Keywords: bioactive materials, bone and soft tissue regeneration, diabetic foot ulcers, regenerative medicine, undergraduate clinical training Citation: Li Y-x, Zhao L-m and Zhang H (2026) Editorial: Advancing bone and soft tissue repair: bioengineering from cellular insights to clinical applications. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 14:1787852. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2026.1787852 Received: 14 January 2026; Accepted: 20 January 2026; Published: 05 February 2026. Edited and reviewed by: Copyright © 2026 Li, Zhao and Zhang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. *Correspondence: Hui Zhang, zhanghui1437@wchscu.cn † These authors have contributed equally to this work
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