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A Honeycomb Composite of Mollusca Shell Matrix and Calcium Alginate by Hua-jian You; Jin Li; Chan Zhou; Bin Liu; Yao-guang Zhang is a Materials Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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A honeycomb composite is useful to carry cells for application in bone, cartilage, skin, and soft tissue regenerative therapies. To fabricate a composite, and expand the application of mollusca shells as well as improve preparing methods of calcium alginate in tissue engineering research, Anodonta woodiana shell powder was mixed with sodium alginate at varying mass ratios to obtain a gel mixture. The mixture was frozen and treated with dilute hydrochloric acid to generate a shell matrix/calcium alginate composite. Calcium carbonate served as the control. The composite was transplanted subcutaneously into rats. At 7, 14, 42, and 70 days after transplantation, frozen sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin, followed by DAPI, -actin, and collagen type-I immunofluorescence staining, and observed using laser confocal microscopy. The composite featured a honeycomb structure. The control and composite samples displayed significantly different mechanical properties. The water absorption rate of the composite and control group were respectively 205-496% and 417-586%. The composite (mass ratio of 5:5) showed good biological safety over a 70-day period; the subcutaneous structure of
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- Author
- Hua-jian You; Jin Li; Chan Zhou; Bin Liu; Yao-guang Zhang
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Materials Science (Physical Sciences)