Correction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60858-3, published online 1 July 2025

In the version of the article initially published, in Fig. 1A, the the Schiff base bonds were inadvertently shown with an incorrect structure and have now been corrected. In Fig. 2G, the SEM image labelled “9h” was inadvertently duplicated from the image labelled “0h”. An editorial investigation of the raw data confirmed that the duplication occurred during figure preparation and does not alter the conclusions of the paper. The corresponding pore size analysis in Fig. 2H and related Supplementary Fig. 8 have been updated. The original figures are available for comparison in the Supplementary information accompanying this amendment. Additionally, in the second paragraph of the “In vitro biocompatibility of OSA-GEL@GC hydrogels” section, the text “the wound area of the gel group was 20% less than that of control group (Fig. 2G)” has been corrected to “the wound area of the gel group was 20% less than that of control group (Fig. 3G)”. These corrections have been made to the HTML and PDF versions of the article.