A facile method to fabricate versatile keratin cryogels for tissue engineering applications

• Main Authors: Zhao, Zhitong, Chua, Huei Min, Lai, Hui Ying, Ng, Kee Woei
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Engineering; Human hair keratin; Oxidative dopamine; Cryogels; Tuneable mechanical properties; Sustainable biomaterials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174867
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Human hair keratin (HHK) has been extensively explored as a biomaterial for soft tissue regeneration due to their excellent bioactivity and biocompatibility. The possibility to fabricate HHK into three-dimensional (3D) hydrogels with physical properties resembling soft tissues has been well demonstr...