Over the past decade, the extended research on bioactive glasses (BGs) has drastically grown because of their bioactive nature and unique ability to deliver therapeutics in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and even cancer research. These strategies mostly rely on the inherent potential of BGs regarding bonding to the living tissues and accelerating the healing process. All the possibilities are strongly associated with releasing various therapeutic ions from the BG structures into the biological environment. Additionally, some types of glasses [i.e., mesoporous bioactive glasses (MBGs)] can serve as suitable platforms for the delivery of various small molecules and pharmaceutical agents. This class of biomaterials is recognised as a highly versatile delivery system, playing a crucial part in the future of medicine.

在过去的十年中，由于生物活性玻璃（BG）的生物活性性质以及在组织工程，再生医学乃至癌症研究中提供治疗剂的独特能力，对生物活性玻璃（BGs）的广泛研究已经急剧增长。这些策略主要取决于BG与生物组织结合并加速愈合过程的内在潜力。所有可能性都与将各种治疗性离子从BG结构释放到生物环境中密切相关。此外，某些类型的玻璃[即中孔生物活性玻璃（MBG）]可以用作输送各种小分子和药物的合适平台。这类生物材料被认为是高度通用的输送系统，在医学的未来中起着至关重要的作用。