**Poly(Lactic Acid)-Based Biomaterials: Synthesis, Modification and Applications**

Lin Xiao1,2, Bo Wang1,2, Guang Yang\*1,2 and Mario Gauthier3

*1College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2National Engineering Research Center for Nano-Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 3Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, 1,2China* 

*3Canada* 
