Can bioactive glasses be useful to accelerate the healing of epithelial tissues?

Over the last decade, there has been an impressive growth of new potential applications for bioactive glasses (BGs) in regenerative medicine. Apart from being used in contact with injured bone, BGs are now showing promise in accelerating the healing of soft tissues too, such as epithelium, thus creating new hopes for the repair of damaged skin, gastrointestinal tract and airspaces of the lungs. BGs can form a biological bond with soft tissues,...