Bioactive Materials Best Paper Award 2024

Published 16 January, 2025

The Best Paper Award is a highly esteemed accolade bestowed upon researchers who have published articles with remarkable metrics in Bioactive Materials. This award is strictly merit-based, and the criteria for selection stipulate that the paper must be regarded as making a substantial contribution to the field of bioactive materials.

Congratulations to the 2024 Winners

The Best Paper Award Committee of Bioactive Materials has conferred the following 2024 Best Paper Awards, based on nominations submitted by the committee itself.

Developing natural polymers for skin wound healing

Decellularized extracellular matrix biomaterials for regenerative therapies: Advances, challenges and clinical prospects

Ultrasound-triggered biomimetic ultrashort peptide nanofiber hydrogels promote bone regeneration by modulating macrophage and the osteogenic immune microenvironment

A tough, antibacterial and antioxidant hydrogel dressing accelerates wound healing and suppresses hypertrophic scar formation in infected wounds

Magnetic nanoparticles for ferroptosis cancer therapy with diagnostic imaging

A bioactive composite hydrogel dressing that promotes healing of both acute and chronic diabetic skin wounds

SERS sensing for cancer biomarker: Approaches and directions

AI-enabled organoids: Construction, analysis, and application

Reprogramming macrophages via immune cell mobilized hydrogel microspheres for osteoarthritis treatments

Versatile dopamine-functionalized hyaluronic acid-recombinant human collagen hydrogel promoting diabetic wound healing via inflammation control and vascularization tissue regeneration

Biomaterial scaffolds in maxillofacial bone tissue engineering: A review of recent advances

3D-printed tri-element-doped hydroxyapatite/ polycaprolactone composite scaffolds with antibacterial potential for osteosarcoma therapy and bone regeneration

Collagen fibril-like injectable hydrogels from self-assembled nanoparticles for promoting wound healing

Boosting cartilage repair with silk fibroin-DNA hydrogel-based cartilage organoid precursor

Biofabrication methods for reconstructing extracellular matrix mimetics

Stimuli-responsive peptide assemblies: Design, self-assembly, modulation, and biomedical applications

Manganese molybdate nanodots with dual amplification of STING activation for cycle treatment of metalloimmunotherapy

Design and fabrication of customizable microneedles enabled by 3D printing for biomedical applications

Copper ion/gallic acid MOFs-laden adhesive pomelo peel sponge effectively treats biofilm-infected skin wounds and improves healing quality

Embedded 3D bioprinting - An emerging strategy to fabricate biomimetic & large vascularized tissue constructs

Double hits with bioactive nanozyme based on cobalt-doped nanoglass for acute and diabetic wound therapies through anti-inflammatory and pro-angiogenic functions

NK cell-based tumor immunotherapy

Biomedical applications of engineered heparin-based materials

Piezoelectric hydrogel for treatment of periodontitis through bioenergetic activation

Integrating coaxial electrospinning and 3D printing technologies for the development of biphasic porous scaffolds enabling spatiotemporal control in tumor ablation and osteochondral regeneration

Exosome regulation of immune response mechanism: Pros and cons in immunotherapy

Full-thickness osteochondral defect repair using a biodegradable bilayered scaffold of porous zinc and chondroitin sulfate hydrogel

Cartilage-inspired self-assembly glycopeptide hydrogels for cartilage regeneration via ROS scavenging

Combination of biodegradable hydrogel and antioxidant bioadhesive for treatment of breast cancer recurrence and radiation skin injury

Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a superior cell source for bone tissue engineering

Hypoxia endothelial cells-derived exosomes facilitate diabetic wound healing through improving endothelial cell function and promoting M2 macrophages polarization

DNA tetrahedral nanostructures for the biomedical application and spatial orientation of biomolecules

From oncolytic peptides to oncolytic polymers: A new paradigm for oncotherapy

Research advances of nanomaterials for the acceleration of fracture healing

Enhancing drug penetration in solid tumors via nanomedicine: Evaluation models, strategies and perspectives

Intravesical chemotherapy synergize with an immune adjuvant by a thermo-sensitive hydrogel system for bladder cancer

A nanoenzyme-modified hydrogel targets macrophage reprogramming-angiogenesis crosstalk to boost diabetic wound repair

An olsalazine nanoneedle-embedded inulin hydrogel reshapes intestinal homeostasis in inflammatory bowel disease

Multifunctional nanocomposites modulating the tumor microenvironment for enhanced cancer immunotherapy

Heterogeneous DNA hydrogel loaded with Apt02 modified tetrahedral framework nucleic acid accelerated critical-size bone defect repair

Progress in regulating inflammatory biomaterials for intervertebral disc regeneration

In situ immunomodulation of tumors with biosynthetic bacteria promote anti-tumor immunity

A paintable and adhesive hydrogel cardiac patch with sustained release of ANGPTL4 for infarcted heart repair

Extracellular vesicles in nanomedicine and regenerative medicine: A review over the last decade

Ca & Mn dual-ion hybrid nanostimulator boosting anti-tumor immunity via ferroptosis and innate immunity awakening

NIR-enhanced Pt single atom/g-C3N4 nanozymes as SOD/CAT mimics to rescue ATP energy crisis by regulating oxidative phosphorylation pathway for delaying osteoarthritis progression

Oral TNF-α siRNA delivery via milk-derived exosomes for effective treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Extracellular matrix-derived materials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: A journey from isolation to characterization and application

Targeted therapy of kidney disease with nanoparticle drug delivery materials

Silk fibroin-based inks for in situ 3D printing using a double crosslinking process

Selection Process

The 2024 Bioactive Materials Best Paper Awards are determined by a specialized committee composed of experienced members of the community. This award acknowledges exceptional work among the pool of papers accepted in 2024. The Best Paper Award Committee thoroughly reviews the nominations and selects the top-tier papers, taking into account factors such as the potential impact on society, the significance of the findings, the conceptual contributions made, and the technical challenges surmounted, among others.

What the Award Entails

The award consists of:

  • An official certificate.
  • An invitation to contribute an article to Bioactive Materials with the Article Processing Charge (APC) waived, as a means of commemorating the selection. The profiles of the award winners will be permanently featured on our website.

Please contact the publisher, Jessica Wang (Jessica.wang@keaipublishing.com), to obtain the electronic certificate.

 

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