Edited by: Seung-Woo Cho, Yonsei University, Korea
Stem cells have shown huge potential for regenerative medicine, but there are several critical issues to be addressed to further improve therapeutic efficacy and regenerative potential of stem cell therapy and stem cell-based tissue engineering. Functional biomaterials can solve these the limitations of current stem cell therapy by promoting prolieration, specific lineage differentiation and improving in vivo survival and engraftment of transplanted stem cells. This thematic series in Biomaterials Research aims to provide collections of recent studies on developing biomaterials for improving stem cell-based regenerative medicine.