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Editorial
. 2025 Jun 14;11(6):456.
doi: 10.3390/gels11060456.

Recent Progress in Hydrogel Synthesis and Biomedical Applications

Luxing Wei  1 , Jun Huang  1
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Editorial

Recent Progress in Hydrogel Synthesis and Biomedical Applications

Luxing Wei et al. Gels. .

Abstract

Hydrogels are three-dimensional network structures formed by hydrophilic polymer chains through chemical or physical cross-linking [...].

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Conceptual diagram of hydrogel biomedical applications.
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The themes and distribution of articles covered in this Special Issue.
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Summary of hydrogel synthesis and biomedical applications presented in this Special Issue of Gels.
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