Fabrication and characterizations of keratin hydrogel for tissue engineering

• Main Author: Chong, Ka Xin
• Other Authors: Ng Kee Woei
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62441
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Keratin is a natural protein that is abundant and easily found in animal structures such as hair, hooves, horns and nails. This material is attractive as it possesses high biocompatibility, biodegradability, neuroinductivity and flexibility to be made into different forms. Besides that, keratin can...