Electrospun poly(caprolactone) (PCL) microfibers with controlled release of ascorbic acid for bone tissue engineering

• Main Author: Toh, Jessica Pei Wen.
• Other Authors: Loo Say Chye Joachim
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51837
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The concept of bone tissue engineering holds great promise for the future treatment of large bone defects through the utility of implanting degradable polymeric scaffolds, to which mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can attach, allowing the ingrowths of new tissue. Current methods of osteoinduction of...