Research progress on biocomposites based on bioactive glass / 生物医学工程学杂志

Bioactive glass (BG) has been widely used in the preparation of artificial bone scaffolds due to its excellent biological properties and non-cytotoxicity, which can promote bone and soft tissue regeneration. However, due to the brittleness, poor mechanical strength, easy agglomeration and uncontrollable structure of glass material, its application in various fields is limited. In this regard, most current researches mainly focus on mixing BG with organic or inorganic materials by freeze-drying method, sol-gel method, etc., to improve its mechanical properties and brittleness, so as to increase its clinical application and expand its application field. This review introduces the combination of BG with natural organic materials, metallic materials and non-metallic materials, and demonstrates the latest technology and future prospects of BG composite materials through the development of scaffolds, injectable fillers, membranes, hydrogels and coatings. The previous studies show that the addition of BG improves the mechanical properties, biological activity and regeneration potential of the composites, and broadens the application of BG in the field of bone tissue engineering. By reviewing the recent BG researches on bone regeneration, the research potential of new materials is demonstrated, in order to provide a reference for future related research.

Research advances in materials for microspheres as drug delivery system / 中国药科大学学报

@#Microsphere as a drug delivery system with broad prospect for development and application has always been a research focus in pharmaceutics for its. Though literature survey of related papers published in domestic and foreign journals by Chinese authors in 2016, the research advances of materials of microspheres, which can be divided into natural polymer materials, synthetic polymer materials and inorganic materials, were summarized. Microsphere products at home and abroad were also analyzed. This review will provide some reference for correlative researchers.

Recent advances in inorganic materials-based nanoparticles to overcome multidrug resistance of cancer cells / 中国药学杂志

Multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the major obstacles for successful chemotherapy in cancer. Inorganic material-based nanoparticles provide a novel choice to effectively circumvent the intrinsic drawbacks of traditional organic materials in overcoming the multidrug resistance (MDR) of cancer cells due to their unique structural and compositional characteristics, for example, high stability, large surface area, tunable compositions, abundant physicochemical multifunctionalities, and specific biological behaviors. In this work, the recent advances of inorganic materials-based nanoparticles to overcome MDR of cancer cells were reviewed. And the advantage and mechanism of inorganic materials-based nanoparticles to overcome MDR were summarized. The recent development of inorganic materials-based nanoparticles (mesoporous SiO2, Au, TiO2, magnetic Fe3O4, Ag, combinations of inorganic materials-based nanoparticles with traditional overcoming MDR strategy etc.), to overcome the MDR were also discussed. And the future developments of these inorganic materials-based nanoparticles are suggested. These elaborately designed inorganic materials-based nanoparticles offer an unprecedented opportunity and show the encouraging bright future for overcoming the MDR of tumors.