Biomaterials & Scaffolds
The engineered materials — scaffolds, hydrogels, ceramics, and printed constructs — that give regenerating tissue a structure to grow into.
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Scaffold design principles
Porosity, strength, and degradation rate — the competing requirements every scaffold has to reconcile.
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3D-printed bone scaffolds
Additive manufacturing lets scaffold architecture be specified directly — and patient-specific.
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Chitosan in tissue engineering
A polysaccharide derived from crustacean shells, structurally reminiscent of the body's own glycosaminoglycans.
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Hydrogels
Water-swollen polymer networks whose softness is the point — the closest synthetic analogue to soft tissue.
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Calcium phosphate ceramics
Hydroxyapatite and tricalcium phosphate — synthetic analogues of bone's own mineral.
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Biodegradable polymers: PLA, PGA, and PLGA
Synthetic polyesters whose degradation rate can be dialled in — the most predictable scaffold material available.
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Decellularized matrices
Stripping the cells from real tissue and keeping the scaffold nature already built.