The invention is directed to compositions comprising a modified dextran and to uses thereof for the treatment of wounds in a subject or for delivering a protein, an olignonucleotide, a pharmaceutical agent, or a mixture thereof to a subject. The modified dextran in the compositions can form hydrogels via crosslinking.

The invention provides compositions featuring chitosan and methods for using such compositions for the local delivery of biologically active agents to an open fracture, complex wound or other site of infection. Advantageously, the degradation and drug elution profiles of the chitosan compositions can be tailored to the needs of particular patients at the point of care (e.g., in a surgical suite, clinic, physician's office, or other clinical setting).

Provided herein are stable liquid sealant formulations comprising fibrin monomers and a reversible fibrin polymerization blocking agent, methods of preparing and using the formulations.

Provided are compositions that can be employed for generating microporous gel systems. In some embodiments, the compositions include at least one sub-population of soft hydrogel microparticles with a Youngs modulus of less than 50 kPa and at least one sub-population of stiff hydrogel microparticles with a Young's modulus of greater than 90 kPa. Also provided are methods for generating the compositions, methods for treating bone and/or cartilage defects in subject using the disclosed compositions, methods for treating osteoarthritis using the disclosed compositions, and methods for providing orthopedic implants to subjects.

Disclosed herein are synthetic hydrogels suitable for delivering antimicrobial proteins, optionally in combination with bone regenerating agents to injured tissues. The hydrogels can include lysostaphin and one or more bone morphogenic proteins. The hydrogels are composed of a network of crosslinked hydrophilic polymers and adhesion peptides.

A sheet structure comprising two joined extracellular matrix (ECM) tissue or sheet layers and a physiological sensor disposed therebetween; the ECM tissue being derived from a mammalian tissue source that includes small intestine submucosa (SIS), urinary bladder submucosa (UBS), stomach submucosa (SS), urinary basement membrane (UBM), liver basement membrane (LBM), amniotic membrane, mesothelial tissue, placental tissue and cardiac tissue.

The invention provides compositions featuring chitosan and methods for using such compositions for the local delivery of biologically active agents to an open fracture, complex wound or other site of infection. Advantageously, the degradation and drug elution profiles of the chitosan compositions can be tailored to the needs of particular patients at the point of care (e.g., in a surgical suite, clinic, physician's office, or other clinical setting).

One of the significant challenges to translation of intravenously administered nanomaterials has been complement-mediated infusion reactions which can be lethal. Slow infusions can reduce infusion reactions, but slow infusions are not always possible in applications like controlling bleeding following trauma. Nanocapsules based on polyurethane are introduced as candidates that do not substantially activate complement protein C5a and the PEGylation and functionalization of the nanocapsules with the GRGDS peptide to create a new class of hemostatic nanomaterials is disclosed. Advantageously, the nanocapsules substantially avoid complement-mediated infusion reactions, promote faster clotting than controls, maintain maximum clot firmness, and do not activate pro-inflammatory cytokines.

The present invention relates to an injectable hydrogel composition having the recruitment of endogenous progenitors or stem cells and the induction of vascular differentiation of recruited cells, and more specifically to an injectable hydrogel composition having the recruitment of endogenous progenitors or stem cells and the induction of vascular differentiation of recruited cells, which consists of: a first solution including anionic hyaluronic acid into which a vascular differentiation inducing factor is introduced; and a second solution including a cationic material, wherein a stem cell recruitment factor is further included in the first solution and/or the second solution, and wherein a hydrogel is formed by electrostatic interaction.

In the hydrogel composition of the present invention, it was confirmed that the stem cell recruitment factor was released from the injected hydrogel, and endogenous progenitor cells/stem cells were recruited in the hydrogel, and the induction of angiogenesis was promoted by differentiating into vascular cells by the vascular differentiation inducing factor chemically introduced into hyaluronic acid. In particular, it was confirmed that when the vascular differentiation inducing factor was chemically introduced into hyaluronic acid, a high angiogenesis-inducing effect was observed. Therefore, the hydrogel composition of the present invention has excellent recruitment of endogenous progenitor cells/stem cells and induction of vascular differentiation, and thus, it can be effectively applied to various tissue regenerations and wound treatments in addition to the formation of blood vessels.

Methods of treating a fungal infection in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising one or more antifungal peptides selected from the group consisting of BmKn2, dBmKn2, Kn2-7, and dKn2-7 are described. Antifungal pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms, including field-deployable dosage forms, comprising one or more of these antifungal peptides are also described.