ABSTRACT:
As a newly established and highly promising biomaterial in the new generation of biomedical sciences, nanofibers have become one of the most valuable and crucial biomaterials, particularly in opticeuticals/drug-delivery systems and tissue engineering. Known for their special traits high surface area to volume ratio, tunable porosity and the ability replicate natural extracellular matrix, these materials allow you to control when drugs are released very precisely and in an amount cells can stick, move on and grow around. Advances in electrospinning, centrifugal spinning, and green methods of fabrication have allowed for the incorporation of small molecules, peptides, biologics and even gene-delivery vehicles to nanofiber systems. When it comes to tissue engineering, researchers are designing nanofiber scaffolds that can be stimulus-responsive, bioactive and multifunctional, all of which shortens the healing time of the skin, bone, nerves and vascular tissues. Hybrid nanofibers, stimuli-responsive polymer nanoparticle composites, 3D- oriented scaffolds and personalized therapeutics are also the prevailing trends of ongoing studies. While there has been numerous advances, mass production, mechanical stability and in-vivo predictors for failure stay huge problems. AI-accelerated scaffold design, next-gen nanofiber bioprinting, and clinical translation of the multifunctional therapeutic platforms are among the things that could happen eventually. Nanofibers are continuing to pave the way for regenerative medicine and targeted drug delivery, and there remains a multitude of novel ideas on how they can be employed.
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Harshad Hanmant Padawal, Jameel Ahmed S. Mulla. Nanofibers in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering: Current Trends and Future Prospects. Asian Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. 2026; 16(3):282-2. doi: 10.52711/2231-5713.2026.00040
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Harshad Hanmant Padawal, Jameel Ahmed S. Mulla. Nanofibers in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering: Current Trends and Future Prospects. Asian Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. 2026; 16(3):282-2. doi: 10.52711/2231-5713.2026.00040 Available on: https://ajptonline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2026-16-3-10
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