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Life Sciences
Studies conducted at University of California on life sciences recently published
June 17th, 2009
"Materials that combine facile synthesis, simple tuning of degradation rate, processability, and biocompatibility are in high demand for use in biomedical applications. We report on acetalated dextran, a biocompatible material that can be formed into microparticles with degradation rates that are tunable over 2 orders of magnitude depending on the degree and type of acetal modification," scientists writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America report. "Varying the degradation rate produces particles that perform better than poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) and iron oxide, two commonly studied materials used...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-06-17)
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