Abstract
Abstract: Recently, injectable biomaterials have been applied extensively in the field of tissue engineering, due to their minimally invasive nature, reduced patient discomfort and complications along with a decrease in health care costs. Moreover, injectable biomaterials can form scaffolds in situ when they are exposed to various physiological conditions. This chapter outlines the major requirements and challenges faced in using injectable biomaterials for tissue engineering. It also summarizes the various gelation mechanisms, including both physical and chemical methods, at physiological conditions and discusses in brief selected injectable biomaterials and their composites along with their tissue engineering applications.
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