| From biomedical-engineering research to clinical application and industrialization | Tetsushi Taguchi and Takao Aoyagi |
| Cell membrane-inspired phospholipid polymers for developing medical devices with excellent biointerfaces | Yasuhiko Iwasaki and Kazuhiko Ishihara |
| Research and development of metals for medical devices based on clinical needs | Takao Hanawa |
| Hydroxylapatite nanoparticles: fabrication methods and medical applications | Masahiro Okada and Tsutomu Furuzono |
| Processing of nanolitre liquid plugs for microfluidic cell-based assays | Junji Fukuda, Shintaro Takahashi, Tatsuya Osaki, Naoto Mochizuki and Hiroaki Suzuki |
| A smart hydrogel-based time bomb triggers drug release mediated by pH-jump reaction | Prapatsorn Techawanitchai, Naokazu Idota, Koichiro Uto, Mitsuhiro Ebara and Takao Aoyagi |
| Temperature-responsive electrospun nanofibers for ‘on–off’ switchable release of dextran | Young-Jin Kim, Mitsuhiro Ebara and Takao Aoyagi |
| Fabrication of DNA-antibody–apatite composite layers for cell-targeted gene transfer | Yushin Yazaki, Ayako Oyane, Hiroko Araki, Yu Sogo, Atsuo Ito, Atsushi Yamazaki and Hideo Tsurushima |
| Mesenchymal stem cell adhesion but not plasticity is affected by high substrate stiffness | Janice Kal Van Tam, Koichiro Uto, Mitsuhiro Ebara, Stefania Pagliari, Giancarlo Forte and Takao Aoyagi |
| Novel temperature-responsive polymer brushes with carbohydrate residues facilitate selective adhesion and collection of hepatocytes | Naokazu Idota, Mitsuhiro Ebara, Yohei Kotsuchibashi, Ravin Narain and Takao Aoyagi |
| Design of super-elastic biodegradable scaffolds with longitudinally oriented microchannels and optimization of the channel size for Schwann cell migration | Koichiro Uto, Takanari Muroya, Michio Okamoto, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Murase, Mitsuhiro Ebara and Takao Aoyagi |
| Tamibarotene-loaded citric acid-crosslinked alkali-treated collagen matrix as a coating material for a drug-eluting stent | Motoki Inoue, Mariko Takayanagi, Katsuhito Fujiu, Ichiro Manabe, Ryozo Nagai and Tetsushi Taguchi |
| Development of an early estimation method for predicting later osteogenic differentiation activity of rat mesenchymal stromal cells from their attachment areas | Kan Cheng, Motohiro Hirose, Xiupeng Wang, Yu Sogo, Atsushi Yamazaki and Atsuo Ito |
| PLLA–collagen and PLLA–gelatin hybrid scaffolds with funnel-like porous structure for skin tissue engineering | Hongxu Lu, Hwan Hee Oh, Naoki Kawazoe, Kozo Yamagishi and Guoping Chen |
| Substrate stiffness affects skeletal myoblast differentiation in vitro | Sara Romanazzo, Giancarlo Forte, Mitsuhiro Ebara, Koichiro Uto, Stefania Pagliari, Takao Aoyagi, Enrico Traversa and Akiyoshi Taniguchi |
| In vitro evaluation of tissue adhesives composed of hydrophobically modified gelatins and disuccinimidyl tartrate | Miyuki Matsuda and Tetsushi Taguchi |
| Preparation and biological evaluation of hydroxyapatite-coated nickel-free high-nitrogen stainless steel | Makoto Sasaki, Motoki Inoue, Yasuyuki Katada, Yuuki Nishida, Akiyoshi Taniguchi, Sachiko Hiromoto and Tetsushi Taguchi |
| Surface characterization and cytocompatibility evaluation of silanized magnesium alloy AZ91 for biomedical applications | Agnieszka Witecka, Akiko Yamamoto, Henryk Dybiec and Wojciech Swieszkowski |
| Biodegradable organic acid-crosslinked alkali-treated gelatins with anti-thrombogenic and endothelialization properties | Motoki Inoue, Makoto Sasaki and Tetsushi Taguchi |
| Comparisons of immersion and electrochemical properties of highly biocompatible Ti–15Zr–4Nb–4Ta alloy and other implantable metals for orthopedic implants | Yoshimitsu Okazaki and Hiroyuki Nagata |
| Chondrocyte spheroids on microfabricated PEG hydrogel surface and their noninvasive functional monitoring | Hidenori Otsuka, Masako Nagamura, Akie Kaneko, Koichi Kutsuzawa, Toshiya Sakata and Yuji Miyahara |
| Nickel-free stainless steel avoids neointima formation following coronary stent implantation | Katsuhito Fujiu, Ichiro Manabe, Makoto Sasaki, Motoki Inoue, Hiroshi Iwata, Eriko Hasumi, Issei Komuro, Yasuyuki Katada, Tetsushi Taguchi and Ryozo Nagai |
| Effectiveness and biocompatibility of a novel biological adhesive application for repair of meniscal tear on the avascular zone | Takahito Inoue, Tetsushi Taguchi, Shinji Imade, Nobuyuki Kumahashi and Yuji Uchio |