Especial Biomateriales

Biomaterials for heart valve prostheses: Could this approach increase heart-diseased children life expectancy?

Current heart valve prostheses represent a 50% reduction in life expectancy for young patients, especially children. The thromboembolic complications, which is the formation...

PBCA Nanoparticles as drug carriers in Parkinson and Alzheimer treatments

Parkinson‘s disease (PD) is the second-most common neurodegenerative disorder that affects 2–3% of the population ≥65 years of age (Poewe, Seppi, Tanner et...

Analysis of Polylactic Acid, Bioglass and Hydroxyapatite coating as biomaterials for the development of prostheses

One of the main health issues in Mexico is the lack of available prostheses due to the cost of the devices and the procedure to make the implantation. This problem has encouraged...

Hyaluronic acid based microporous annealed particle (HA-MAP) as an alternative for stroke treatment

According to Mayo Clinic, a stroke is a medical event that occurs when blood supply is interrupted or reduced in a part of the brain, which blocks brain tissue from oxygenation...

Bio-absorbable sutures: a novel development in surgical repair of tendon tissue

Sutures are primarily used in surgery to draw tissues together. Almost all sutures only play the role of mechanically tie wound tissues together, but they do not have additional...

BPN/PRP chitosan hydrogel in the treatment against Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease that causes destruction of bone and articular cartilage. It is a condition that results in an important target on the field for...