagTendon (No. 772817