Alginate/hyaluronate hydrogels for cartilage regeneration

초록

Injectable cell delivery using hydrogels has been very attractive in tissue engineering. Alginate and hyaluronate are representative biomaterials widely used in many biomedical applications. We prepared hydrogels using a combination of RGD-modified alginate and hyaluronate in the presence of primary chondrocytes. The gels were injected into mice using a syringe and were useful to form cartilage in vivo.