聚合物继续在生物相关领域，包括生物传感器，药物输送系统和组织工程等技术进步中发挥着重要的作用。在生物医学研究领域的快速发展不断推出新的机遇，以及新的挑战，对高分子科学家。Various polymer materials were used for fabrication of inexpensive, reliable, portable, rapid, and high throughput devices (e.g., Lab-on-a-chip and Lab-on-a-compact disk) that can serve diagnostic purposes within centralized laboratory setups as well as in resource-limited areas in needs for extreme point of care (EPOC). Polymer-based smart delivery systems made controlled and localized drug delivery possible while regenerative medicine has majorly benefited from advanced scaffolding matrices made of polymer composites that closely mimic the natural organs and tissues. The demand for perfecting these polymer-based networks remains a challenge. A fully integrated diagnostic platform capable of multiple simultaneous detections, a complex delivery system with multifunctional delivery profile which remains active over an extended course of time, and guaranteed functionality of the artificial tissues and organs are few to name from many challenges that are faced by the scientists in the field.

这期特刊欢迎的研究范围广泛原件研究和评论文章，特别专注于聚合物系统在生物医学研究中的应用。该问题不仅接受与生物相关的应用聚合物和/或共聚物体系，同时也欢迎那些在生物医学学科的潜在应用新型聚合物体系。特别地，基于聚合物的平台，这是在现实世界的生物医学应用评估，强烈期望。

这些文件应在聚合物系统和/或在生物医学应用的设计要考虑的出版举行显著新奇。潜在bioapplications新的聚合物系统将如果他们提供，这是合理的发达聚合物系统的预期应用的适宜性聚合物体系的全面分析和表征仅被认为。

潜在的主题包括但不限于以下内容：

• 基于聚合物的生物传感器
• 聚合物和水凝胶在药物递送应用
• 聚合物在组织工程中的应用
• 聚合物为基础的人工器官和肌肉
• 聚合物基涂层和植入物
• 在实验室上的单芯片和器官上的单芯片器件的聚合物
• 基于聚合物的人造器官或可穿戴设备中的聚合物