Recent advances in polysaccharides based biomaterials for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications

In this paper, a spotlight is shown on polysaccharides based biomaterials which have surfaced as a versatile platform for different biomedical applications including drug delivery and tissue regeneration. Herein, structure and unique properties of different polysaccharides are described along with various functionalization strategies. Additionally, a brief overview of different physical and chemical crosslinking approaches to design...