Optimization of collagen-based matrices for skin tissue engineering

• Main Author: Gobardja, Brenda
• Other Authors: Yeong Wai Yee
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/72061
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In order to fabricate an ideal scaffold to mimic the dermis skin layer, the scaffold must have the main features of the dermis. For the scaffold, several biomaterials mainly natural or synthetic can be used. Natural synthetic biomaterials are more preferable as they are not toxic to the cells. The s...