Development and characterization of novel porous 3D alginate-cockle shell powder nanobiocomposite bone scaffold

• Main Authors: Bharatham, B. Hemabarathy, Abu Bakar @ Zakaria, Md Zuki, Perimal, Enoch Kumar, Mohamad Yusof, Loqman, Hamid, Muhajir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37048/1/Development%20and%20characterization%20of%20novel%20porous%203D%20alginate.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37048/; http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2014/146723/abs/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

A novel porous three-dimensional bone scaffold was developed using a natural polymer (alginate/Alg) in combination with a naturally obtained biomineral (nano cockle shell powder/nCP) through lyophilization techniques. The scaffold was developed in varying composition mixture of Alg-nCP and character...