Human Hair Keratin Composite Scaffold: Characterisation and Biocompatibility Study on NIH 3T3 Fibroblast Cells

• Main Authors: Jamal Moideen Muthu Mohamed (Author), Ali Alqahtani (Author), Adel Al Fatease (Author), Taha Alqahtani (Author), Barkat Ali Khan (Author), B. Ashmitha (Author), R. Vijaya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this study was to transform human hair keratin waste into a scaffold for soft tissue engineering to heal wounds. The keratin was extracted using the Shindai method. Keratin and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) was cross-linked with alginate dialdehyde and converted into a scaffold by the freeze-dr...