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- Micrograph no
- 118
- Brief description
- Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) porous scaffold for tissue engineering. Average Pore Size 100-300 µm, porosity estimated at 65%
- Keywords
- biodegradable polymer
, bone , poly(lactide-co-glycolic acid) PLGA, polymer , tissue engineering - Categories
- Polymer
- System
- Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA)
- Composition
- Not specified
- Standard codes
- Reaction
- Processing
- PLGA melt cast, particulate leaching (NaCl)
- Applications
- Tissue Engineering Scaffold for Bone Cells (Osteons) or Cartilage (Chondrocytes)
- Sample preparation
- Fractured (no coating)
- Technique
- Scanning electron microscopy, environmental
- Length bar
- 400 μm
- Further information
- The patients own cells are seeded onto the scaffold and allowed to attach and start producing new bone. The construct is implanted into the defect site, where eventually the polymer will biodegrade and be completely removed, leaving a natural autogenous bone graft.
- Contributor
- V A Mellon
- Organisation
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
- Date
- 03/12/01
- Licence for re-use
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International