Understanding structural-property relationships in keratin hydrogels

• Main Author: Koh, Leonard Wei Jian.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52081
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There has been research done using human hair keratin hydrogels as a relevant biomaterial for the rapid regeneration of peripheral nerves, for supporting the sustained release of bioactive ciprofloxacin in drug delivery, and also for the support of fibroblast attachment and proliferation. However, t...