Effect of Varied Hair Protein Fractions on the Gel Properties of Keratin/Chitosan Hydrogels for Use in Tissue Engineering

    July 2020 in “ Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces ”
    Tingyu Lu, Wen-Chuan Huang, Yi Chen … Yang Wei
    Studysummary This study suggests that adjusting the ratios of keratin-associated proteins to keratin intermediate filaments can create keratin/chitosan hydrogels with more consistent gel properties for tissue engineering.
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